Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“You won’t necessarily win against fate, but you should at least put up a fight.”

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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I am a huuuuuge fan of Liane Moriarty. I came to her as I’m sure a lot of people did, with her breakout hit Big Little Lies and I’ve never looked back. I am yet to find a book of hers that doesn’t completely capture my attention, as I forego all responsibilities and obligations in favor of reading. This book was no different, as it had me spellbound, though it was a bit more of a headscratcher than her previous books, with more mystical and magical elements […]

Samantha Allen brings her delightfully weird mind to romance.

Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen

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Thanks to NetGalley, RBmedia, and Recorded Books for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. If you too are a fan of Samantha Allen’s previous lesbian Sasquatch-related work, well, I actually have no idea if you will like this or not. It’s completely different. Instead of horror, we’ve got romance, instead of reality TV satire, we’ve got an aging movie star coming out of the closet (while being a ghost). And the “sex” in this . . . you’ve just got to […]

A (very long) classic adventure

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Reading this book has been quite the project. My in-laws gave me a paperback copy of The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas for Christmas. I’d asked for it because I’d seen The Count of Monte Cristo on some book list or other, and it was the only one I hadn’t read. When I decided it would be a fun classic to read, I didn’t realize it was over 1,200 pages, but I was committed. The basic story is that Edmond Dantes is a young, optimistic, up-and-coming […]

Tinder, but for true love

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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My first book by Christina Lauren (a writing duo using their first names) was The True Love Experiment, which I enjoyed. But The True Love Experiment was actually the second book involving these same people and places, and I decided I wanted to see how everything started. And it started with The Soulmate Equation (2021). While Fizzy is the main protagonist of The True Love Experiment, it is Fizzy’s best friend, Jess Davis, who finds love in The Soulmate Equation. Jess is a single mother who is devoted to her little girl, […]

As I told the yoga people (derogatory), you can’t meditate your way to new shingles.

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

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This was a delightful listen. Jenny Holiday wrote a wonderful romance, and Kit Swann and Teddy Hamilton did a great job of bringing it to life. We met Gretchen as Rory’s boss and best friend in Canadian Boyfriend, but Into the Woods works perfectly well as a standalone. Gretchen and Teddy each end up in the woods, literally and figuratively, while putting a pause on their respective lives. Gretchen wants to avoid a midlife crisis, so she’s bought a building and plans to expand her […]

“…and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don’t understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors better left closed. “

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

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A story about Windhollow Faire a fictional British folk band, who in the 1970’s England,  rented an ancient and super creepy country house so they could lock themselves down and record an album.  And oh, the text lets us know what an album Wylding Hall (named naturally after the home they were recording in) was, it was the one that made the band capital F famous.  But it came at quite the cost, as the groups lead singer vanishes into the house and is just […]



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