Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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A pop culture junkie, Katie has an addiction to tragically bad romance novels. In addition, Katie is resolute in her belief that Evans is #BestChris and has moved to the PNW from the Bayou. Can anyone say culture shock?

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I think I’m finally ready to quit you

Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb

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Stolen in Death is J. D. Robb’s 62nd installment in her long running In Death series. To give you perspective about how long she’s been writing these, the first installment, Naked in Death was published in 1995. Bill Clinton was still in his first term as President, women everywhere were listening to Alanis Morisette’s Jagged Little Pill on repeat, and Clueless made yellow plaid iconic. At this point, J. D. Robb has a definite formula for these books. Something terrible happens to someone, Lt. Eve […]

We Are All Made of Stars

Moby by Jessa Kane

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Not gonna lie, the whole reason I read this book is so I can share an embarrassing joke about myself. You may or may not be aware, but the only reason I’m not in debtors prison for spending all my money on books is because I belong to Kindle Unlimited. (Yes, I know you can’t go to jail for debt anymore – at least in America – but I wanted to make the nod to my fellow lovers of Regency romance.) That’s not the joke, […]

Quick Questions with genericwhitegirl

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Hi, genericwhitegirl! Thank you for agreeing to participate in the Cannonball Read getting-to-know-ya. (And for providing such great responses to the pre-interview questionnaire.)   Since this is a community of people reading and reviewing books to help kick cancer’s ass, it seems only right that we start with your favorite book or books. You mentioned that while you’ve really enjoyed the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, and Ella Minnow Pea by […]

Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: a Classic mystery

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Hi, Classic! Thanks so much for agreeing to participate in our interview! I see from your Cannonball Read profile that you’ve been participating in and off since CBR 9. How did you find us? I used to post on Pajiba, and reading Pajiba Love, I saw that there were often book reviews and I started to read the reviews that were linked. There were more CBR commenters back in those days, and I think it was Ms. Julien who told me about CBR and how […]

Wolves and vampires, oh my…

Dire Bound by Sable Sorenson

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Dire Bound by Sable Sorenson is a Romantasy based in a world where humans pair up with enormous dire wolves to fight off the siphons, a nation of vampire-like creatures. As Dire Bound opens, Meryn is working in a laundry by day and underground fighting by night for extra cash. She is the sole support of her mentally ill mother and younger sister, Saela. Her sister is the bright shining light in her life. Her father was killed years ago in the war with the […]

Quick Questions with Cosbrarian: Fairy Tales Are F*cked Up

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Thanks for joining us today, Cosbrarian! We’re so excited to talk about your book, but we’ll get to that in a minute. For those of the Cannonball Read community that are new, would you please tell us how you found us and how long you’ve been participating?  I was invited to join Cannonball Read when I was a more active Facebook member on the Pajiba community group. That was back in 2019. I have participated for several years, though I took some time off around […]



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