Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless.

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

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CBR18 Bingo: Refuge – Iris and Roman find refuge in their correspondence. The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don’t waste time worrying about things that won’t even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt are the same age and […]

Mindy Kaling did it better.

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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I’ve given this boy the messiest parts of me, and he’s done nothing but convince me he’ll be careful with them. ― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow This immediately reminded me of the show Never Have I Ever and the story of the eventual-enemies-to-lovers romance between two overachievers locked in a perceived battle to the death. Rowan hates her nemesis, Neil McNair, “McNightmare.” He thwarts her at every turn. They fought endlessly at every opportunity through middle school and high school. At one point, […]

I was sixteen. I lived inside of myself way more than I lived inside of this town.

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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I started grabbing everything I could find and I had no idea what other people thought was good or what was important. And so I almost never told anyone what I liked because I was terrified that they would tell me how stupid it was. Every single thing that you loved became the source of both intense obsession and possible shame. Everything was a secret. ― Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic Frankie is a sixteen-year-old girl with three feral older brothers […]

“I realized I didn’t want to carry them around for the rest of my life.”

Nude Model and Other Stories by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

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This is a very interesting and striking manga collection of three pretty dark short stories. I haven’t read the author’s other work, Blue Period, which is about a teenager discovering art in high school, but I had looked at it before and liked the art style, which convinced me to pick this up. Since it’s a standalone consisting of three short stories, I figured it would be a good insight into her style and I liked the striking cover a lot. I liked all three […]

When you think you’ve joined the good guys but you’ve really just joined a cult

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

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CBR15Bingo: Relation “ship” (cargo ships and relationships) Bingo: (left to right: Dwelling to On the Air) Will Kempen is on the run and on a mission: find the man who had his mother murdered and take him down. Unfortunately, his mission leads him directly into the hands of those who want him dead. After being rescued off of a sinking ship by Violet, the two of them are taken back to the hall of the Stewards (protectors of the light and fighters against the Dark […]

Different tune, same story

Battle of the Bands by Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi

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There’s a thing that happens when you totally crush out on someone. It’s like you can feel your heartbeat in every part of your body. There’s a euphoric kind of excitement mixed with sadness and terror. It’s hard to explain, but it happens in an instant and then just explodes and grows from there, consuming your every waking thought and sometimes your dreams. You can’t escape from it. It takes over and runs the controls that make you . . . you. Suddenly, you aren’t […]



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