Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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and now for something different and a bit infuriating

Ungodly Rich by Katharine McGee

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I liked this book but also it’s infuriating and I cannot in good conscience give it a higher rating. I mean, I did stay up late finishing it, and kept reading it in small snippets while out getting dinner (e.g., while waiting for my friend to go to the bathroom) so it’s definitely readable in that sort of omg I can’t put it down sort of way. It’s almost as if it’s got a desire compulsion built into it, so that everyone has to finish… […]

Royals 3: I’m starting to lose the plot

American Royals: Rivals by Katharine McGee

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If there ever was a book series that I treat like a TV show, it’ll be American Royals. Seriously, when I read this, I pretend I’m in a new seasons of a weird Girlmore Girls fanfic sometimes, because that’s an easier way for me to explain the motivations of characters. For example, the twist this seasons is, Rory/Nina and Paris/Daphne are now friends and working together! How very Girlmore Girls season 3 (or something like that I don’t remember). The A Plotline, Nina/Daphne, is basically, […]

American Royals 2: Electric Boogaloo

American Royals Majesty by Katharine McGee

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I often like to think of books like tv shows. I read books like I watch a show, and there are a lot of parallels between the narrative structure. You have your ‘monster of the week’ chapters that go over something benign, say, throwing a party while mom’s away. You have your dark hidden past that you as the readwatcher get fed drip, say, how you drugged your best friend and she went into a coma as a result, and she’s woken up and you […]

American Royals

American Royals by Katharine McGee

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This book starts out in a way that is very Ella Enchanted. There is an introduction that you can hear being read in a faux british person’s voice describing how *obvious* you knew how after the revolution George Washington became king, and jumps in from there. The story revolves around the three princlings.The big (only?) focus of them is basically love and dating. For real, it’s all they talk about. The world building is interesting. Imagining a world where america set up a similar system […]

Today is only February 1, and I already find myself way behind in reviews for 2020.

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

American Royals by Katharine McGee

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

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How can I already be so far behind? I always have such good intentions with reviewing…and I am great about keeping up with the reading. I just never find the time to sit down and think and type. Thus, I gift to you these three quick reviews for books that were FINE. First, Love Lettering, a book I never would have heard of if I hadn’t been obsessively following all of the tweets about the RWA meltdown over the holidays. I somehow stumbled across some […]

It’s Jolabokaflod! Thank you ellesfena and tiny_bookbot!

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As is tradition at our house, we open our Cannonball books on Christmas Eve. tiny_bookbot, LouBear was so excited to get the two Shannon Hale graphic novels! And the bookmark magnets are beautiful. HUGE thanks from me to ellesfena for American Royals, Exile from Eden, and the adorable book magnet. Love them and can’t wait to start reading. We are so grateful to be a part of such a lovely community. Happy holidays to all!



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