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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A Cozy Canadian Demon Romance

The Demon Next Door by Chace Verity

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No plot, only vibes! Ok, there is a plot here, but the plot is recently divorced single mother trying to give her kid a good life has new neighbors, a father and son who look like demons to her. Very little conflict, quick slide into domesticity, sexy times, fin. Chace Verity really excels at the low stress, cozy paranormal romance. It’s not a niche I knew I needed until I read Verity’s 2019 release Deal With the Demon. The Demon Next Door is even cozier. Mollie’s […]

Two KJ Charles books I loved

Subtle Blood by KJ Charles

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles

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When KJ Charles envisioned the Will Darling Adventures, she thought she was going to release them bing-bang-boom in quick succession, but then the pandemic happened, and Will and Kim stopped cooperating. While Will and Kim refused to get to their happily ever after, Robin Loxleigh and Sir John Hartlebury insisted on theirs. I loved The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting so much. I devoured the historical romances of the 1990s and 2000. In those books, Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne would have been the […]

In six weeks alone, Supercollider was responsible for 468 lifeyears lost.

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

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I loved Hench, LOVED IT! It’s funny, thoughtful, violent, compassionate and full of rage. Anna Truelove, pronounced troh-MED-lov, is trying to get a stable job working for a supervillain. The gig economy though, means mostly she temps and tries to stave off scurvy while she rises and grinds and waits for her invoices to get paid. As she’s starting to get a foothold in the Electric Eel’s organization, Supercolider and his sidekick, Accelerator, intervene in the Eel’s dastardly deeds and Anna ends up in the […]

Love Languages in Toronto

Bidding for the Bachelor by Jackie Lau

A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau

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Jackie Lau’s books continue to be a place of refuge for me. Lau’s characters always feel grounded in a reality, whole people more than devices to carry a plot. Lau uses food sometimes as a love language, and sometimes as a safe place where characters can come together. Bidding on the Bachelor is Lau’s first m/m romance, even so, it’s classic Jackie Lau. Cedric Fong is the last unpartnered Fong brother and has come out to his family as bi. His Po-Po (grandmother) bribes him […]

Naughty Santa Does Not Mind the Gap

Santa Clause is Going to Town on Me by M.L. Eliza

Santa's Baby by Chloe Maine

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If you are looking for an erotic romance with Santa, they are out there. One of these has actual Santa and his reindeer, and the other is a guy who sometimes plays Santa. Both are age gap romances and the one with the really big age gap worked better for me. M.L. Eliza, aka Marie Lipscomb, is writing erotic folklore romance. The story in Santa Clause is Going to Town on Me is much sweeter than the title implies.  Holly has disliked Christmas since a […]

“It’s like the foreign legion for nerds” I said, and laughed.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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The Kaiju Preservation Society is very definitely a John Scalzi book. In his Afterword, which is worth reading, he describes it as a pop song. It came to him almost fully formed after he finally abandoned a book he describes as “a brooding symphony.” It’s frothy, entertaining and goes down smoothly while pointing out significant cultural issues. The good guys win and the bad guy satisfyingly gets what’s coming to him. I really loved that Scalzi starts this book firmly in our world, in our […]



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