Cannonball Read 18

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Based in Glasgow. Used to review under the name Lollygagger. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: ASKReviews' Quick Questions interview - as Lollygagger.)

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Both Simple and Weirdly Complex

Laws of the Game 25/26 by IFAB

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Best for: Anyone interested in becoming a football (soccer – but I’ll be calling it football for the rest of the review) referee; anyone who enjoys watching football but isn’t actually clear on what the rules are; anyone who thinks its super easy to be a referee. In a nutshell: The official laws of the game of football, along with descriptions of rule changes, and practical advice for referees. Worth quoting: “The best positions is one from which the referee can make the correct decision.” […]

What Strangers Can Teach Us About Ourselves

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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Best for: People who want an easy read that isn’t a quick read. In a nutshell: CN: Suicidal ideation Phoebe and her husband divorced just after the pandemic. She has come to a hotel to die by suicide, When she arrives, it turns out she’s the only person there who isn’t part of a wedding. Worth quoting: “What is one thing I can do right now instead?” “Everybody in my life is always telling me I can be anyone I want, but then whenever I […]

More Small Town Intrigue

The Body in the Kitchen Garden by Paula Sutton

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Best for: Fans of quiet mysteries where you can maybe start to guess who the killer is. In a nutshell: A couple of years on from the first book in the series, Daphne, a transplant from south London to the village of Pudding Corner, discovers a body. But were they murdered? Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: I enjoyed the first in the series. Review: I enjoy the characters that author Sutton created in the first book and was a bit disappointed they don’t […]

I Felt It In My Soul

So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne

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Best for: Any woman with friends. Any woman who has had kids. Any woman who has friends who have had kids. But a content note that there is a lot of discussion around birth trauma and also post-natal depression. In a nutshell: The ‘Little Women’ are four friends who met at university. One (Lauren) has an infant child, one (Nicki) is eight months pregnant, one (Charlotte) has been dealing with infertility for years, and one (Steffi) is childfree by choice. They gather for Nicki’s baby […]

Love Some Small Town Intrigue

The Potting Shed Murder by Paula Sutton

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Best for: Fans of cozy mysteries with an eccentric cast of characters. In a nutshell: Daphne has moved from south London to a tiny village in Norfolk with her husband and three young children, in the hopes of having a slower, simpler life. Then, the headmaster of the local school dies unexpectedly. Was he murdered? And if he was – who did it? Worth quoting: “The thought of sullying these beautiful and tranquil surrounding with the same stresses and drama of London was quite frankly […]

It’s Wild That This Is Controversial to Say

Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by Sim Kern

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Best for: Those interested in how to respond to some of the accusations that come when one is fully supportive of a free Palestine and opposed to the occupation and genocide. In a nutshell: Sim Kern (they/them) is a Jewish author interested in debunking some of the common talking points people use to justify what Israel is doing in Palestine. Worth quoting: “When the oppressed call for ‘liberation,’ colonizers hear ‘genocide,’ because that’s all they know — they can only conceive of violent, oppressive relations […]



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