Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Didn’t know it, but I needed a romance with a geeky, anxious lead that I relate to.

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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When I received Fangirl in the 2019 Cannonball book exchange, the first thing I noticed about the cover of my edition (the one pictured in this review) was that the art was done by Noelle Stevenson.  I adore Stevenson’s graphic novel Nimona and seeing her art on the book gave me a warm glow before even cracking the cover.  This was in addition to the good will Rowell built up with Eleanor and Park, and Pumpkinheads, but it was low on the TBR so it […]

Young, and Intense, Love

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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I’m not giving this book a rating because how much I liked it isn’t the same as how good I think the book is. So let me start with this: Eleanor & Park is an excellent YA romance. Eleanor has just moved back in with her mom, stepfather, and 4 siblings. On her first day in her new school, she doesn’t know where to sit on the bus and Park reluctantly makes room for her. For days they ride silently on the bus, but then […]

Jumping on a Couple Bandwagons

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Attachments: A Novel by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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I have a pretty lengthy TBR list from perusing CBR, and when some rough life stuff came up recently and I needed some light reading, I decided to try a few books that Cannonballers have recommended that I thought would fit the bill. I’d seen The Kiss Quotient reviewed several times, and I know Rainbow Rowell is a favorite around these parts. So, in the order I read them: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. First of all, hoo boy is there a lot of […]

A bit of a Carry On…

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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The premise of this book intrigued me with it being a full story set in a pseudo-Harry Potter world dreamed up to be a novel series in another book (Fangirl) whose protagonist wrote fan fiction. So it’s a fictionalisation of a book series that was Harry Potter with the numbers filed off. And our lead characters here are Harry & Draco archetypes (called Simon and Baz) with the idea being that in the Fangirl-verse everyone wanted them to be in a relationship rather than enemies. […]

I Might have Enjoyed This More at Another Time

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

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I am so grateful that the a couple of things about Wayward Son irritated me, otherwise I would be finding 250 words for unenthusiastic. I was really looking forward to Wayward Son after loving Carry On. In short, Simon Snow is depressed and listless after defeating the mage, draining all his magic into the Humdrum, and finding himself with permanent wings and a tail. He doesn’t think he deserves Baz as his boyfriend and doesn’t know how to talk to him. Baz feels Simon slipping away […]

Levi is a whole damn mood, y’all

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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This is has got to be my third re-read of Fangirl and it just never gets old. This is one of the sweetest g-d books out there, I will never stop recommending or adoring it. Rainbow Rowell just writes these wonderful warm blanket books that are perfect for so many situations up to and including when you’re spending Valentine’s Day cooped up in a hotel room a thousand miles from your husband. This book is a hug. I know this is the umpteenth Rowell/Fangirl review here on […]



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