Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Release by Suzanne Clay

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How did a book with a premise this filthy end up as one of the sweetest romance books I have ever read? Danielle Higgs is a tight-laced secretary for the even more tight-laced furniture store owner, Victor Hughes. They are so formal with each other that they don’t even call each other by their first names. Danielle’s job can be very stressful, not because Mr. Hughes is a demanding boss, it’s just the nature of the business, so when she gets overwhelmed she does what […]

This book was seriously over-hyped

Funny You Should Ask by Elisa Sussman

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books I Already Own 15-word review: Chani reunites with actor Gabe, the man she wrote about ten years ago. Sparks fly. Official book summary: Then. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she’s in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she’s hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. The Gabe Parker–her forever celebrity crush, the object of her fantasies, the background photo on her phone–who’s also just been cast as the […]

Not my usual thing, but very enjoyable.

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

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I will be honest, I only got Black Cake from BOTM because it was the only Book of the Year in 2022 that I hadn’t already read, and you get a free one every year. I didn’t want to say no to a free book. And I’m glad I got it! This was highly readable and emotionally affecting, even if it wasn’t always able to hold my attention perfectly (lots of little breaks for romance novels, fanfic, etc. — I am who I am). And […]

I like my jacket too

The Red Jacket by Bob Holt

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In my I Read This journal, I write down the titles and authors/illustrators of picture books I have read. And today I read The Red Jacket. I will also put a note next to it saying, I do not need this book anymore, but you just might. What I mean is, we follow a duck walking past everyone, being ignored, until he finds a bird with a fabulous red jacket. And the bird asks the duck, “Do you want a red jacket?” Why would they […]

Really I don’t write one for every book, just the majority of them

How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps by Bambi Edlund

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You probably don’t believe that I have not written a review for every book I have read. But that is true. One day in June 2023 I was reading online reader copies for picture books. And probably three to five of them I figured I would be unable to write a good review for or I just did not like them (there was one that I hated the ending so much that had it been a physical copy I would have thrown it). However, How […]

One little girl and a big wish

Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark

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It is 1918 and Rivka cannot wait to go to school. But she is told the night before, she must stay home as her father has the flu and her mother needs help taking care of her younger sister, while she works. The Lower East Side of New York City comes alive with how one plucky young girl finds a way to get the education she needs. She trades chores for reading and math lessons. And when her father is finally well, all her hard […]



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