Cannonball Read 10

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I found out this summer I had breast cancer. When my son was born, I had some pain while nursing but chalked it up to motherhood. I mentioned it to my doctor, who looked at my family history and told me to go get a mammogram. When I found out my mammogram wasn't "normal" they sit you down in a very pink room with tissues. I decided to be aggressive with my treatment and have surgery. My last mammogram in December was normal. I am very fortune to be living in this time. I even know how likely I am to get cancer again thanks to tests done on the cells. Modern medicine is amazing. Anyway, this year is for me.

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Avatar + Arabian Nights

The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King

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I got this book from my Kindle Unlimited subscription. It is marked as being for grades 8 and up. In The Hundreth Queen, Kalinda is an 18 year old girl growing up in a temple of sisters. She’s had fevers all of her life, which the healer in the temple “cures” them by giving her a daily tonic. The temple is visited by the rajah, the ruler in the community who has 99 wives. He chooses Kalinda to be his 100th. It is necessary for me to include a trigger warning for this book: the rajah is not a nice […]

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6/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

Nourishment for My Soul

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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5 Stars I got this book for Pajiba Krampus because I knew I would love it. I finished Carry On and my husband asked me how it was. I clapped giddily and cried, that’s how much I enjoyed it. It’s based on the fan fiction that Cath is writing of a very Harry Potterish series in the book Fangirl. This book has a Chosen One character Simon Snow, and his roommate, Baz, who is a vampire. Simon’s best friend Penelope and his girlfriend Agatha. Cath writes her book at the end of the series and not the beginning, and a […]

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5/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

These people are in lust, and in love

Hate to Want You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai

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I admit that I tend to stick to historicals in my romance novels. The language in modern romance can be a little jarring for me (too many cocks and thrusts), but I really liked this one and will continue to read the series. I didn’t expect the story to suck me in like it did, and I really liked the depth of the characters. Hate to Want You tells the story of Livvy and Nicholas, two childhood sweethearts who grew up together and whose grandparents started a grocery store chain. Tragedy strikes the families and breaks them up, but Livvy […]

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3/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |

Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Cat

Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

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Fuzzy Nation, by John Scalzi, is a remake of an earlier sci-fi novel by H. Beam Piper. It tells the story of Jack Holloway, a surveyor on the planet Zara XXIII, owned by Zaracorp. He is your classic case of a guy falling upwards. He worked as an attorney and got himself fired by punching a client. He got himself a large settlement from the company that wanted him to get the case to a mistrial. He is smart, but he clearly knows it. He’s also arrogant, and is always acting in his best interest. At the start of the novel, he […]

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1/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

You Can’t Expect to be Treated Rationally as a Woman

A Study in Scarlet Women; A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

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3.5 Stars for A Study in Scarlet, 4.5 stars for a Conspiracy in Belgravia Is there anything Sherry Thomas can’t do? After I listened to the audio books A Study in Scarlet and A Conspiracy in Belgravia, I discovered that Sherry Thomas likes to write what she enjoys reading, so she has written romance, fantasy, mystery, and a wuxia-inspired duology. I will seek them all out. These mystery novels were delightful. A Study in Scarlet is a great start, but A Conspiracy in Belgravia was so satisfying, I started from the beginning and listened all the way through again. And that […]

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11/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:9 |

I Disbelieve

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

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3.5 Stars I found The Last One from a link that said if you liked Wonder Woman, you’ll like these books. I read the description, and thought that maybe it would be too much for me (I do not like scary things AT ALL, I am a big wimp), but I made it through and I liked it well enough. The book tells the story of reality show contestants sent off into the woods and put through the usual team and individual challenges in order to survive. The show seems like it has a bigger budget then your standard reality television show, and […]

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10/2/2017 's CBR9 Review No:7 |

That was…Fine

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

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 I read The Name of the Wind because Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to be involved in the tv and movie adaptations of this book. From the press release: “Lin is an incomparable talent and a huge fan of the trilogy and, working closely with Pat, his creative oversight of the franchise will bring an incredible level of detail and continuity to all of the projects.” First of all, it’s not a trilogy. It’s only got two books so far. I found the book….fine. Certainly not one of the greatest fantasy works I’ve heard (I listed to the audio). There is a lot […]

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8/3/2017 's CBR9 Review No:6 |

These people are in lust, not love

Winning It All (Hometown Players) by Victoria Denault

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I read Winning It All (Hometown Players) based on the description from the Smart Bitches, Trashy books twitter feed. I’ve been going to professional hockey games since I was a wee little sprite. The cover photo made me laugh for a long time. Also, one of my favorite players, Mathieu Perrault, is French Canadian. He once celebrated a win like this. Amazing, right? Anyway. so this book has Sebastian Deveau who plays defense for the pro team in Seattle (this may happen some day, but does not exist now) and the heroine is Shayne Beckford. Shayne’s father is a womanizer. […]

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6/5/2017 's CBR9 Review No:5 |


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