Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“I generally want to commit a felony when I see him. I’m not sure that’s a sign of romantic compatibility.”

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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4.5 stars StoryGraph Easy Reading Challenge 25: A book with two authors Jessica “Jess” Davis is a single mom who tries to make ends meet doing freelance statistics work, mostly working at a local coffee shop, with her best friend writing her romance novels right next to her. She lives in a small apartment on the ground floor of the apartment building her grandparents manage, and they help her raise her daughter, just as they raised her after her irresponsible mother gave up on Jess. […]

This cute green card plot has very different connotations right now

Roomies by Christina Lauren

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I now feel like I’m wasting time if I’m not listening to an audiobook while I’m in my car, so I’m always on the lookout for a book that will hopefully work well for listening. I’ve read a couple of books by Christina Lauren (two writing-partner friends who smash their first names together to make one author’s name), so when I saw Roomies (2017) available at the library, I figured I would enjoy listening to it. Unfortunately, this one was not my favorite. There were some good […]

A little disappointing

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

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I’ve read and enjoyed two books by Christina Lauren*: The True Love Experiment and The Soulmate Equation. So, I decided to go looking for more by them, and that’s when I found Something Wilder (2022). I was excited to read this one because Christina Lauren had already proven themselves to me, and because this book takes place in Canyonlands National Park. I love Utah, and I also love a good romantic adventure, so I had high expectations when I began listening to this audiobook. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this […]

Tinder, but for true love

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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My first book by Christina Lauren (a writing duo using their first names) was The True Love Experiment, which I enjoyed. But The True Love Experiment was actually the second book involving these same people and places, and I decided I wanted to see how everything started. And it started with The Soulmate Equation (2021). While Fizzy is the main protagonist of The True Love Experiment, it is Fizzy’s best friend, Jess Davis, who finds love in The Soulmate Equation. Jess is a single mother who is devoted to her little girl, […]

Disney Reimagined for Grown-Ups

Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

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The first Meant To Be book I ever got was If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy. That’s because it was the first Meant To Be book at all, and as a religious reader of the Twisted Tales, I was curious what an adult contemporary line from Disney would look like. Of course, like many other things, it fell behind, and it wasn’t until a year or so later that I actually picked up a Meant To Be book—and this time it was By the Book by Jasmine […]

Like Pretty Woman in a tropical setting

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

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CBR Bingo – Rings. Marriage. Caution: Spoilers. Anna Green and Liam “West” Weston were divorced and went their separate ways after they finished their studies at UCLA. Their sham marriage was just so they could get inexpensive housing on campus. Three years later, Anna finds herself with a fine arts degree, jobless, no prospects to sell her art, and saddled under her dad’s medical bills. She gets a surprise visit from West, the handsome, extremely wealthy heir apparent to the Weston Foods supermarket chain. West […]



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