Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Hubris Maximus

Hubris Maximus by Faiz Siddiqui

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I am always here for a takedown of Elon Musk. Increasingly however, because I’m always down for it and I follow news related to his steady stream of lies and false claims, I already know what these tell-all books are alleging. Now only is that the case in Hubris Maximus, but also this book occasionally feels like it was written with AI. What do I mean by that? I mean there are constant restatements of what was said a paragraph before; like, factual statements that list […]

What Is A Life

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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Best for: Those who enjoy more philosophical works of fiction. Those who don’t need every question answered. ** Spoilers Below ** In a nutshell: Our unnamed narrator is a teen girl who finds herself locked in a windowless jail with 39 women. She recalls nothing of her life before arriving here, and this book follows her life. Worth quoting: “They’d wanted something all their lives, but now they had it, they didn’t recognise it.” “What does having lived mean once you are no longer alive?” […]

A romance celebrating Black artists

Reel by Ryan Kennedy

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This was such a beautifully written romance novel though I did start getting anxious over halfway through because things were going too well and I didn’t want to see what 3rd act obstacles Ryan threw at them. This one is a bit on the heavier side for romance as chronic illness plays a large role but I quite enjoyed it. Canon, the leading man, is a famous director who broke onto the scene with a documentary about his late mother’s journey with MS. Since then, […]

The flavor of cabernet sauvignon had only ever been just okay until Ethan tasted it on Taylor Frost’s lips.

Once Upon You and Me by Timothy Janovsky

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Timothy Janovsky has become one of my most anticipated authors. His book The Merriest Misters is one of my favorite romances. Once Upon You and Me is not quite at that level, but I enjoyed it. It has Janovsky’s charm and excellent storytelling. Ethan is a divorced dad managing Storybook Endings Resort, the fairytale themed family resort in the Catskills that he used to own with his ex-wife, Amy. Taylor is Amy’s personal assistant, who has come to the resort to get it ready for […]

Did you know you have a cock in your sweater?

Ruffled Feathers: an Omegaverse Romcom by Grace McGinty

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Grace McGinty’s Ruffled Feathers: An Omegaverse Romcom makes for such a delightful palate cleanser after some of the truly dark romance that I’ve been reading lately. Romcom is the perfect descriptor for this luscious bonbon. There are multiple meet cutes since it’s a why choose romance. There are amusing high jinx involving adorable animals. Which is not to say that it’s completely saccharine. There are some mild taboos – the FMC and one of the MMCs are stepsiblings, but their parents didn’t meet and get […]

Suffers from classic sophomore novel syndrome

The Sirens by Emilia Hart

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Weyward was one of my favorite reads last year so I was excited when I saw that Emilia Hart had a new novel releasing this year. It’s always hard, though, to follow up a hugely successful novel because of the expectations it creates. I know it’s about the journey, not the destination, and as someone that reads a lot, I can often foresee where certain plot points might go. In fact, I think Emilia Hart expects that her readers see exactly how some things are […]



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