Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Love On the Run

Soft Flannel Hank by Eliza MacArthur

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I have to admit this up front, this review is incredibly biased. I’ve been internet friends with the author for a couple of years, encouraged her to write, joined her patreon and discord, and think she’s one of the few decent people left in this country. If this book was boring and bad, I’d still love it. But it isn’t! So that’s nice, not having to lie about liking something a friend made! Especially when my name is in the Acknowledgments!!! Soft Flannel Hank is […]

Another enemies to lovers romance, I did say it’s my favourite trope

I Love You, I Hate You by Elizabeth Davis

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Official book description: Of all the decisions brilliant lawyer Victoria Clemenceaux has made in her life, an unforgettable one-night stand with her opposing counsel Owen Pohl is either the worst…or the best. One thing is certain: these long-standing rivals aren’t going to let their searing attraction stop them from winning the biggest case of their careers. Thankfully Victoria and Owen have someone to vent to about their nemeses. But they have no idea that their online ‘friends’, Nora and Luke, are the very people they […]

“Listen, there are different ways of getting closure and one of those ways might be to make someone miserable for the sake of satisfying your petty soul.”

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

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When wedding planner Carolina “Lina” Santos was mere moments from her own wedding, the best man, the groom’s younger brother came to tell her that his brother had cold feet and would not be showing up to the ceremony. Since that moment, Lina has kept a very tight check on her emotions and is now proud of her reputation as trusted, efficient, and very unflappable  She obviously doesn’t want anyone to know about her own wedding disaster a few years back.  So it’s not all […]

I really cannot say enough about this book

Look Again by Elizabeth Trembley

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VERY LONG REVIEW for this CBR15Passport genre While this review is (hopefully)tasteful, this book has several triggers.  Version one At first, Look Again, a graphic novel by Elizabeth Trembley looks like it will be this sparse, dramatic, artistic story. Then it moves in a more realistic direction. But by the end of the story (or page 118 on my online reader copy) I realized this book is one deep commentary on life and the idea of are we good witnesses to our own lives? Our own […]

A real upside-down holiday

Hanukkah Upside Down by Elissa Brent Weissman

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CBR15Passport  author  The cover of Hanukkah Upside Down was what first caught my eye. The character at the top is upside down. Or is the one on the bottom? After all, she (the top of page) is right side up on her side of things. But then again, the boy at the bottom thinks things are right on his side, too.  This clever book about two cousins in different countries (one New York, USA and the other in New Zealand) shows how “the better cousin” […]

One, two, eleven, five

Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down by Lynda Graham-Barber

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CBR15Passport  author How can you not like the rich, jewel colors of Jeffrey Ebbeler’s illustrations in Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down? Okay, sure, they might be too cute. Or maybe they have too big eyes, but they do fit the story that Lynda Graham-Barber made for us. They are sweet, silly and have a cleverness to them. The story is simple, a dragon mother watches her eggs hatch. It is a difficult process but amusing to the readers. And then, along the […]



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