Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Tackling the wrong tough topic…

The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright

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The Couple Upstairs is about two women. Mel, a Gen X divorced mother of two, struggling to keep her sanity and her kids engaged through the pandemic in Sydney. The other, Lori, a Gen Z backpacker pursuing a romantic relationship with a handsome Aussie bloke to who lives above Mel’s apartment. The bloke – Flynn – is the thread that connects these two women.  He forcibly reminds Mel of a man she dated while backpacking in her 20s for whom she has very complicated feelings. […]

A Worthwhile Second Chance

I Give My Marriage A Year by Holly Wainwright

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I read and reviewed Holly Wainwright’s debut novel, The Mummy Bloggers, last year and despised it with a fiery passion. It was frothy, stereotypical, anti-feminist crap and I loathed every character and every page.  So, you can imagine my trepidation returning to the Wainwright waters for her third novel! (Her second, How To Be Perfect, was a sequel to The Mummy Bloggers so I figured I’d spare myself the rage migraines and skip it…) Before I get into the book review, a little background on […]

So… apparently I’m not a fan of ‘chic lit’…

The Mummy Bloggers by Holly Wainwright

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The Mummy Bloggers is a short, easy read and ultimately pointless novel that examines a few months in the life of three fictional Australian’s bloggers: The Stylish Mumma: an Instagram Queen B of perfection. Toned abs, gorgeous children, fabulous home. The Working Mum: an exhausted but driven mum doing the best she can to juggle her responsibilities and share her story. The Green Diva: a keyboard warrior who encourages an ethical and ecologically sustainable way of parenting. Those are the kindest descriptors for these three […]



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