Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless.

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

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CBR18 Bingo: Refuge – Iris and Roman find refuge in their correspondence. The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don’t waste time worrying about things that won’t even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt are the same age and […]

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Knot Mine (The Oakley-Verse #1) by Alice La Roux

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CBR18 Book Bingo: Middle – Zale stays in the middle, never causing problems but ignoring what he wants for the sake of popularity and fitting in. Shiloh is whatever the opposite is of “the life of the party.” He snaps at people before they can tear him down. It doesn’t help that his endlessly-lovable twin sister, Milly, is an omega who has the alphas at their small college eating out of her hand while Shiloh is the antisocial beta sibling. Milly’s boyfriend Zale – the […]

Everything I’ve done since losing you has been about getting back to you.

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

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CBR18 Bingo: Maps – Kite and Joe follow and escape from the war by attacking and fleeing different harbours all over Europe. He put his hand out and Kite shook it. Joe had the alien thought that people here must never have touched each other otherwise. There was no kiss, no hug, nothing. They were all oysters sealed in their stiff manners. ― Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms I tried to let you go, before. I’m sorry. I didn’t know you’d forget so quickly. ― Natasha […]

None of them know I just gambled away my entire life savings for a lizard that burned half of my house down and escaped.

My Pigeon Familiar (Magical Misfits #1) by Bridget E. Baker

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This cannot be happening. Maybe it’s a bizarre dream. But even in a dream, there’s no way that I can possibly let a pigeon sleep on my bed. It’s like having a flying cockroach in my bed. Just, no. I try to shoo it away, grimacing as my fingers touch its grey and black wings. I tell myself it’s a clean pigeon. Those exist, right? Oh, no. What if it pooped on my bed? ― Bridget E. Baker, My Pigeon Familiar I thought I was […]

I love inappropriate moments. They’re my favourite moments.

The Raven Scholar: The Eternal Path Book #1 by Antonia Hodgson

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Petty grudges are an excellent spur to action. ― Antonia Hodgson, The Raven Scholar “Fascinating,” the emperor said, rubbing his mouth as he took in her appearance. Fascinating was another of those court words, like astonishing, and remarkable, but even worse. Never fascinate an emperor. ― Antonia Hodgson, The Raven Scholar Neema Kraa is happy with her job as an imperial junior archivist and calligrapher. She is proud of how much she has achieved on her own. That’s what people say when they learn of […]

Elastic tension lashed their cars together across space, alone on the road, nothing in his head but grief and freedom.

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

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Andrew held the clutch and eased onto the gas, pushing revs while the digital readout reminded him to hold it, wait for the right moment to explode. Sam’s fingers touched the rim of the moon hanging in the sky. A shudder ripped across the bones of Andrew’s forearms, terror and delight and the promise of risk bringing him to life. ― Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons For fuck’s sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you? ― Lee Mandelo, […]



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