Cannonball Read 18

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Pretty Woman, if the woman is a penniless single mother rather than a leggy L.A call girl

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

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4.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book will be out on May 26th. Dolly Brick is a problem solver and has spent most of her life taking care of her family. When her mother left Dolly, her father and her siblings when Dolly was far too young to have to deal with it, she nevertheless ended up basically mothering her younger sister and mentally disabled younger brother. Now she’s a 39-year-old single […]

“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.”

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

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3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley and G.B. Putnam for this ARC. My opinion is my own. Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as the comic relief character “Janey Jakes” on a popular teen sitcom. Now she’s a creative executive at a movie studio, and really trying to get a script she loves turned into a movie. Frequently crippled with anxiety and self esteem issues, Jane has learned to “fake it till you make it”, but she may have faked it too far this time. Desperate to […]

popcorn romance novel :)

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

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I’m surprised I liked this as much as I did, because in general I don’t enjoy romances that occur over short periods of time—it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t tie to reality, it draws me out of my enjoyment cocoon. But there was something about this novel that was charming nonetheless, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as a palate cleanser (in my case, after reading a manifesto against colonialism that had me quite riled up). This is a pretty standard trope, with some […]



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