Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I read romance to experience hope.”

How Not to Fall & How Not to Let Go (The Belhaven Series) by Emily Foster

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A note before we get started: I am reviewing both parts of Emily Foster’s duology The Belhaven Series. I will likely get a bit spoilery about these two books, as their author set out to do an interesting thing, and did it. These books were on my radar because of Malin’s reviews from last year (#BlameMalin). Well, specifically her review of the first book, How Not to Fall. I was particularly intrigued by the fact that the book ends both on a cliffhanger, and that it is not a HEA. This is rather rare in Romancelandia, really. I knew from […]

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7/31/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:44 |

Sometimes it take a literal plane crash to elucidate our lives

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

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Last month over on Oohlo in discussing the season three finale of Noah Hawley’s television program Fargo I had the following comment: “Hawley is also never just telling us a plot, he’s crafting a story. Not everything we see moves the story along, but everything means something, grows out the larger themes.” As I was reading Before the Fall, I had the same feeling about his literary work. On the surface this is a story about a plane crash and the people who perished and survived. But there’s much more just under the surface (yep I’m leaving that one in […]

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7/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:42 |

When PattyKates Says Read the Book…

When Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann

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This is the story of a book. This was a book which I would never have found on my own, but our dynamic reviewing duo PattyKates located it in their literary travels and recommended, nay demanded, that we citizens of Romancelandia experience. But alas, it was not available to me via library or Nook and I thought I would perhaps be left out of the reading and the discussion. But, our very own Prolixity Julien procured the book for me via Kindle and once more I was back in the game. Read over the course of thirty hours while I […]

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7/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:41 |

Book Announcement: #CannonBookClub Reads Non-Western Literary Fiction

In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa

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The votes have been counted and Khaled Khalifa’s In Praise of Hatred will be our September #CannonBookClub read! Our goal is always to expand our reading, so if this wasn’t your first choice, I as always hope you’ll make room in the next several weeks for both. #CannonBookClub convenes on Wednesday, September 13. I’ll be posting a Discussion Topics post two weeks before our discussion. As in previous Book Clubs, feel free to visit us here on the group blog for the dedicated post or in our Facebook Cannonball Read Book Chat group where I’ll have even more topics to discuss. For a little more about […]

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7/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:0 |

“No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.”

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

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In April of 2017 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. I am relieved to discover that, because the idea that there was a better, more eloquent, well researched, and presented book released in the competition period I would have eaten my hat. Or your hat, I have trouble finding one that fits me. Desmond is a Harvard sociologist and a MacArthur “Genius” grant winner, which is shorthand for this dude is awesome (he’s in the same class as Ta-Nehisi Coates). This book is based on his research and creation […]

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7/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:40 |

Adorable and Full of Meaning

Lobster is the Best Medicine by Liz Climo

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When crystalclear reviewed Lobster is the Best Medicine, she suggested passing along this book about friendship to your friends. I am lucky enough to call her friend – and I am the same friend who moved recently and had the naked refrigerator in need of fun Liz Climo magnets – so when she was over my house the other night she handed me this book and I immediately blew through it. Reviewing this one is a bit tough, as it is very straightforward in its purpose. If you aren’t familiar with Liz Climo’s art, and I hope you are because […]

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7/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:39 |

Book Club Reads Non-Western Literary Fiction – Voting!

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Voting for this #CannonBookClub is now closed. The selection is In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa. Buy it online at amazon, and please join us on September 13 for our discussion. Who’s ready for an ambitious summer read? Here at the #CannonBookClub we are always on the lookout to expand our horizons and try new and different genres, so this summer we are going to go in the direction of Literary Fiction. Our twist this time is that we will be focusing on Non-Western authors. This is a very broad literary arena, so in order to find something new for […]

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7/20/2017 | |

A Promising New Author – Romance Edition

The Soldier's Scoundrel (The Turner Series #1) by Cat Sebastian

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The past few years I’ve been attempting the Read Harder Challenge put on by Book Riot, and hile I’ve completed it the past two years, I am not on track to do that this year. But, one of the tasks is LGBTQ romance, and there are always a TON of suggestions for Romance around the Cannonball Read. So, while on vacation I made sure I moved one to the head of the list. The Soldier’s Scoundrel  is a historical m/m romance. It strikes me as in the Lisa Kleypas school of recognizable history with lovely smoldery romance woven in. Is […]

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7/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:38 |

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