Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Gentrification, as they understood it, was something other people did.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

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CBR18 Bingo: Sheep – Anna and Tom daydream about buying a dairy in France and making artisan sheep and goat’s milk cheeses. Tom had argued that Sicily had been a conformist, lazy choice, in a tone that suggested that the conformist wasn’t him. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection An identical struggle for a different life motivated an entire sector of their generation. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Berlin was, to all intents and purposes, their main pastime—exploring it, understanding it, feeling part of it. In a way […]

A single interesting character and a predictable plot made this a dull read.

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski

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CBR18 Bingo: Justice – Arin and his co-conspirators rise up against the occupying forces and enact justice upon them. She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had unfurled. If her heart were truly a scroll, she could burn it. It would become a tunnel of flame, a handful of ash. The secrets she had written inside herself would be gone. No one would know. ― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner’s Curse Music made her feel as […]

They are cooler and better than you are, and they will steal your girlfriend.

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

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CBR18 Bingo: Friends – Childhood friends formed bands together, many of whom had epic friend breakups after they got famous. Everyone thought we were fighters. I couldn’t care less about fighting. I want to fight off women, not men. ― Lizzy Goodman, Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 That Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP was really hard to find and should have been hard to find because it sounded like crap. Nick once told me that it […]

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 […]

There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love, or you killed him.

The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater

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CBR18 Bingo: Bird and Steal Bird – Ronan has a pet raven named Chainsaw. Steal – Ronan and Kavinsky steal items from the dream world. The Raven Boys There were three boys in the doorway, backlit by the evening sun as Neeve had been so many weeks ago. Three sets of shoulders: one square, one built, one wiry. “Sorry that I’m late,” said the boy in front, with the square shoulders. The scent of mint rolled in with him, just as it had in the […]

Small town secrets and shallow gene pools

Sex at a Funeral by K. Stirling

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CBR18 Bingo: Right – When family secrets are revealed, no one gets to claim that there is one right way to be: what love should look like, what makes a family unit the “right” kind, etc.. Sky is home for his father’s funeral. Throughout Sky’s life, his father treated him with contempt and disgust. Sky grieves the loss of his parent and that they can never reconcile. When he came out to his parents in his teens, his mother barely reacted, which was on brand […]



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