Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Brazen Desperation

The Only Honest Man in London by Lynne Connolly

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CBR 14 Bingo: Dough Money – specifically the lack of it – is a driving force in this book. After a rocky start, Viola and Gerald become close friends – and could perhaps become more. But the actions of their sister and best friend threatens to throw everything into complete disarray. Despite the Pride and Prejudice-esque elements of the plot, what really drew me to this story was Viola’s disability. I’m always on the lookout for differently-abled heroes and heroines in my romances, especially historical […]

Vampires are the new supernatural threat for superheroines, Aveda and Evie – CBR14 Bingo: Series

Hollywood Heroine: Heroine Complex #5 by Sarah Kuhn

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CBR14Bingo “Series” –Hollywood Heroine is the fifth book in the Heroine Complex series. Hollywood Heroines finds Aveda Jupiter and Evie Tanaka heading to Los Angeles to visit the set of a pilot being filmed about their adventures.  A while back they agreed to sell the rights to their story but hadn’t paid much attention to the development until the studio, Pinnacle Pictures, reached out about the visit.  Aveda is still stressed from the ghost incident in the previous book, Haunted Heroine.  She isn’t comfortable with change […]

“Each of us has a monster we must confront, a monster designed to test our personal weaknesses.”

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

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This book has been on my list since I read The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hendrix takes on another staple of the horror genre here: the slasher. But in this case, the focus is on what happens to those Final Girls after the credits roll. Lynette Tarkington is a final girl. As a teen, she survived a Christmas Day massacre that saw her entire family die. Lynette is older now, but she is definitely not okay. She is a creature of caution […]

An English Summer

Get Your Duke On by Kathryn Le Veque, Chasity Bowlin, Alexa Aston, Maggi Andersen, Meara Platt, Mary Lancaster, Caroline Lee, Elizabeth Johns, Cerise DeLand, Bianca Blythe, Nadine Millard, Amy Jarecki, Sofie Darling, Merry Farmer

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CBR 14 Bingo: Heart There is a lot of romance, folks. It’s summer in Regency England, and there is lots of romance to go around – for there are many dukes on the lookout for a wife! I love a good anthology. They’re a nice way to dive into variations on theme, sure, but even better they are a sampler for various authors, and a good way to find new ones. And considering I had never read any of the authors here, I was certain […]

A story needed to be (but never should have had to be) told

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin

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Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel is a wow book! Adapted by Andrew Donkin, the Ruta Sepetys novel comes to life in a graphic novel format. The story of one family shows another side of world history, and how in World War II, the Soviet Union was not just fighting Germany, but its own people as well. It might not be for everyone as there is much in the way of concepts and content that might be difficult, even for adults. A little-known piece […]

New meaning of “Till death do us part”

Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost by Keezy Young

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Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost is a different kind of story with Keezy Young mixing and matching magic and realism into a story of twists, turns, laughter, sadness and gardening. The results are a love story to die for. Blue is a ghost; Hamal is human and the chemistry between the two is burning them up! But of course, like said, one is dead and that can put a crimp into things. As we follow these two star crossed lovers, we […]



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