Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I’m shaking at your touch, I like you way too much.

Anonymous Alpha (Bangers and Mash Book 8) by MM Farmer

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This is the fourth Bangers & Mash book I’ve read by MM Farmer. These are light, silly, sexy, and fun. If you’re looking for something deep and meaningful, this is not it. And that’s great! It’s lighthearted and a fun read to tune out and enjoy some downtime. Evan Mercer is a mega popstar. He’s been a teen idol his entire career, even as he’s transitioned to his twenties. At twenty-five, he’s finally able to end his recording contract and write songs that are more […]

“I want to satisfy my kind boyfriend the way he satisfies me.”

Do You Really Want Only a Meal? (Volume 2) by Yasu Tadano

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This is the second volume of a very light and fluffy romance between Masamune and Natsuki. It was a while since I read the first volume and I was racking my brains at first for memories of who these characters were and what had happened previously, so that wasn’t a great sign as to how engaging the first book was. But the plot here is gentle and cute enough that I was able to bop along, and I didn’t feel like re-reading the first one. […]

Come for the setup. Stay for the yearning.

Eight Weeks in Paris by S.R. Lane

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Note: It’s a lot of yearning. In writing this review, I tried to categorize the main characters’ relationship as enemies-to-friends-to-lovers or grumpy/sunshine, but neither one fits. I expected a sweet and charming romance set among the landmarks of Paris, but I got a very serious, surprisingly deep take on celebrity, fame, and integrity. Nicholas Madden is the brooding, short-fused, paparazzi-hating serious actor. After campaigning for and being cast as Frederick, the main character in The Throne, a queer romance period piece set in Belle Époque […]

Two Interlocked BL Manga

Star and Hedgehog by Nayuta Nago

Fox and Puppy by Nayuta Nago

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These two manga tell the stories of two sets of brothers who fall in love, although each book stands along. Star and Hedgehog follows Ikumi, a college student who’s at home for the summer and falls in love with one of the gardeners, Harukiyo. Ikumi at first thinks that Harukiyo hates him, but it turns out that Harukiyo is just shy and intimidated by how handsome he thinks Ikumi is. They get to know each other and start dating long distance. The art here is a […]

“I wanna see you fall…crazy in love with me.”

Afterglow by Wagimoko Wagase

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Higuchi is a young doctor whose aim is to become a cardiovascular surgeon, but he’s been transferred to a depopulating small port town to work in general internal medicine for a bit due to a traumatic experience he had while performing a surgery. He doesn’t like being out in the sticks and he feels like he’s being punished for messing up, although his supervisor is clearly trying to give him a mental health break and the time to recover from his flashbacks and shaking whenever […]

“American boyfriends seem like a real pain in the ass…”

I Can't Get Through the Night Alone by Yoh Matsumoto

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I Can’t Get Through the Night Alone is pretty paint by numbers BL but I enjoyed the plot contrivance, so it was an easy read and had some interesting ideas floating around in there. It’s 1950 and Seishiro is a former Japanese soldier who had a traumatic time during WWII and is working at a barman in a club. Jim is an American soldier with the occupying forces who spots Seishiro and basically falls immediately in love, then asks him to “date” him, with both men […]



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