Cannonball Read 18

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Love in the time of COVID

Romantic Comedy: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Cbr18bingo Joker Sally Milz is a writer for The Night Owls, aka TNO, a late night sketch comedy show à la SNL. She is divorced, in her 30s, and has been writing for the show for several years, a dream come true for her. When internationally renowned singer/songwriter Noah Brewster hosts the show, some of Sally’s deeply held opinions about fame, dating and romance — informed by her own not so great experiences — are called into question. For Sally, this is a deeply unsettling […]

“Sometimes when I speak, I feel like I’m writing dialogue for the character of myself. I’m impersonating a normal human when really I’m a confused freak.”

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

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In five words: Romance, Comedy, SNL, Pandemic, Self Doubt I mean, it’s right there in the title: Romantic Comedy is up front about what it proports to be, and Sittenfeld delivers exactly what it says on the cover. I saw this one on the shelf at my library and snatched it up as I was in the market for something light and fun for summer. It’s been a while since I read any of her novels (having enjoyed both Prep and American Wife) and this one […]

So Much Cheesy Goodness

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

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Camembert would prefer to live life on her own terms which include never marrying a man.  Unfortunately for her, in the kingdom of Fromage, women can’t inherit.  So, when her father passes away, Cam moves away as far as possible, disguises herself as a man, and restarts her life as Count Camembert.  However, when Cam strikes up a friendship with Princess Brie, it becomes much harder to keep her secret, especially as the two of them might be falling for one another.  But what sort […]

Meta-Romcom for the Frustrated Fan of Typical HEA Romcoms

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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The tenth time I laughed out loud reading Book Lovers was the moment I decided it was a 4.5-star romcom rather than a 4. Another that many others have read and reviewed so it’s less important to provide a synopsis than it is to write about how it feels. Here we go: This is a book that, no doubt, has many of us readers of romcoms thinking “How did Emily Henry get full access to my life? Is a reality TV crew following me around a la Ed […]

Escaping for an afternoon

I pucking love you by Pippa Grant

Crazy for loving you: a Bluewater billionaires romantic comedy by Pippa Grant

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Happy escapism and silliness Two books, in different series, but by the same author and featuring brothers as their respective heroes. I started reading Pippa Grant on an epic 40 hour trek from Australia to a farmhouse in France (back in 2019, before the pandemic). I don’t know how that first book ended up on my kindle, but I spent a bit of time in Singapore getting several more onto my kindle before we flew onwards (Brisbane to Singapore is apparently 7 1/2 hours). I […]

These fierce Honey Badger sisters are not meant to be underestimated

Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles #1) by Shelly Laurenston

In a Badger Way (Honey Badger Chronicles #2) by Shelly Laurenston

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Since I enjoyed Shelly Laurenston’s Call of Crows series, I started her new trilogy focused on shifters rather than Viking warriors. We got a very small peek of the shifter world in the Crow books, so I was intrigued. The Honey Badger Chronicles follows the misadventures of three sisters who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. I fell in love with these feisty shifter women almost instantly. I thought the Crow warrior women were intense and uncouth, but these fierce sisters are fearless AF […]



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