Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I understand less than half the words in that sentence, but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

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“Are you going to be sick?” I raise my head. The duke is gone, but Helena is on the window seat, twisting her necklace around her fingers. I don’t answer, because I don’t believe a prisoner owes his captors any sort of report on his health. That, and if I’m going to be sick, I’d prefer to do it all over her, and I’d prefer it to be a stealth attack. ― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue On paper, Henry “Monty” […]

I really wanted to like it.

Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters Book 1) by Talia Hibbert

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There’s a big difference between being a coward and putting your emotional safety first. ― Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, Chloe Brown CBR17 Bingo: White Chloe Brown needs to go. After narrowly avoiding being run over by a drunk driver, her brief and bland (to her) life flashes before her eyes. Once the panic and subsequent exhaustion pass, Chloe decides then and there that she must Get A Life ™. She makes a list of things she’s always wanted to do but was too afraid […]

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Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit

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Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit is an interesting book due to the different layers it has. First, it is an adoption story. Sophie has lived with “”My Michael” since she was three. And this is why she calls him what she does and his mother “Our Julia.” But the second level is he is a “real” parent as he does the things all good parents do, takes care of her when she is sick, helps her clean up messes, and […]

“There’s something about a kiss that brings all the opposites together. The wanting and the getting. The longing and the having.”

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

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4.5 stars Emma Wheeler loves romantic comedies and has even won a contest with one of her screenplays. But with a father who needs around-the-clock care, and a sister to put through school, Emma’s career dreams had to take a backseat. Now her agent has an amazing job opportunity for her, to work with the screenwriter she admires the most in the world, Charlie Yates. However, there is no way she can do the job remotely, she will need to stay in LA for six […]

“The companionable silence they shared stuck to his bones and made him feel comfortable in his own skin. A feeling that was hard to let go of.”

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reid

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I practically devoured this book, I loved it.   Charish Reid has a real knack for writing stories featuring people of color in higher education and their love stories. This book is another in that milieu, and it comes down hard on the University industrial complex which runs on the exploitation of its work force, especially its adjunct staff. The titular Mickey Chambers is one such adjunct, and we open the book with her finding out that she will only have one course for the […]

“Get in, loser, we’re going to The Saloon!”

Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up by Charish Reid

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Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up was a fun read. Mickey is a human ray of sunshine and a delight to spend time with.  She is an adjunct faculty member at a university. Her love interest, Diego, is a bar owner and returning college student who isn’t good with people and just starting to come back to life after his wife died 5 years previously. When Mickey realizes she isn’t going to be able to afford to pay for the prescriptions she needs to manage her […]



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