Cannonball Read 18

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Reading has slowed down a bit lately, but I won't let that stop me!

Lisa Bee's Reviews:

When Theatre Kids Get Involved In Their Own Shakespearean Tragedy

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

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So this novel was chosen on a whim, as it was sitting ready and waiting in the Audiobooks Available Now section of the library’s app. And upon reading the synopsis it felt like it had a similar energy to The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a book I definitely liked! If We Were Villains begins by introducing us to Oliver Marks, a man who is just being released from prison for an unspecified crime for which he served a 10-year sentence. The original detective from […]

Slivers of Hope in an Unknown Doorway

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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Listened to as an audiobook, read by the author. And what a calm and straightforward voice! I can’t remember why Exit West came on my radar (I think I saw someone talking about it on Twitter?) but in any case, it was well worth the read. A story tied to real-world pain but with a fantasy element to string the story along. Does this magical realism entirely work? Mileage may vary, but overall I think the novel was successful in what it set out to […]

Started with my Curiosity, but Somewhere Got Lost Along the Way

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

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Since I’ve been slacking on my reading time so far this year, but sometimes listen to podcasts while I work on art and design projects, my friend suggested I listen to audiobooks to keep with my book goals. And so here we are! Shout-out to the library for having a great digital collection that I can access with a few different apps. Miranda July is a bit of a pickle for me: some of her works I love (ie, Me and You and Everyone We […]

Twists and Turns, but with Pretty Big Breadcrumbs Left to Follow

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

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“If something seems too good to be true, it probably is”. This is one of the lines telegraphed at the beginning of Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door, which inevitably (and unsurprisingly) ends up being far too real for the young protagonist, Jules. Jules is a recently unemployed young woman, nursing a newly broken heart and living on a best friend’s couch, trying to figure her life out. When she finds an opportunity as an apartment sitter, getting to live in the fancy building (albeit with […]

High-Stakes YA Quest With Great Ideas But a Bit of a Mixed-Bag in Execution

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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Would you believe that I actually first heard about this YA book from an advertisement during the trailers section of a DVD I took out from the library? Actually, I’m pretty sure I saw it on more than one! How serendipitous to then receive it as a gift. Ultimately, while there were things I really liked about this book, there were also things that I didn’t. Overall, I liked it, but didn’t love it. Being that it is the first of a series, the question […]

This Book Was Exactly What I Wanted it to Be

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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I’m not the first Cannonballer to review this one, and I’m sure I won’t be the last. It’s fun, smart, and sweet. Is it all that realistic? In some ways, absolutely, and in others no. But do you really think I picked something like this up for the realism? No! It’s about how I thought it would make me feel, and I was right! The tone of the book suggests a happy ending, and you’re dang right you get it! The premise of Red, White […]



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