Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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My husband Jason and I are wonder twin cancer survivors! Sadly, all the radiation did not make us bionic...yet. I've done two quarter Cannonballs successfully now, and this year I'm going for a half. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Debcapsfan's Quick Questions interview.)

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Not for me

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

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Note: This review contains a discussion of violent acts against a woman, which is depicted in the book.   I saw this book, Maria Snyder’s Poison Study, on display at my local library under a section of their librarian’s favorite books. And I can see why someone would find this dear to them. The protagonist is a realistic heroine, Yelena has magical abilities, but in order to fight her way out of the terrible situation she is, she has to train. She isn’t just suddenly […]

Interlude

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

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This a review of the fourth book in the Lady Sherlock series, The Art of Theft. If you haven’t read the other books, what are you waiting for? Many people you like that review books on this site love them. I will say, this is the first one I didn’t go back and listen to immediately again to get all the things I missed before. The plot is pretty straightforward, where Mrs. Watson’s friend, the Maharani of Ajmer, is being blackmailed with information tucked away […]

Yes, we do bleed

Spinning Silver by Noami Novik

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When I was in 6th grade, people in my class made Heil Hitler gestures and I told my teacher because I was very upset. Things escalated, as these things do, and soon we were all sitting in a circle sharing why we shouldn’t be like “hooray for killing Jews.” I think I cried when I explained why I was so hurt by what I saw. Since I am Jewish, I explained, people were looking as me as not a person, or a lesser person. I […]

A warm hug

Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel by Linda Holmes

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CBR Bingo Square: Pajiba Linda Holmes is one of my favorite people I don’t actually know, but I feel like I know because see is the host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. She is warm and funny, and when I found out she was writing a book (a kissing book) I knew I had to read it. https://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/on-the-spectacular-evvie-drake-starts-over-and-the-time-nprs-linda-holmes-twitter-shamed-me.php (Dustin’s review of the same book, which he talks about the time Linda Holmes shamed him on Twitter. I am always happy I have about […]

Yay for Pajibans that write!

Lucky Town by Peter Vonder Haar

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I read this book through my Kindle Unlimited membership. Peter Vonder Haar’s Lucky Town is the first book in the Clarke and Clarke Mysteries. He is a Pajaiban, and awesome. I really liked this book a lot. I used to play spot the CIA agent in my work at the National Archives because you have to protect people’s identities while they still might be alive, so one of the side characters made me smile. I liked the main brother and sister duo of Charlie and […]



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