Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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“There’s no point in denying it. Anger is my faithful companion.”

After We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

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CBR18 Bingo: Justice – Beatriz spends the whole novel searching for justice for the death of her brother and her family’s exile from Cuba after the rise of Fidel Castro. Though Beatriz and her family have found safety in Palm Beach after fleeing from Cuba, she has not found peace, and rages about the death of her twin brother and the policies of Castro. Working with the CIA gives her a chance to get revenge, but it may also complicate her relationship with politician Nick. […]

this delightful book unfortunately poked the bear (me)

Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian

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CBR Bingo: You, because my main gripe/rant about this book is going to be about something (MEDICAL MISINFORMATION) that is very dear to my heart in multiple ways I really like Cat Sebastian as an author, and I loved the entire premise and execution of this novel. She’s a really talented writer, and moving from the historical era to the modern era doesn’t seem to have dimmed her capabilities any (which, not always the case). This time around our lead is 34 (!!!!) year old […]

A Summerween Romance

I Haunt it That Way by Isabelle Popp

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I’ve really struggled with how to review I Haunt it That Way because I enjoyed it so much but it is a weird book. A weird book I loved, but difficult to describe. I Haunt it That Way is a ghost story and a romance. Like Popp’s debut, Let’s Give ’em Pumpkin to Talk About (which I also loved), it’s about shifting how we see. It’s about grief, not only for someone we lost but for versions of ourself that we couldn’t be earlier. In Haunt, […]

Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane

Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane

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I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review.  I got nothing. The first part of this book when Tess and Ryan are in their 20s and meet with their messy/hilarious friends on their way to a wedding was great. And then there was a side story that never really gets resolved. But mostly this book is about how Tess and Ryan fell for each other and then over the course of 10 plus years kept meeting and things never […]

Meet Me at Midnight by Sophie Sullivan

Meet Me at Midnight by Sophie Sullivan

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. Look, romance novels live or die by the main couple, and unfortunately I was mehish on both characters once they got together (Kyra and Ethan). This isn’t marketed as a sequel, but I suggest you read Sullivan’s other books involving the same family/group of friends, You Make it Feel Like Christmas and Can’t Help Falling in Love.   I read the latter and really enjoyed it and want to […]

Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen

Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. I struggled a lot to finish this one. I almost DNFed it a few times because I honestly just felt like I was just reading random sentences with no real logic behind the plots of this book. And then the last 20 percent of the book was one character telling another character (slowly) about something that happened that readers had known about since the first part of the […]



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