Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Lying is like farming, or draining marshland, or terracing a hillside or planting a grove of peach trees. It’s an attempt to control your environment and make it better.”

Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K.J. Parker

Saevus Corax Captures the Castle by K.J. Parker

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Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead – 3.25 stars Saevus Corax just wants to be left in peace to operate his battlefield salvage company, but when his past comes calling, he must admit to possession of his former name, and deal with all the troubles that are still brewing in that prior life. Saevus Corax is an interesting character, a fast-talking rogue with a talent for survival and a desire to keep eking his living without getting embroiled in major geopolitical issues which is, unfortunately, […]

Second Read, First Listen

Long Island by Colm Toibin

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I read this book a couple of years ago when it was published, but I wanted to give the audiobook a listen after finding out it was done by Jessie Buckley, an actress whose voice I find very appealing. Last year I did a similar thing with Toibin’s Brooklyn, listening to the new edition of the audiobook narrated by Saoirse Ronan. What won’t I do for talented and lovely Irish women? Brooklyn is one of my favorite novels, and listening to it in Ronan’s voice […]

The Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances Anthology Review

Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren

Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young

Second Act Romance by Julie Soto

A Play for Love by Trilina Pucci

Death to Valentine's Day by Catherine Cowles

Valentine's Slay by Navessa Allen

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Well some of the stories were great, but the last three were definitely not up to par to the other ones. The last story was downright bad. Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren (5 stars)-Very cute from beginning to end. We follow Veronica who is unemployed and feeling frustrated with her lack of job prospects. When she gets on a Zoom link to a job interview, she ends up telling everyone on the call what terrible PR they have for the marketing of their new app. […]

Round up at the O-K-bookstore

It Started with a Book Ban by Linda Ravin Lodding 

Tic-errific Me: A book about Tourette syndrome (Disability Books for Kids) by Alicia Meyers and Cait Brennan

The Kimchi Fridge by Tina Cho and Cindy Kang

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Round up time for my beloved picture books. All titles were read via an online reader copy.   BOOK ONE It Started with a Book Ban by Linda Ravin Lodding A fun and silly way to talk about the seriousness of the idea of Book Banning. And while I don’t promote banning things, I must admit sometimes the color green is annoying to me, too. (And pink, pink can be too cheerful).  Obviously Lodding uses humor to get the message across and goes into extreme […]

You are *that* author

Bitsy Bat, Snow Star by Kaz Windness

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Recently the “You are that author???” realization has come into play for my reading adventures. You see the Kaz Windness of the Bitsy Bat Series is the same Kaz Windness of  If UR Stabby, which is if Edward Gorey was on some serious “good stuff” if you get my meaning. Whereas Bitsy Bat is in a book called Bitsy Bat, Snow Star. And look at that cover! That little berry nose! The eyebrows. (EYEBROWS on a BAT!!) Those mittens on their feet!  The sparkle in […]

Lake Life Lovers

Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake

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When Eliza’s extensive life plans fall through it seems like a little bit of luck is right around the corner.  Sure, her seemingly perfect life imploded when she and her totally perfect for her fiancé called off their wedding, but then she gets offered a chance to start over, in Michigan!  The place is a planned community called Juneberry Lake. As she tries to make nice with all her neighbors who live around the lake with her, it seems like maybe Midwest nice was just […]



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