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If you’re a Murderino, you already like this book

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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This is absolutely delightful fluff, and if you like the podcast My Favorite Murder, you will like this book. It’s like sitting down and having a cup of coffee with Georgia and Karen. Their stories and essays are loosely grouped into sections based on advice and catchphrases that have come out of the podcast, like “Stay Out of the Forest,” and “You’re in a Cult, Call Your Dad.” Mostly, though, it’s just an excuse for them to ramble (which they are oh so good at) and go a little deeper into stories they’ve touched on in podcast episodes. The essays […]

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7/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:15 |

A meandering but mostly fun ride

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

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This massive book covers time travel, witchcraft, academia, military machinations, and more science and physics than this English major could comfortably follow. It feels like several different books mashed together (maybe because of the dual authors?), but the merging of all the pieces was pretty successful. I haven’t read much Stephenson, so I’m not sure how much was him and how much was Galland, but I enjoyed most of it. Melisande Stokes is trapped in 1851 London, and is writing down everything that happened to leave in a safety deposit box in case she can’t get home to present-day Boston […]

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7/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |

Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: crystalclear

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How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? This is my 5th CBR, and it definitely has changed the way I read. I read more carefully and think of things I want to put in my reviews. On the other hand, reading a book I know I’m not going to review is a bit more relaxing! You work in the Youth Services department at a library and host toddler storytime? This sounds divine and adorable. What’s your favorite thing about working with these future readers? Seeing the children get excited about a book, even […]

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6/25/2019 |

Five coworkers reluctantly go into the woods, four come back…

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

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Yay, I finally stumbled on a good one! (I recently got my third library card – hooray for working and living in different counties – and picked three books I’d never heard of.) This book was a breath of fresh air. A small family-owned company is forcing their employees to go on a corporate retreat hiking in the Australian outback. Nobody really wants to go, but they have to anyway because Tradition. Because Sexism, the campers are split into groups: Sister COO Jill leads the women’s group, Brother CEO David leads the men’s. They’re supposed to follow trails and flags […]

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6/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |

A ghost story without much story

The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike

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How long would you stay if you suspected your new apartment was haunted? A week? Six months? Two hundred pages? Misao, her husband Teppei, and their small daughter move into a gorgeous new apartment building. The price is suspiciously low, because the building is located right next to a cemetery, temple, and crematorium. Also suspicious: half the new apartments are empty, and the ones that are occupied are rapidly losing their tenants. The first day they move in, the family’s parakeet dies, and the little girl keeps talking about how the ghost of the bird visits her to tell her […]

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6/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

“Better nonexistence than pain” – whatever, dude

Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian

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Do you guys find it harder to write a spoiler-free review when it’s for a book you didn’t like? My last two reviews have been for books that were just kind of meh, but then had aggravating endings. It’s tough not to talk about it! Three hundred years after an apocalypse only referred to as “The Storm,” the surviving civilizations are gathered in bunkers and domes. Everyone is issued food, clothing, jobs, apartments, etc.: everything a person needs. The entire occupation of the settlements is to keep the settlement going, and to extend life. Through bioreplacements, all humans can live […]

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6/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:11 |

I needed more of a reason to care what happened to these people

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

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I finished this book on a plane four days ago, and I’m already forgetting it. It was fine – perfect plane fare, and it fit in my purse. But it was tremendously forgettable. Four girls become fast friends at boarding school, something terrible happens, they grow up with a horrible secret, and events come back to haunt them after they’re all grown and living miles away from each other. Not very original, sure, but there’s definitely potential there. Fifteen years after they left school under a cloud of suspicion, Kate texts the other three: “I need you,” and they all […]

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5/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Alexis Dubief

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How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I was a CBR lurker for ages but officially joined up for CBR6 in 2014. Cannonballers introduced me to romance reading (Malin and Mrs. Julien are largely to blame) and even today, 5-star reviews on CBR account for ~70% of my book purchases. Murderbot Diaries, The Hating Game, Saga, Fangirl, etc.: many of my all time favorites came directly from the rave reviews of other Cannonballers. You wrote a book! Cannonballers loved it! Tell us about that process. A few years ago a reputable book […]

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5/14/2019 |


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