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40-something psychologist living with a husband, preschooler, and 2 cats. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Tracy's Quick Questions interview.)

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Games People Play

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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There are a lot of games that Lucy and Josh have been playing over the past year. There’s the Mirror Game (mirroring each other’s movements), the HR Game (threatening to go to HR, and sometimes actually going to HR), the Staring Game (self-explanatory), and more. Lucy claims to hate Josh and is certain that he hates her as well. Their relationship dynamics start to shift as they begin vying for a promotion at work. I generally enjoyed the story. Lately I’ve been wanting to read […]

It’s a Perfectly Fine Book

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

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I don’t have a lot to say about this one. I wanted to like it more than I did. That said, it wasn’t a bad book. It was just . . . fine. I enjoyed reading it, it kept my attention, and it’s a quick read that I finished in about a day. I would recommend it, I don’t regret reading it (though I do regret buying it), and I can’t point to anything I disliked about it. But it was still just . . […]

Two Very Different Sisters in Relationships With Two Very Different Brothers

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

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Ooh, I think this is the review where I reach my quarter cannonball goal! (Though I have an unofficial goal to get to a half cannonball.) I really enjoyed The Unhoneymooners. Olive and Ethan are, respectively, the (twin) sister of the bride and the brother of the groom who are getting married when the novel starts. During the reception, everyone gets food poisoning except for Olive and Ethan; they were the only ones who hadn’t eaten from the seafood buffet. Olive’s sister Ami had won […]

My First M/M Romance

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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Well, my first m/m romance that isn’t fanfiction. Set during the year that protagonist Alex’s mother is campaigning for her 2nd term as president, the novel focuses on Alex’s relationship with Henry, Prince of Wales. They don’t get along and after an incident in which it appears that they have gotten into a fight, their families require them to pretend to be close friends. The relationship evolves from tense conversation to amusing banter and progresses from there. I loved the banter between Alex and Henry […]

Interesting But Not Personal Enough

Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene Pepperberg

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If I had heard of Alex the African gray prior to reading this, I can’t recall. I also don’t know how I ended up with the book on my Kindle, but I’m glad I read it. Pepperberg spent decades studying cognition in African gray parrots. She developed a love of birds early in her life when she was gifted a parakeet, which helped soothe her lonely childhood. When she decided she wanted to discover whether “bird brain” is as pejorative as it sounds, she purchased […]

How Did This Get Published? WHY Did This Get Published?

Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

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Y’all, I think I’m about to leave my first hate review. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say a bewildered review, because I cannot fathom how anyone gave this book the green light to get published. I thought I was starting another cute YA romance, but nope. Here’s the description of the book on Amazon: When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you’re talking to. Except there’s two of them (it’s a long story), and Haley thinks […]



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