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#CannonBookClub Discussion Topics: Between the Bridge and the River

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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Our final #CannonBookClub of 2018 is on November 2 and 3 is Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson as the second of our Anniversary Reads. This book has inspired a wide range of emotions and responses – everything from 1 star reviews to 5 star reviews and we are excited to see how all of your opinions come together in our big Discussion Post. It’s time to get thinking about what we’re going to talk about, and this book travels across time and space in a way that I wasn’t quite expecting so our areas of discussion […]

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10/19/2018 |

Not My Wheelhouse … BINGO!

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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#cbr10bingo Not My Wheelhouse This book was a gift from Malin during last year’s CBR book exchange. I had mentioned that I don’t read much in the Romance genre but would be interested in trying, and she sent The Hating Game, a favorite among Cannonballers.  *Note: the first square that I filled on my bingo card was with a book from Malin, and the first review I wrote for CBR10 was for a book from Malin. Next bingo cards needs a square called “Malin Recommends”! If I am honest, I have to admit that I consciously avoid the romance genre. […]

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10/22/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

When one book gives you a lot of slow kicks

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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I finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel for the So Popular! for the cbr10bingo. Now, the book is not bad. Not by a long shot. I just found it slow. Therefore, I thought I was going to have to review only half of the book. There is a lot of buildup leading one to think course there is going to be a big explosive ending! Wrong. It somewhat fizzled at the end. However, it kept to the tone of the book. The whole book was just watching these people live and grow and die. I felt as if […]

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10/22/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:393 |

The book was absolutely NOT better

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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#CBR10Bingo: The Book was Better?  Spoiler Warning! This has already been reviewed a ton of times – there will be some vague spoilers, but nothing that should ruin the film or the book for anyone. Rachel Chu is an economics professor in New York. Her boyfriend of two years, Nick Young, a history professor at the same university, invites her to go to Asia with him for the summer, to attend his best friend’s wedding. Rachel has no idea that Nick’s family is one of the wealthiest and most influential in Singapore and that most of his family, friends and acquaintances are […]

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10/22/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:90 |

“Into many lives a little irregularity must fall.” (CANNONBALL!! Bingo #3 & 4)

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

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I had read quite a few reviews of this book, and still I don’t think I fully grasped what to expect. Back in January both yesknopemaybe and sistercoyote’s reviews of this book got me to add it to both my to read list, and found it a home on my Read Harder Challenge. My exact words were “Okay, that’s it, you all win. On the to read list it goes. I’m not even that big a Sherlock Holmes fan (hush, I know, I know.)” At the end of my reading experience I’m left feeling a little unfulfilled, I don’t know […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:52 |

Amazing, absolutely breath taking. One of My Top 5 Reads This Year.

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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Bingo Square Round 2: Underrepresented I expected that this novel would be good given faintingviolet’s review, but it completely surpassed those expectations.  I was completely blown away by this novel, and how elegantly Gyasi plotted this family epic, showing how the slave trade shaped two different countries. I have read books and novels that addressed the experiences of men and women stolen from their homes who survived the Middle Passage and were forced into the United States slavery system. I’ve read about sharecropping, prison labor, the Great Migration and Civil Rights.  I have also read novels that talked about the loss […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:183 |

I Read This Because of Cate Blanchett

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

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Bingo Square Round 2: The Book Was Better Due to some last minute work schedule changes, I wasn’t able to go see the movie yet as planned but should be making up for that in the next few days.  As a result, I can’t quite say if the book or the movie was better but I expect it might be one of those where I enjoy the movie more because of the cast. There are also quite a few descriptions of visual that I think will be amazing to see on screen. Sometimes I forget how quick and to the point […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:182 |

“We’re done justifying our place at the table”

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

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Bingo square: Underrepresented  The Good Immigrant is a collection of essays by writers, actors, and journalists about what it’s like being a minority in the UK today. A UK which sees you as someone who isn’t to be trusted, unless you’re winning an Olympic medal or are a great footballer. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, and if I do it’s seldom short essay collections, but I mostly enjoyed this one. There are some excellent essays here, my favourites include Kendo Nagasaki and Me by Daniel York Loh, about the frustration of not seeing yourself reflected in popular culture […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Nine lost civilizations and one completely mythical city

Lost Civilizations: 10 Societies That Vanished Without a Trace by Michael Rank

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At barely a hundred pages, Lost Civilizations isn’t a hefty tome, by any definition. It’s the kind of book you find in the discount bin at Barnes & Noble. It’s the kind of book my uncle would get me when I was twelve, because he knew I liked history but had no idea which books I had, or which subjects, specifically, I was interested in. Which is fine. There’s a place for those books. But I’m usually looking for more than that. These books were not a deep dive into any of the civilizations discussed, which is disappointing because there […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:43 |


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