Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Lucky Leap Day – A Cute Romance That Fumbles at the End

Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker

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This was a solid 3 star romance. Would have been 3.5 except for the epilogue. You’ll know what I mean when you get to it. Anyhow, Cara Kennedy and Finn Maguire meet on Cara’s whirlwind trip to Dublin, and on her final night – after far too much whiskey – Cara decides to partake in the Irish tradition of women proposing on Leap Day. The next morning Cara wakes up with a hangover and a husband. With a flight to catch and no additional vacation […]

The Journey is the Point

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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Apparently you either love Becky Chambers’ style of writing or you hate it. I am firmly on the side of loving a feel-good sci-fi novel, and here are my favorite things about The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: 1. The world-building. I love how each chapter you learn more about the galaxy, how the Galactic Commons works, the histories of the different alien species. The news blasts at the start of some chapters are a fun way to learn more about what is […]

Who Knew You Could Learn So Much About Tennis from a Novel?

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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What would you do to defend your legacy? How hard would you work to regain a lost record? For Carrie Soto, 37-year old retired tennis star, it isn’t a hypothetical. She’s just watched Nicki Chan earn her 20th Grand Slam title, tying the record that Carrie set five years prior. Carrie’s entire career was urged on by her drive to be the greatest, and she is not going to stand by and watch another take her place at the top. So, as the title says, […]

Saturday Night Live, But With Romance!

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Sally Milz is a writer on the clearly-SNL-inspired show The Night Owlz, whose past heartbreaks have led to her to a series of f*ckbuddies and her emotional commitments reserved for her friends and her stepdad. For an upcoming show, she writes a sketch mocking the trend of average men dating women way out of their league, but the guest host – musician Noah Brewster – refuses to play the part she’s envisioned for him. The sketch gets greenlit anyway, with Noah in a different role, […]

Meet-Cute + Forbidden Romance + K-pop = Adorable

XOXO by Axie Oh

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I picked this up for the 2024 Popsugar Reading Challenge, which has a prompt for a book about K-pop. Other than knowing that BTS is a huge band, I have no real grasp of the global phenomenon that is K-pop, and so had no idea where to start. Well, XOXO was the perfect entry for me, and it was so damn sweet I’m gonna need to call my dentist. Jenny is a cello prodigy, who is working hard toward her goal of admission into a […]

The Only Unrealistic Thing is the Length of the Podcasts

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

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A modern day take on You’ve Got Mail, where online friends realize that they’re real-life business rivals, and drama ensues. Hana Khan is the adult child of immigrant parents, living with her family in Toronto and working part-time in the family’s halal restaurant, Three Sisters Biryani Poutine. Sure, the décor is dated, the name is weird, and Hana is the only one who likes the namesake dish, but the restaurant is a staple of the Muslim community and the rest of the food is beyond […]



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