Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Had me in the first half, I’m not going to lie..”

Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long

Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long

Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long

I Kissed An Earl by Julie Anne Long

What I Did for A Duke by Julie Anne Long

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Making my way through the Pennyroyal Green series by Julie Anne Long, but dependent upon the library, so, while I’ve read these all this year, they weren’t exactly in order.  Luckily, I’ve been keeping notes. Now that the top five are covered, I figured I’d put out this half of the reviews. Spoilers abound! Perils of Pleasure – Colin Eversea is trouble – but it’s rogue-ish trouble, typically – And yet, we find our hero headed for the hangman’s noose, literally, about to hang for a […]

Probably best to skip the mystery dumplings at the night market

Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

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4.5 stars Thank you to Netgalley, Jackie Lau and Atria Books for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Noelle Tom feels like she’s in a rut. She’s underappreciated at work, she doesn’t have much of a social life to speak of, and she’s pretty much given up on love and dating. Having worked late yet another Friday evening, Noelle goes to the night market and buys some dumplings from a mysterious old woman who claims they will “give her what she needed most”. Unfortunately, […]

A Gorgeous Love Letter to Libraries, Gardens, and the People who Create Community Spaces

Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney

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I really enjoyed Melanie Sweeney’s debut, Take Me Home, so I had high expectations for her sophomore book, Where You’re Planted. My expectations were blown out of the water. Where You’re Planted inserted itself right into my chest. It is definitely in the top 5 books I’ve read this year. Melanie Sweeney writes with tremendous emotional intelligence. This book is a love letter to libraries, gardens, and the public employees who create public spaces and build communities. It’s for the people who hate to ask […]

Checking in with the X-Men

Uncanny X-Men, vol. 1 by Simone, Gail

X-Men, vol. 1 by Makay, Jed

Exceptional X-Men, vol. 1 by Ewing, Eve

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Several years ago, I decided I wanted to make an effort to get back into the X-Men (being 20ish years behind). This happened to be around the start of the Krakoa era in the franchise, so it was a good time to rejoin I was told. It’s a reboot, the guy at the comic store said. I didn’t like it and stopped reading. More recently, I heard the Krakoa era was ending and they’re starting over again, so I tentatively ordered the TPB (are they […]

Starting Over in Bath

Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens

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Every year, my spouse and I pick a few books for the other person to read. It’s a fun way to expand our literary horizons and connect in a new way. Some of my favorite annual reads come from this exchange. This year, for example, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House was suggested to me. I’ve read thirty-odd books this year, but Ninth House is still my favorite. Sophie Cousens’ Is She Really Going Out with Him? was also given to me to read. While it’s not […]

Obama told me to read it

The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş

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I read The Anthropologists (2024) by Ayşegül Savaş solely because Barack Obama put it on his Favorite Books List. Although Obama and I don’t have exactly the same taste in books, I appreciate that his choices are always well written and thought provoking. The Anthropologists is a short, quiet novel that centers around a young couple in New York City. The two are looking to buy their first home together. Asya first came to the United States to go to college, where she met her husband, Manu. Manu was […]



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