Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I Wish That I Could Be Like the Cool Kids

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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Every adult was a kid at one time, and probably always a kid in some ways. Either in play or wonder or understanding of the world and its dynamics. Yet, somehow, I always forget that kids intuit and navigate the same world we adults do, often with more moral clarity and insight if not vocabulary. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a great reminder of those truths. Not just because it’s such a timeless story of coming of age, moral luck, and choice. But also because […]

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

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Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. Be warned readers, this is pretty bloody/gory. A couple of scenes did turn my stomach a bit, but I kept plugging through. I won’t lie, readers are not going to like the main character, Poppy Stringer at all. At least at fast. She starts to grow on you, or at least she grew on me the more I read. And the more I read, I kept hoping that she […]

Damian Ad Infinitum

Damsel in Distress by Shannon Drake

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All that heiress Katherine de Montrain wants is to stay in control of her estates and assist her cousin, who masquerades as the notorious Robin Hood. Though she is forced for wed Lord Damian Montjoy for her own protection, she vows she will never submit to him. This is a pretty entertaining historical romance which was originally published in the 1990s. This is a bit of a weird time in the genre, as plots were shifting from the more violent and dubiously consensual bodice rippers […]

Carrion Crow by Heather Parry

Carrion Crow by Heather Parry

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Some body horror throughout. Wow. So Carrion Crow was a gut punch. Parry is partly inspired by the true story of Blanche Monnier and writes a fictional story following the Périgord family. I just felt pity for the character of Marguerite and absolutely loathed the character of Cécile. It was a lot of story to wade through and at times I found myself just getting impatient […]

Common Denominators

Common Goal (Gamechangers #4) by Rachel Reid

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Eric Bennett is a hockey goalie for the New York Admirals. He’s pushing forty and knows that the end of his career is coming, but he finds it hard to take the plunge. Recently divorced, he’s eager to explore the other side of the bisexual equation, so when he meets Kyle at a gay bar he’s game. But will the age gap get in the way?  I find it increasingly hard to write reviews of these books because they’re all the same. That’s not an […]

Le temps viendra/Je anne boleyn

The Beheading Game: A Novel by Rebecca Lehmann

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The time will come/I Anne Boleyn    Anne Boleyn wakes up the night after her execution to find herself stuck in an arrow chest; #historicalfact. (the arrow chest, not the waking up.) Not knowing what bothers her more; the waking up with her head between her knees or her cheap ex not even giving her a coffin, she decides Providence helps them that helps themselves and gets herself (and her head) out. After a quick turn around with an embroidery needle, she’s no longer in […]



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