Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

This is temptation city, and there is absolutely no way I can act on anything.

First to Finish by Rebecca J. Caffery

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CBR18 Bingo: One – Johannes wants to be the F1 world champion. Reeling from a bad breakup, Johannes also wants to find “the one,” and he finds himself falling for his new chief engineer. Johannes is at the top of the game and in the number one spot in the F1 racing order and on the podium. Along with his best friend and rival racer Harper, Johannes is competing to be this year’s Formula 1  champion. For the past four years, he’s been in a […]

I can’t believe we were almost killed by a hedge.

A Marvelous Light: The Last Binding Book #1 by Freya Marske

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CBR18 Bingo: Craft – Edwin must hone his craft as a spellcaster as he is not as naturally gifted as his other family members. Blyth gave him an exceedingly stubborn look. God save Edwin from the idiotic flower of English manhood. ― Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light You could have been done helping us in the time it’s taken you to explain exactly how unhelpful you delight in being. ― Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light As a baronet, Robin is assigned an easy job at […]

Baby, Where the Hell is HR?

The Royal Affair by Kay Thorpe

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CBR18 Bingo: Success – This book is set in the workplace, and both the hero and heroine are very good at what they do. After a failed relationship, Peta has no time or interest in pursuing another – especially not with her new boss at the Royal Hotel, the handsome but infuriating Lee Merril. I work in a similar industry to Peta and Lee, so it was pretty amusing for me to read about them having to deal with some of the same concerns and […]

Hot eventually gets boring, but funny never does.

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

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People are way freakier than we acknowledge. Attraction has to do with so many things besides appearance. Hot eventually gets boring but funny never does. ― Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy Another of my pet peeves is that the female characters used to be all sort of cutesy, like having flour on their nose after they baked cookies and not knowing it. And now they’re all a mess, like waking up really hungover and getting fired. I want to create characters who aren’t flawless but also […]

Push their faces together and make them kiss already

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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When her gaze finally reached his face, she had to swallow a sigh and bury it where nobody would ever find it. But how could she help it? His jaw was sharp and angled enough that it could be a weapon itself, strong enough to make her insides quiver. Don’t let him quiver your insides, Evie. ― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain When she cannot find a job, Evie stumbles into the new role of the assistant to The Villain. Not “a” villain […]

Holding out for a hero

Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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Sloan is a single mother with twin six-year-old daughters. After leaving her emotionally abusive husband in Seattle, she is now living in L.A. Sloan hopes that a fresh start far from her ex and his manipulative behavior will allow her and her girls to thrive. Sloan is a surgeon and works long hours. When her live-in nanny quits without any notice, Sloan scrambles to find a suitable replacement as soon as possible. A colleague recommends a nanny whose family recently relocated to Australia. Sloan has […]



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