Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I feel like these were written for a younger version of me

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

Rolls and Rivalries by Kristy Boyce

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CBR Bingo: Dungeons and Drama – Season “It occurs during the Fall season” CBR Bingo: Dragons and Dating – Success “The gaming group is working on becoming successful online streamers” CBR Bingo: Rolls and Rivalries – Left “Knowing your left from your right is fundamental in marching band” I recently had a staycation downtown by myself for a couple days.  As a full-time mom to two teenagers, it was a welcome respite!  I brought several books with me, as one does.  On Wednesday, I found an independent bookstore […]

The Earl and the Sheepfarmer

In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra Vasti

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Reading Rainbow – Purple/violet cover It’s 1811. Winnifred “Winnie” Wallace just wants to settle down in a small town in Wales and raise sheep. She has a modest amount of money, given to her by her con woman mother before said woman absconded to France. However, being a single woman trying to establish herself leads to a lot of suspicion, so Winnie fibs a tiny bit and claims to be married, but estranged from her husband. She literally makes up a name and an address […]

Predictable, but in the best way

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

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“Explain to me again,” said Oliver finally, “why you need a boyfriend?” It was the least I owed him. “Mainly for this big fundraiser we’ve got coming up at the end of April. Our donors all think I’m a bad gay.” He frowned. “What’s a good gay?” “Someone like you.” “I see.” ― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material “You” – I gave a thwarted sigh – “are a terrible fake boyfriend.” “I’m building fake anticipation.” “You’d better be fake worth it.” “I am.” ― Alexis Hall, […]

Two Sapphics on a Roadtrip, They Might Kiss?

No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey

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Honestly, I have read fics with basically this premise a lot over the years. Someone needs a date to a wedding to avoid awkward family reactions and questions. Someone is asked by a mutual friend to fake it, as a favour. Romance ensues. Fortunately for everyone involved (me, you, other readers, the author), No Rings Attached has way more nuance and way less badly written gender identities than those examples. No Rings Attached is Rachel Lacey’s follow up to Read Between the Lines focusing on […]

Grumpy/Sunshine Double Header (and Bingo!)

His Grumpy Childhood Friend (Cider Bar Sisters #2) by Jackie Lau

Her Pretend Christmas Date (Cider Bar Sisters #2.5) by Jackie Lau

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I was simply delighted by this one. His Grumpy Childhood Friend hit a couple different trope happy places for me – second chance romance, friends to lovers – but it also did something I love more and more as I consume a good amount of Romance books: it released its third act tension without a break-up or fight.  The tension point of the story isn’t a misunderstanding or one of the pair freaking out and walking away, instead we get characters dealing with traumatic experiences […]

What if We Fell in Love, as a Bit?

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

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After a spectacularly bad first date, Elle and Darcy assume they will never see each other again. Then both of them have run ins with family where they are once more quizzed about the failures of their love lives. So Darcy hatches a scheme. What if they agreed to fake a relationship for a few months to prove to their respective families that they were in fact capable of doing more than just failing at their personal lives? Surely that would solve all their problems, […]



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