Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Read this while waiting for food that was an hour late and it did make the time fly by

Well Matched by Jen DeLuca

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The issue with putting off reviews until (looks at calendar) almost a month and a half after reading a book is that you start to forget what on earth happened in these books to make you give them the ratings you did! I think my biggest issue with this book–from what I remember at least, mea culpa mea culpa–is that the conceit is a bit much for me to take. You have to believe that April has spent twelve years (TWELVE) as a sort of […]

A disappointment, a pleasant surprise, and an I-should-have-known-better.

Well Played by Jen DeLuca

Not Like the Movies by Kerry Winfrey

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

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Continuing with my year-end wrap-up of books that I didn’t feel like reviewing earlier, this post will feature three “sequels” to books I have previously read and reviewed. First up, Well Played. Truly, a disappointment. I was so looking forward to this one, a follow-up to last year’s fun and charming Well Met. Still set in the weird little Maryland town that obsesses over a summer Renaissance Faire, this time we focus on Emily and Simon’s friend Stacey, who worked as a pub wench with […]

Huzzah! Bingo!

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

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A few weeks back, I saw the good folks over at One More Page Books showcasing this book on their social media. It looked really cute, so I popped over on my way home from work and bought it. Reader, it was an absolute fricking delight. I have never been to a Renaissance Faire in my entire life. I still don’t ever plan to go to one. But my ignorance and inability to personally relate to the theme of this book in no way deterred […]



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