Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Rocks, frocks, and a footprint in a box

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

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I finally found a romance novel that I really enjoyed. Part of that may be because I am exhausted and stressed and therefore primed for fluffy fare but nonetheless I would happily read this one again. A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare isn’t so much a historical romance as an alternate universe romance because I needed a major suspension of disbelief for a significant chunk of the storyline. But that actually made it a little more fun for me – I relish fantasy […]

“For all the girls who walk and read at the same time.”

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Another week, another Tessa Dare book review. As I mentioned last review of The Duchess Deal, I love Tessa Dare books so it shouldn’t be all that surprising that I went ahead and picked up where I left off with A Week to be Wicked once I retrieved it. My quick review of this one is another five star Dare outing, these two back to back really highlight the parts of Dare’s craft that make these the fun, enjoyable, and downright witty reads I’ve come […]

A CBR book exchange book finds its mark.

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First off, Malin gave me this book as part of the 2014 CBR book exchange. This is the first of the multiple books I received in that book exchange, and the one the year before, that I’ve actually gotten to (although, I have at least three more planned to read for later this year–thanks, Malin!). For the past couple of years, my romance reading has pretty much been “Courtney Milan,” also thanks to Malin (and Mrs. Julien), but after reading A Week to be Wicked, […]

Good news, everyone! I think I’m psychic now! #BookExchange

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UPDATED 12/13/14 — see note below A couple of weeks ago, I splurged and ordered a David Bowie Pizza John t-shirt from DFTBA.com in honor of Pizzamas (raise your hands if you actually understood the contents of that sentence), so when I checked my mail this afternoon (after getting to leave work three hours early–wooo!), and there was a key in there indicating I had a package, my first thought was YAY PIZZA JOHN. And then I got confused, because it was from Amazon, and I […]



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