Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Creatively murdering people for the money. #CBRBINGO – Dough

The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

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These books continue to be really good mysteries, but I don't think I'll ever be able to give one five stars because they're so dated. Homophobia in this one in particular is a big issue. Fun fact: Apparently the image on the cover of this edition is fairly pervasive in Japanese culture, the way … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:143 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

This is a perfect novel. #CBRBINGO – Scandal

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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I originally said that I would have a review up later that same day I finished the book, after I stopped swooning, but the swooning never really stopped, and then I got anxious about trying to make this review live up to how much I loved the book, and then I just gave up and said I'd get to it … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:142 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Probably my Favorite Beverly Jenkins book!

To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins

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Gosh, this book is a delight. I love Beverly Jenkins’ books more with each one I read, and this one is especially good. Raven is part of a family of grifters who are very skilled at what they do. When her mom, Hazel’s ex returns to town with Pinkerton detective Ruth Welch, she gets coerced into … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“My mother used to say that once you’ve made a choice, you have to act as though it’s been made forever. But I don’t know if I believe that’s true. Our lives aren’t decided by one choice, but by a series of small decisions that build up to pivotal moments. You can always make a different choice at the next juncture.”

The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1) by Akshaya Raman

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This is a book I definitely wouldn't have picked up on my own, but it came as the second bonus book in my January Illumicrate box, so I thought why the heck not. And it was pretty good! Not great, but good. The book follows four estranged royal siblings in the made-up country of Ashoka who set … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:141 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Another mediocre You’ve Got Mail retelling.

Read Between the Lines (Ms. Right, #1) by Rachel Lacey

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I liked this, but not nearly as much as I wanted to. I don't think I knew this was a You've Got Mail retelling when I put this on my TBR, but maybe I did and I've just forgotten. Either way, it took me by surprise when the references started piling up: There's a dog named Brinkley, a woman who owns … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:140 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“You have to make the best of whatever story you were born into, and if your story happens to suck ass, well, maybe you can do some good before you go.”

A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) by Alix E. Harrow

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So is this the last one of these then? It was a really good ending, if so. It's been five years since we last saw Zinnia Gray, and she's spent that time hopping from world to world, fixing fairytales, and helping princesses, sometimes realizing they don't need help at all. But Zinnia is beginning … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:139 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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