Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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As your best friend and life support system, I require you to be less stupid.

Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne

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Well this was delightful! I knew that I would enjoy Rebecca Thorne’s Moss’d in Space, narrated by Natalie Naudus and Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, but I was still surprised by how much. I liked Thorne’s Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, though I thought it rambled a bit. Moss’d has the growing found family and community building of Treason, but it’s a much tighter story. I enjoyed every moment of it. In the far future, human live mostly on space stations and one planet (not Earth). Citizenship on the planet […]

Anwy, I need him carnally. Please help. xoxo, S

The Missed Connection by Tia Williams

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The first part of The Missed Connection is one of the funniest romances I’ve read. I wouldn’t call the book a romcom, because it doesn’t hold on to that level of comedy. I enjoyed it, but I did feel a bit as if I was reading two different books. It starts out funny (with tragedy underpinning the humor, as the best comedy does), gets messy and a little toxic, before ending on a sweet note. Sasha is trying to come back as a casting agent […]

Thee Most Adorable YA Sapphic Summer Romance

Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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I have high expectations for a book written by Rebekah Weatherspoon. Summer Official exceeded them and now I know my expectations weren’t high enough. I fell in love with Saylor and Heaven quickly and enjoyed reading about their developing friendship and romance. This is a lovely slow-burn, introvert/extrovert, acquaintances to lovers romance. I want to talk about cake in a minute. The book starts with Saylor finding out her mother, a momfluencer, has posted a video crying with joy that Saylor has come out to […]

And . . . you were brave enough to let me go.

Ship Happens by Mason Deaver

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One of the reasons I love romance novels is that there are infinite ways to tell a story. Ship Happens is a second chance romance, and as such, it looks at whether the initial breakup was a good choice, what has happened to the characters since they broke up, and whether, if they get back together, can they make it work? The way Deaver explores those questions feels fresh, and not because Owen and Jacob are trans men. Owen fell in love with his best […]

It was the nicest shirt they owned…which wasn’t saying much, considering their wardrobe had consisted exclusively of black cult robes until recently.

A Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England

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Autumn K. England’s A Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous is a lovely fantasy in the vein of a Becky Chambers or Travis Baldree. It’s cozy with a focus on community and healing. Growing up, I read a lot of fantasy books about the farm boy who goes off on adventure and saves the kingdom. Oaklin is the farm person who left the farm for a big adventure that went very badly and now they have to live the rest of their life with those scars. […]

This was how Trey was going to die, a speck of a man flung from a cardboard box flap like a booger.

Shrunkation by Janine Amesta

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Oh no! Shrunkation awakened my inner nerd. Let me do a quick tldr before I dive into my appreciation for Janine Amesta’s craft. Shrunkation is fun and funny. One of my favorite things in romance is when an author takes a bananas plot and uses it to dive into very real relationship dynamics. This is a marriage in trouble romance in which a desperate attempt at a romantic getaway turns into a desperate attempt to survive. On to the nerdery! This review is a bit […]



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