Cannonball Read 10

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Lisa Bee

Looks like CBR10 will be my 6th year participating in Cannonball Read! Catch me doing most of my reading while waiting for customers to come in to work.

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Just a Couple of Guys Being Bros

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

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3.5 stars out of 5! Round 3 of my adventures in hockey romance this year, and Him has definitely been the best one so far! Am I going to read the sequel for it, titled Us? Mmm, I’m not so sure yet. But potentially. Him is a m/m romance between two long-time hockey bros, Jamie and Wes, who became fast friends over the years, spending their summers at hockey camp together, until after an awkward interaction things suddenly went cold between them. A few years later back at camp though, with one of the boys out and gay, and the other questioning, they find […]

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6/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:30 |

This Years’ Vibe is all About… Good-Hearted Creatures/Monsters

Hellboy, volumes 5-9 by Mike Mignola

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Including: Book 5 – “Conqueror Worm” Book 6 – “Strange Places” Book 7 – “The Troll Witch and Others” with art by P. Craig Russell and Richard Corben Book 8 – “Darkness Calls” with art by Duncan Fegredo Book 9 – “The Wild Hunt” with art by Duncan Fegredo A while ago I read the first 4 volumes of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy series and really liked a lot of aspects of it! I’m not sure why I ever stopped, but seeing as I was planning on making a Hellboy cosplay outfit for some expos/Halloween later this year, I figured I […]

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6/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:29 |

You Ever Get Tired of Being Who People Want You to Be, and Not Yourself?

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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I’m a little late on boarding this train, aren’t I? So I’m sure most of you know the story already (mild spoilers abound in this review): I myself have seen the movie adaptation! But it was a conversation about said movie that made me want to actually read Gone Girl in the first place. Basically, the conversation boiled down to most people simply dismissing the character of Amy in the story as “crazy”. And while, no, I don’t agree with her actions and she does seem sociopathic, I thought… that’s so reductive: there’s so much more to it than that! […]

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6/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

I Got a Little Deja Vu With This One

A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck

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I almost didn’t read this book after the first couple of pages: I thought I knew where it was going, and didn’t feel like I was in the mood for it. After finally giving in and actually getting through it, I will say that I was pleasantly surprised in some areas, while still being disappointed in others. It was partially what I expected, but not entirely. There are some fun characters in here, and a nice balancing act of flirting between the concepts of “friend zone” and “unrequited love” occurs, but more on that later… A Short History of the […]

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

That’s Better!

Game Play by Lynda Aicher

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After being disappointed by the hockey-themed romance Slammed by Victoria Denault, fellow Cannonballer, Emmalita, had some recommendations for me to check out! And this novel Game Play (first in a series called “Power Play” by Lynda Aicher) was definitely an improvement, and I liked the relationship in this one a lot more. But I was still very frustrated by a lot of aspects: the lack of communicating their feelings clearly and talking about things! Is this a common romance trope? Just talk to one another! (I say this as I am the worst for hiding how I’m feeling at times…) […]

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5/16/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

Hockey? Good! Romance? Good! This Novel? Mmmm, Not For Me

Slammed by Victoria Denault

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A part of the “San Francisco Thunder” series by Victoria Denault, I admit I picked this one up because the title made me chuckle. I’m not usually one to read novels in this kind of romance genre (even though I’m a total romantic sap, so it’s surprising that I haven’t delved into this much before!) so the problem with my doing a review is that I don’t per say have a baseline for what to expect or what is good and/or different in the genre. That said, how very Canadian of me that a hockey-themed romance draws me in… and […]

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5/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

YA Historical Fiction with a Lot to Dissect

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

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“For eighteen years I’ve believed what other people told me about what was right and what was wrong. From now. I’m deciding.” I have seen a few very favorable reviews of this YA novel already, and I must say that I too really liked it for both the clear writing style, but also the handling of the serious subject matter therein, though I do think that perhaps one side of the story was much stronger than the other. Lies We Tell Ourselves shifts between the perspectives of two different students during integration in 1959 Virginia, named Sarah and Linda. Sarah […]

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5/4/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

A Woman Finding Her True Power and Worth

Circe by Madeline Miller

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Madeline Miller has such a knack for taking characters and legends that we may already know some about, but then delving much deeper into them, allowing us to see a whole other side to the story and person within. There is a particular beauty here in what she does to the story of Circe, giving a minor passing character from a well-known story of another, and giving her the spotlight to show us there is so much more to her story than that of a cameo to some other hero. And despite there maybe not being a big battle or […]

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4/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:19 |


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