Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Save The …. well everything!

Save Our Forest! (Cross My Heart, #2) by Nora Dåsnes and Lise Laerdal Bryn

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If you have read Cross My Heart and Never Lie (volume 1 of the Cross My Heart series) than you know a little about  the characters that will show up in Save Our Forest! (Cross My Heart, #2) by Nora Dåsnes and translator Lise Laerdal Bryn. Now if you do not know book one, that is fine as this time around we focus on a second character and person from the first is present but not the focus. There are one or two pieces of […]

“She’s been painting the devil on the wall and hoping we won’t know it from the real thing”

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

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Now, spoilers here for the previous book; it is a direct continuation, after all.  The blurb for Painted Devils starts out fantastically: “Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.” With Little Thieves, I knew that it was a trilogy coming in, but by the end of the book, I wasn’t 100% certain where the story was going to be heading next. After ridding herself of a nasty curse, putting the displaced Princess Giselle back where she belonged, settling most of […]

A weird heartwarming story about dead people

Hotel Limbo V01 by Ben Harel

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Okay, Hotel Limbo V01 by Ben Harel….  What the h-e-double hockey sticks did I read? This is one confusing, wild, unusual and crazy book. In other words, it is a must read. Okay, readers. I cannot tell you the story. Sure I can but it then tells you everything you would experience and honestly you should go into this book with no preconceptions other than that it is a journey and experience. But I will say we deal with death. Except it’s funny. Until it […]

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

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Not too much to say about this one outside of the fact that I should have DNFed this one instead of proceeding. I think I just have to deal with the fact that the only book of Backman’s that I liked was A Man Named Ove. And everything else has been pretty much misses for me. My Friends had a lot going on and it was just too much after a while. There was so much repetitiveness, so many stops and starts to telling a […]

I am Patient 6

Dead Of Summer by Ryan la Sala

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If you’ve finished Widow’s Bay and are looking for more of that ‘the next Martha’s Vineyard and definitely not cursed’ vibe, then Dead Of Summer is the book for you! Ollie Veltman and his mother are heading home to the island of Anchor’s Mercy for the best summer ever. How could it not be when the tourists love the queer friendly island culture (it’s basically Provincetown) and beautiful sandy beaches. Ollie and his friends know that something more is deeply wrong with the island but […]

Magic and Intrigue

A Fiery Spirit by Kate Chenli

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Picking up almost right where A Bright Heart ended, Mingshan has defeated Ren and created a new life for herself.  But her troubles aren’t over.  Ren had help from the Night Dragon, an evil magician, who is still a threat.  Mingshan has new problems including her developing magic, and her fears that if her new friends and allies learn about it, she’ll lose much of what she’s gained.  However, the secrets put a strain on her relationship with Jieh.  As they race to put an […]



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