Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Three’s Company. Four’s Trouble. It’s All…Messy.

Wahala by Nikki May

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Wahala, Nikki May’s debut novel, has been getting a ton of buzz in library-land, so I was super excited to get my hands on a copy. Wahala follows three Anglo-Nigerian friends living in London, Ronke, Simi, and Boo. When Simi introduces Isobel, a friend from her childhood in Nigeria, to the group, cracks start to form. What follows is a roller-coaser train wreck that somehow manages to reach epic levels of preposterousness before anyone realizes where the chaos started from. But, before we get to […]

OK, I did like this book

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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I’ve gone back and forth on this book. When I started writing this post I felt like there wasn’t really much to it, an intriguing plot and not much else. But now, coming back to it about a month later (and after having meditated this evening) I think there’s something more to it. Lillian, a former gifted child now living a listless life in her hopeless hometown, gets a letter from her best friend Madison with a job offer. It doesn’t sound that appealing, but […]

The Secrets of Summer House

The Secrets of Summer House by Rachel Burton

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Geez, I don’t even know what to say. Am really focusing on not spoiling things, though the book synopsis did that, but I edited below so potential readers are not. I think the cover promised a book packed with love and mystery and to me that meant more Gothic in nature. Unfortunately, that is not what I ended up with. The actual mystery was not very mysterious I […]

A Beautiful Letter to a Lost Mother

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

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The story takes place in South Korea, set in Seoul and in the rural countryside outside of Seoul. It follows the family of So-Nyo, the elderly matriarch who has gone missing after becoming separated from her husband at a Seoul subway station. We are introduced to her husband and her children in the events that follow, all of whom learn throughout the course of this novel that not only did they not appreciate So-Nyo as a wife and mother, they uncover heartbreaking secrets she withheld […]

“I used to think that revenge was about defending one’s honor, but it turns out that honor is just spite dressed up for Sunday.”

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (#1) by Cat Sebastian

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In one word: Cheeky I don’t read a lot of romance, but this rogue meets aristocrat was recommended by many in the Cannonball Read community, so I put it on my list for something fun and light for the new year. I had the lucky opportunity to escape the frigid midwest for the beach in mid-January and this book was an absolutely perfect beach read, fun and cheeky with equal parts swashbuckling mystery and eyebrow waggling sexy times. Kit is a coffee shop owner and […]

Revenge is a dish served up by witches

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

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“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana Harper.” This book is a blend of a lot of different elements – it’s paranormal, mixed with payback on a cheating ex boyfriend, a dash of Harry Potteresque wizard tournament and sizzle of a new lesbian romance.  The main character, Emmy Harlow, is a witch but because she left her home town after high school, her powers are diminished.  You see, her home town of Thistle Grove is a place […]



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