Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing.

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

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I liked Role Playing so much! The main characters are only a few years younger than I am, and more of this, please! I am very sad to say that this isn't out until July 1. You should put it on your Summer TBR, because it is excellent. Maggie and Aiden's relationship is inadvertently driven by two … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , ·

“There’s no uniformity in the panoply of butts.”

Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

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I have to say that given the cover of this book, and the title, I was expecting the book to be more...tongue in cheek? But this book isn’t that. Rather than being a fun “backstory” of our fascination with butts, it’s a pretty straightforward gender and race studies critique of Western pop culture’s … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“Desire was not passion and passion was not love.”

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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I have been slow to jump on the Silvia Moreno-Garcia bandwagon, mostly because I read one of her earlier books and it wasn't for me. Then everyone lost their minds over Mexican Gothic. And I did nothing! But I'm glad I eventually gave her another shot, because this book shows me that I can like what … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

A lovely little book.

Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

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There's just something about Emma Mills's writing. I don't read a lot of contemporary YA because it doesn't do much for me, but her stuff does. It's just so lovely and well-written and full of characters that seem very real, and her writing is always funny and addictive. This one also has a fun … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , ·

What Would Marie Curie Do?

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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Last year, Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis was the book that jump-started me into reading Romance Novels. I was in a depressive funk, having lost six pets in six months, and reading helped pull me out of it. I voraciously read Hazelwood's three Loathe to Love You novellas, and pre-ordered Love … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , ·

Two boys, one city, and their places in it

Moonwalking by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann

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Moonwalking is an interesting story about friendship in early 1980s America. The characters are both likable and relatable, and the (SPOILER) not so happy ending, is a nice change of pace from having it “all be okay” and working out in the best possible outcome.  The tone mostly feels realistic … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:88 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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