Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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She/her. Constantly overworked teacher of Norwegian and English. Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of a growing boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Malin's Quick Questions interview.)

Malin's Reviews:

Eliza and James, sitting in a tree, M-U-R-D-E-R-I-N-G

How to Kill Your Rival by Effie Campbell

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3.5 stars Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC. This has not influenced my review in any way. This book is on sale now. Eliza Hamilton (yup, that is her name; not sure if the author is a fan of the musical or if the name is a coincidence) is the heir apparent to the Death Council, a secret organisation full of hired killers. While her father is battling cancer, she is to lead in his place, but most of the other […]

Grumpy and Sunshine, now with forest fires

Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta

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Thank you to Janine Amesta for an ARC of this book. It is on sale now. Firefighter Logan “Sonny” Sonelli is a Sierra Hotshot, working hard both to prevent and fight disastrous forest fires. During “fire season”, he knows that he can’t really make any plans; he and his team could be called away at any moment. It’s an unreliable life, and difficult to combine with family life. His marriage dissolved because of it, and he is neither looking for nor expecting to find another […]

Books can have legacy sequels too, right?

Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger

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This was an ARC. Thank you to NetGalley and Hanover Square Press. My opinions are entirely my own. This book is on sale now. In recent years, legacy sequels, coming out several decades after the previous movie, have become popular. Some are surprisingly great, like Creed and Blade Runner 2049, while others make you wonder why they exist in the first place (The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Practical Magic 2: Family Legacy, to name two that I watched over the summer). Life Out of […]

Sweet YA romance, shame about all the bullying

Trust Fall by Lynn Painter

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CBR18 Bingo: Season (this is set in the autumn/fall in New York, the word ‘fall’ is literally in the title and there is an actual literal ‘season’ – like in Regency England, for the rich prep school kids in the story) Thank you to Simon and Schuster and NetGalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book will be released on the 29th of September Julia Lowell can’t believe how much her life changed, almost overnight. One day, she was in her small […]

Revenge is best served in a llamacorn mug?

Revenge of the Sunshine by Jackie Lau

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3.5 stars CBR18 Bingo: One (This is book one in a new series; it’s also a romance – “You’re the One”) Thank you to Jackie Lau for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Zoe Shen’s plans for the evening get cancelled, and as a result, she walks in on her boyfriend and roommate having sex in the kitchen. Naturally, she wants nothing to do with either of them, but as she’s camping out on her brother’s couch, she […]

Very much NOT a romantasy

Monster, Monarch, Maiden by Rae Carson

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This was an ARC; thank you to NetGalley, Harper Audio and Greenwillow Books. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Bria Angarsold is an innkeeper’s daughter (she mentions this at seven different points in the story, in case you were likely to forget) who was kidnapped by raiders, along with her sister and several other people who were at her family’s inn at the time. Bria is one of the last surviving captives when the raiders’ caravan is attacked by a […]



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