Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have five year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least.

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Oversells the puzzles somewhat

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Bingo Square: Guide (might be stretching this one a bit but she’s being guided to the truth through puzzles?) 17 year old Avery Grambs is a bright student who keeps to herself. Living with her half-sister since her mother died, she’s working hard at school and her job to better her life. But when her sister’s awful boyfriend moves in, Avery moves out, and into her car. Life isn’t going great, until Grayson Hawthorne shows up at her school. She’s been summoned to the reading […]

If Matt Damon Weren’t Actually a Spy

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

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Bingo Square: Europe. (Bingo with History; Bodies, Bodies; Adulthood; Edibles) A woman wakes up in the middle of the night in Paris with no memory of who she is. But people are trying to kill her and by process of elimination she figures she’s a spy. But her attempts to fight back don’t go that well, maybe her muscle memory isn’t all that? Then she meets Mr. Hot Guy who fills her in. She’s actually the identical twin sister of a spy who’s gone rogue, […]

The Lake House Meets Just Like Heaven

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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Bingo Square: Sex Book publicist Clementine is about to move into her late aunt’s apartment. She doesn’t really want to, too many memories. She spent a lot of time with her aunt, travelling together over the years, and feels her loss immensely. But her aunt left the apartment to her, and she remembers how she’d told her it was magic. She doesn’t necessarily believe it until she finds a young man standing in the living room. A man who is living seven years in Clementine’s […]

“Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say”

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Bingo Square: Getaway, replacing Edibles Melinda has started her freshman year of high school as an outcast. Over the summer, she called the police on a party, which resulted in some people being arrested. Even her oldest friends are furious at her. Her parents seem mostly irritated by her, especially towards her lack of effort at school, but she finds some solace in her art class. There the teacher allows them to experiment and is encouraging of Melinda’s work. New girl Heather, desperate to fit […]

“Fiction became a friend as well as a safe harbor, a cocoon to protect her from the outside world and its dangers.”

Weyward by Emilia Hart

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Bingo Square: History In 2019, Kate flees an abusive relationship, seeking refuge in Weyward Cottage, a home left to her by a great aunt she had barely known. In 1942, Violet is trapped in her family’s crumbling stately home, unable to lead the life in nature and learning that she dreams of, instead having to conform to the ways of the day. She longs to learn more about her mother and what happened to her, but the only clue is a necklace with a W. […]

Maybe don’t date a writer…

Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane

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Bingo Square: Adulthood, which gives me a bingo with Take the Skies, Relation’ship’, North America, You Are Here Roisin and Joe have been together since their early twenties, a part of a core group of friends that met working at a bookshop and get together regularly. Though their lives may be very different to when they met, the friends love meeting up, and this time it’s at a swanky country house for the weekend. Part of the excitement of the weekend is watching Joe’s new […]



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