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And with a mystery about a crazy socialite, that’s cannonball!

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction 6 Comments

This is a very strange novel to finish the cannonball on. I feel like after 4 years of attempting the cannonball, I should have finished on something deep and meaningful. Instead I picked up the good, but not exactly deep, Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little, the story of a young woman named Janie Jenkins who was convicted of killing her socialite mother ten years ago. Released on a technicality, many still believe she did it and Janie herself isn’t sure what happened that night, but she is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Dear Daughter, Elizabeth Little

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Dear Daughter, Elizabeth Little ·
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Beautiful and one of the saddest books I’ve read this year

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction Leave a Comment

I read Still Alice  based on a recommendation from a few friends. An incredibly powerful and moving novel, it impacted me immediately and has stuck with me since. Still Alice is the story of a Harvard psychology professor who finds that she is losing pieces of herself. It’s a sad and moving portrayal of a woman losing the things that defined her. When Alice can’t find her way home on a run through Harvard Square, she knows something is very wrong. Initially, she wonders if it’s menopause or […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Lisa Genova, Still Alice

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Lisa Genova, Still Alice ·
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Absolutely Stunning

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction Leave a Comment

Immediately after reading Wild, I posted on facebook, tagging all the women I know who hike, who camp, who have mothers, who are imperfectly trying to make their way through the world, who have made mistakes, who have thrown themselves into life, and who are absolutely fucking magnificent. This was an incredibly and beautifully powerful book, earning every bit of praise it has been given. I say this knowing full well that there are people out there who vehemently disagree with me.I have read a few reviews […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Cheryl Strayed, wild

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:50 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Cheryl Strayed, wild ·
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A resounding meh

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction Leave a Comment

I enjoyed Me Before You, even with it’s faults, and wanted something light after The Art of Baking Blind and the Book of Fate, so I decided to pick up Jojo Moyes’s latest, One Plus One. I wound up liking this less than Me Before You, but for entirely different reasons. The plot was similar in that it was about a woman who was somewhat down on her luck being saved by a rich man who was down on his luck in other ways. However, I found that this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: jojo moyes, Moyes, One Plus One

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: jojo moyes, Moyes, One Plus One ·
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Prepare to eat way too many pastries

The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction Leave a Comment

Wow. This was far better than I expected it to be. Sarah Vaughan could have taken this particular plot in many different directions. She could have gotten bogged down with the different plot lines, or taken the cooking contest too far. She could have made the stories trite or silly. She could have made the solutions and consequences simple, or easy. Instead, she created 5 different and compelling storylines that tied together, not completely, not perfectly, but satisfyingly. The Art of Baking Blind managed to make me […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Sarah Vaughan, The Art of Baking Blind

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Sarah Vaughan, The Art of Baking Blind ·
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I’m embarrassed that I even read this.

Chloe Sparrow by Lesley Crewe

December 30, 2014 by competitivenonfiction Leave a Comment

*Upon posting this review I learned that this book isn’t available on amazon.com, only amazon.ca. However if any Americans are out there thinking “hey, I’d love to try a Canadian author and this one isn’t even available in the States, how cool is that?” just stop, give yourself a shake and get something from any of the millions of other amazing authors that Canada has to offer.  I’ll have to check the manual but I may have to give myself ten lashes for turning people away […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Chloe Sparrow, Lesley Crewe

competitivenonfiction's CBR6 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Chloe Sparrow, Lesley Crewe ·
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