Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

Jen K's Reviews:

About the reaction you would accept from a book with a character who is simply the other one in the title

The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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I love Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, and have also mostly enjoyed the spin offs even if they are comparatively unmemorable when put against the original series, so this was a pre-order for me.  And it’s not that this one was bad, I liked Andrew, and Poppy was nice, but there wasn’t much spark for me on this one. I actually thought it was me and that I was in a reading slump (which I think I kind of am), but when I asked about it […]

The End of the Initial Series though there are more

Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

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I don’t usually do multiple books in one review, but I’m a bit behind so I thought this would be easier than clogging up the main page.  Hence, I’ll try to do at least the ones that are part of the same series in one review, starting with the “final” three books of the Fever series.  These are not in fact the final three books since there are more than five books in the series (I think from other character views?), but based on the […]

CBR Book Exchange: Thank you, borisanne!

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I received a Kindle copy of the celebrity memoir This Will Only Hurt a Little the day before Christmas, and a follow up package with a Hogwarts mug that looks like a cauldron (y’all, it’s got little legs/stands) after Christmas.  Super excited about both, and I have already started the memoir, and some of her comments are so relatable!  Thank you again to borisanne, I know you mentioned some logistical issues (I will definitely pick up Educated!) but it […]

Cute But Not Quite the Inspiration I Needed

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While I had intentions of re-reading a certain novel around Veterans Day, it didn’t quite pan out, and I instead took a break for a fluffy romance novel.  Tessa Dare is one of those romance authors I consider generally reliable, although she can be hit or miss for me.  I absolutely love a few of her novels while others are just fine.  From reviews, I saw that this one was generally entertaining but not necessarily hitting all the right spots for readers. And I have […]

This is How You Use a Novella to Transition a Series!

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I only read the first sentence of the synopsis for this one – all I knew was that it was an Ilona Andrews Hidden Legacy novella so it was an automatic preorder.  I saw that it was about Connor AKA Mad Rogan and Nevada’s wedding but it’s not like I needed any more detail to read this one. As a result, I was pleasantly surprised to see that after the prologue with Nevada’s introduction to Connor’s mother, the novel shifted perspectives to the next Baylor sister, Catalina.  Don’t get […]

Outdated gender dynamics, But Topically Dated Politcal Stuff

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Bingo Square Round 2: Home, Something, Home (John Jakes was born in Illinois) When I was in elementary school in Germany, one of the local channels aired Fackeln im Sturm, the TV mini series about two families and best friends on opposing sides of the Civil War.  Between this show and Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze quickly became an important cornerstone in my early tween crushes.  My parents had seen the mini series when we were still in the States, and I am pretty sure we […]



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