In May, the CannonBookClub will discuss books that take us back to childhood. That might mean a favorite book from your childhood, or a more recent book that you wish you had read as a child. As a child and early teen, I loved books where virtuous people suffered virtuously until they were rewarded at the end. How very Victorian! Fortunately, I’ve grown past that and I’m not terribly interested in revisiting the books of my childhood. I am, however, delighted and slightly jealous of […]
It’s like I see the beginning of something and my brain goes right to the end.
The Home I Find With You by Skye Kilaen
It was profoundly strange to read a dystopian romance set in a United States after a climate change and racism driven civil war while my city and state were going through a climate driven disaster exacerbated by racist policies. If it had been written by another author, I probably would have put it aside as too close to home, but Skye Kilaen was writes with such kindness that it was a balm to read about her characters working together as a community to survive. Set […]
Soft and angsty romance
Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish
There are three thing I know about a Roan Parrish book before I open it. It will be queerly m/m. It will be rich in emotion. The two main characters will be messes who make each other better people. My only consistent critique of her work is that I wish her characters went to therapy more often. In real life, I would insist on it, but in fiction I can sink into their emotional lives and become mushy with them. Rye Jannsen is at the […]
For The Good of Mankind
Whiteout by Adriana Anders
Here’s how my brain works: I was still swooning over Giulio and Zahra’s Italian lessons in The Hitman and I suddenly flashed to Jerusha and Karl’s sex lessons in Daddy Crush, so obviously I had to reread that. I realized on rereading that I hadn’t given Adriana Anders enough credit for the joyful way Jerusha discovers her own body and sharing experiences with Karl. I also hadn’t realized that the forehead press could be as sexy as a doorway lean. I bend down, tangle my fingers […]
We’ve established that I can’t run in any of my shoes. So, pasta?
The Hitman by Katrina Jackson
Katrina Jackson is so good. She is so good I’m thinking about taking up smoking just so I can have a cigarette in bed after I finish one of her books. Everything I’ve read of hers is funny, emotional, and scorching hot. I really need more of you to jump on the Katrina Jackson bandwagon with me. At the end of Beautiful + Dirty, Shae is grappling with her memories of Salvatore as she gets ready for her cousin Zahra’s wedding. The Hitman opens with Zahra watching […]
Canned Refried Beans DO Need Seasoning
Bare Minimum Dinners: Recipes and Strategies for Doing Less in the Kitchen by Jena Helwig
I got so excited when I saw this title on NetGalley. A cookbook that advocates for less effort in the kitchen? I am in favor of it! I was still really excited when I looked through the cookbook – great organization and lots of different kinds of recipes. The more I looked at it and the more recipes I tried (I tried a lot of recipes), I came to the conclusion that this cookbook is not for me, but it might be fine for someone […]
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