Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A classic I don’t care to remember

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

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This is a part of my quest to read those books I feel like everyone had to read in high school, but somehow I didn’t. My goal? To know what people are talking about when they reference this book, and to hopefully understand the source material for some pop culture references. Well, now that I’ve finished the book, I realize I overestimated the pop-cultural currency this book contained. I don’t feel like there were moments where I said, “THAT’S where that came from!” And I […]

A captivating tale based on a myth

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

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Special thanks to NTE for gifting me this book in the last holiday book exchange! I had mentioned enjoying retold myths, and Daughter of the Moon Goddess is one of NTE’s favorite such stories. It is based on the Chinese myth of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess. This was a myth I was completely unfamiliar with, but I loved learning about this tale. Sue Lynn Tan takes the reader into a colorful, enchanting and dangerous world where immortals engage in subterfuge and violence to promote their […]

Killers of a Certain Age: Damn, I love a competent woman.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

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Killers of a Certain Age has been lurking on my TBR for a while. When I picked it up from the Libby app, I was searching for an audiobook option to help fill my ears while doing something with my hands – chores probably. Killers primarily follows four post-menopausal women – Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie – as they near retirement from a lifetime of service with The Museum. The Museum is an extra-governmental organization dedicated to assassinating the Bad Guys, and our heroines […]

CBR 18 is going to be my bi*#$

The Beauty of the End by Lauren Stienstra

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I’m starting out with a bang this year by doing my first review in January! I’m all over the place with CBR’s. Last year I did 1 review for 2 books and I did it on NEW YEAR’S EVE! Yes, the day reviews were due and CBR 17 was closing. To cut myself some slack 2025 was a wee bit of a dumpster fire for my family. We had divorce, cancer, family moving in, too many cats, un-divorce… (everyone is fine now!) The year before […]

Please read Jessica Lewis!

Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic by Jessica Lewis

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I’ve loved Jessica Lewis’s books since her debut, Bad Witch Burning, and each new release just further cements how much I love her books and stories. After Nav’s book last year, I knew I needed to and could not wait to get my hands on Hallie’s book, and this was so good!! Hallie feels like she’s a failure and not good enough, especially after a few of her exes have treated her poorly or denigrated her, plus the pressure from her parents to be The […]

Timely Read as the International Order Starts to Shift

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

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When reflecting on my identity, my thoughts often circle the idea of being WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) and how that perspective is, in fact, ‘weird’ to most of the world. This sense of being an ‘other’ permeates the book, alongside the post-modern realization that we can never truly ‘know’ another person. The story is told through an unnamed translator in The Hague, transitioning from New York into a life of clinical, European detachment. Whether she is navigating a relationship with a man […]



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