Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Holiday Roundup
A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck
System Collapse (Murderbot #7) by Martha Wells
Tough Guy (Game Changers #4) by Rachel Reid
Flesh by David Szalay
The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Last One Out by Jane Harper

What is Cannonball Read?

Cannonball Read (CBR) is an annual, memorial reading challenge that challenges participants to read and review 52 (or 26 or 13) books in a calendar year. We donate profits to the American Cancer Society in memory of AlabamaPink, our fierce warrior queen, in the fight against cancer. Read More »

“She closed the file and looked out at the sea, regarding it with distrust. It regarded her with the apathy of an ancient life source that didn’t really need to feel any particular way about the opinion of a being with a fraction of its size or lifespan.”

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death: A S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery (#2) by Maxie Dara

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Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), as someone assigns the actual Reapers to their files. A job that you might think a little strange for a woman who is terrified as death as she is, but at least Nora's anxiety is secure in the … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:53 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , ·

“Praise then darkness and creation unfinished”

The Left Hand of Darkness: A Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Cbr18bingo Left The Left Hand of Darkness is a Hugo and Nebula award winning novel first published in 1969. It is the story of an alien envoy named Genly Ai who has come to a remote planet called Gethen or Winter in order to speak to its leaders about joining the Ekumen, a kind of alliance of … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Sundial by Catriona Ward

Sundial by Catriona Ward

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Trigger warning: Animal abuse Sorry. I did not like this one. I get that it has some fans, but it had me going WTF through most of it and it was so damn slow until the 50 percent mark. I think it took way too long to start to tie the threads of the book together and way too long for the … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:112 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , ·

Define What You Mean by Vermin

The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

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No matter what else has been going on recently, it has at least been a banner year for reading. Forget the top three, I’m going to have so much fun (difficulty) trying to whittle everything down to a top ten list. In the parlance of some of my students, there have been some absolute bangers.  The … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Bingo 6: travel and violence abound

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

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Bingo 6: Map The Devils is about a journey, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. So ‘Map’ spot it is. The general premise is somewhat familiar: a monk is put in charge a group of seriously magical/supernaturally powered misfits (at least according the Church) and sent to escort a newly … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

“Eleanor, by the wrath of God, queen of the English.”

Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Mother Queen of the Middle Ages by Desmond Seward

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You know the old adage, "take things with a shaker of salt"? Well, with this book you don't need a shaker; you need the entire darn Dead Sea. Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Mother Queen of the Middle Ages professes to be a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II, mother of Richard the … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:52 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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