Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“It’s not unlike filtration, a move that blatant, deliberate. “

Sleep Donation by Karen Russell

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In the near-future, we lucky Americans are eyeball-deep in a new terror: we can’t sleep. Every day, thousands more become unable to reach REM. They die after days of restlessness. The only thing that can help? Donations of sleep from “healthy” dreamers. Not unlike a blood drive, people like Trish Edgewater are cold-calling sleepers, begging them to give some of their life to the lifeless. Etiquette is a powerful programming, however, and easily exploitable. I sneeze. He sneezes back language at me, reflexive generosity: “Bless […]

If you like lots of angst in your YA and stories about teenagers being assholes and doing stupid things, you will like this more than I did.

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

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I was disappointed by this one, I don’t think through any fault of the book. I was really looking forward to it because of the premise, but it wasn’t really to my tastes, though I think what the author did with it was interesting. It just didn’t resonate with me. So what we’ve got here is two exes both running for homecoming king. Jeremy is trans (and newly out) and a cheerleader, and Lukas is the boyfriend dumped over the summer. They used to be […]

“These are my people, the crazy dreamers who decide they want to live their life off the beaten path.”

Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott

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I can’t remember where I first saw Happy Trail (2019) by Daisy Prescott, but I immediately decided I needed to give it a try. I mean, it’s the first book in a “Park Ranger” series. That might not mean much to some, but I love hiking and backpacking. I’m slowly making my way through all the National Parks in the United States. Even the aptitude test I took in college said I should be a forest ranger. Now, I’m not attracted to every park ranger I […]

Brilliant Book Exchange!

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Thank you so much, Bonnie! I was very happy to pick these up from my resident’s office this morning! Such a shame I had to go to work and couldn’t crack into them then and there. I even had The House in the Cerulean Sea on the wishlist I sent my family—I can cheerfully strike that off now   I feel a bit spoilt with book exchange, honestly. This is another year I have gotten some great stuff!        

A little more hockey romance

Sure Shot by Sarina Bowen

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I’ve read a lot of hockey romances by Sarina Bowen, and this will probably not be my last one. Sure Shot (2020) takes place with the relatively new NHL franchise, the Brooklyn Bruisers, which happens to be the setting of most of Bowen’s recent hockey romance novels. In fact, at this point there are so many rich, beautiful, and happily married players in Brooklyn that it feels like an idyllic, paradise land. Bess Beringer is a successful sports agent, making it to the top through talent, hard work, and […]



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