Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Cute fantasy romances that avoid being saccharine

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

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For the last year, my favourite books list has included a mixture of "cozy" and "weird". It's hard to get me in the mood for something too traditional; I'm enjoying books with romantic elements but get frustrated by lack of non-relationship plot; and I think nothing will ever live quite up to my … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , ·

Road Trip Romance

No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey

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Lia is on the hunt for a fake girlfriend to go to her brother's wedding with her, and her best friend Rosie offers up her childhood friend Grace as an option. Sparks fly when the two meet, but Grace has a complicated past and is wary of relationships. This is the second book in the series, but … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

These Things are Like Potato Chips

Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

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I have a pile of books I want to read next to my bed (okay, on my bed, I tend to fall asleep with my books like they are so many teddy bears) but I keep buying McFadden’s books. Want to Know a Secret? is yet another quick read, but sadly it’s the weakest book by far. The book centers on a woman … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: ·

Not everything needs to be a mystery

First Cut by Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell

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First Cut  is a debut medical mystery from the husband and wife writing team of Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner. Our main character, Dr. Jessie Teska, is (we assume) heavily based on Judy Melinek’s experience as an ME for Los Angeles and San Francisco. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ·

The Centaur and Of the Farm

The Centaur by John Updike

Of the Farm by John Updike

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The Centaur 5/5 The Centaur is John Updike's novel follow up to Rabbit, Run, and if you've read that novel, and any of the subsequent ones, you'd recognize just how much of a departure (in some ways) this novel is from those. But John Updike has always had some experimental elements in his … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:200 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

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I was in the mood for escape and The Folk of the Air series really delivered for me. It is a flawed series, and I'll mention a bit of that as I look at the individual books, but I found it a delicious treat at the end of some pretty long days. The Cruel Prince, the first book in the series, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·


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