Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“We put so much effort into it, and I tanked it by being a horny goblin.”

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Recommended by a friend (I’m not sure if I would have ever discovered this book if it wasn’t for the amazing Narfna/Ashley A lot of contemporary romances get described as rom-coms, and in a lot of cases this is just lies, spouted by the publishers to get more people to pick up the books. Make You Mine This Christmas, on the other hand, is both romantic and very funny. I could easily see it as a film in my head. Haf (it’s […]

The Shepherd King duology: power through the first book, it’s all worth it for the second

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

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One Dark Window: 3 stars Two Twisted Crowns: 4 stars Spoiler warning! Some minor spoilers for One Dark Window in this review. 20-year-old Elspeth Spindle (all the noble families have surnames taken from trees) lives in the kingdom of Blunder, most of which is now enveloped in a thick, sinister fog. Most people who venture out into the fog without a talisman (bones, feathers, animal feet, braided horsehair, etc) go mad and run off into the forest, never to be seen again. The only ones who seem […]

Zooni is a plucky, friendly pup

Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan

Zooni Tales: A Friend Till the End by Vikram Madan

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I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category (a thriller/mystery/romance and a humorous/romance/fantasy graphic novel) and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  And my very little kid came out when I read Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan. And while I can take or leave Zooni, they have some interesting elements that could really make […]

“Okay, ovary up. Fallopian forward. Vulva with a vengeance.”

How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams

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Finding yourself and love after abuse. Plot: Dr. Turner is on the cusp of tenure after years of working to rebuild her professional reputation from a smear campaign by an abusive ex when she finds out that her department is getting evaluated by consultants. You know what that means. It’s job cuts time! Her friends suggest this may be an opportune time to start challenging herself by stepping out of her comfort zone. You know what that means. Sex with a stranger. It always means […]

I ended 2023 reading Part 2

Moonstruck Volume 2: Some Enchanted Evening by Grace Ellis

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I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  After I read about Teen Killers/Assassins who are now in love and going on a Bonnie and Clyde-like spree (only, you know they are the “good guys””) I needed a little humor and read book two of the Moonstruck graphic novels. Moonstruck Volume 2: […]

I ended 2023 reading Part I

Teen Killers Club V02 Teen Killers in Love, by Lily Sparks

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I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  Though I do not think I am a teenage assassin (I really don’t like cleaning up messes and chasing/hunting people is soooooo much work) but I do like an escapist story and book two in the Teen Killers Club series, Teen Killers in Love, […]



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