Cannonball Read 13

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • Leaderboard
    • The CBR Team
    • Recent Comments
    • CBR Interviews
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • How You Can Donate
    • Book Sale
    • CBR Merchandise
    • Supporters and Friends of CBR
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Follow Us

Open Registration for CBR13 ends Jan. 31! Sign Up Today!

About scootsa1000

CBR12 participantCBR11 participantCBR10 participantCBR  9CBR 8CBR 7CBR 6CBR 5CBR 4CBR 3

I've been kicking around since CBR3.

scootsa1000's Reviews:

> FAQ Home
> Articles by: scootsa1000

Three books I loved and one I most certainly did not.

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

December 30, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

More quick reviews as the 2020 deadline approaches…and yes, I’ll be including blurbs because I read some of these MONTHS ago. The books I loved: First off, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler. Blurb: Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, cbr12, kelly Harms, Megan mccafferty, Scootsa1000, The house in the cerulean sea, the mall, the overdue life of amy byler, TJ Klune

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, cbr12, kelly Harms, Megan mccafferty, Scootsa1000, The house in the cerulean sea, the mall, the overdue life of amy byler, TJ Klune ·
Rating:
· 3 Comments

Not my “best of” but YMMV.

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Memorial by Bryan Washington

December 29, 2020 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

In which it becomes clear to me that a “best of” list means next to nothing. I’m trying (and doubt I will make it) to catch up with my long backlog list from 2020 and to actually reach my goal of 52 reviews. Putting together mini-groups to review together has made this somewhat easier, and yes, I know that some of my groupings are probably random. Here we have two books that I thought were fine. I probably wouldn’t recommend them to friends, but if […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

A disappointment, a pleasant surprise, and an I-should-have-known-better.

Well Played by Jen DeLuca

Not Like the Movies by Kerry Winfrey

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

December 23, 2020 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

Continuing with my year-end wrap-up of books that I didn’t feel like reviewing earlier, this post will feature three “sequels” to books I have previously read and reviewed. First up, Well Played. Truly, a disappointment. I was so looking forward to this one, a follow-up to last year’s fun and charming Well Met. Still set in the weird little Maryland town that obsesses over a summer Renaissance Faire, this time we focus on Emily and Simon’s friend Stacey, who worked as a pub wench with […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: captain wentworth, cbr12, Jane Austen, jen deluca, Kerry Winfrey, not like the movies, pride and prejudice and other flavors, recipe for persuasion, Scootsa1000, sonali dev, waiting for tom hanks, well met, well played

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: captain wentworth, cbr12, Jane Austen, jen deluca, Kerry Winfrey, not like the movies, pride and prejudice and other flavors, recipe for persuasion, Scootsa1000, sonali dev, waiting for tom hanks, well met, well played ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

Thanks, Beth O’Leary, for making 2020 a little less cruddy.

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

The Switch by Beth O'Leary

December 22, 2020 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

My 2020 was all about comfort reading. I bought a bunch of well-received mysteries and horror novels and then, when I started reading them, I just couldn’t deal. My brain wasn’t up for anything that wasn’t a happy ending. So I’m glad I discovered Beth O’Leary. Last year around this time, I was in London, and I saw ads for The Flatshare in all of the tube stations and at all of the bookstores. Not knowing anything about it, I bought it, threw it in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Beth O'Leary, cbr12, Scootsa1000, The Flatshare, the switch

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Beth O'Leary, cbr12, Scootsa1000, The Flatshare, the switch ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

Realizing that I need to review some of these books so that I remember I actually read them this year.

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone

December 20, 2020 by scootsa1000 5 Comments

Every year I keep a long list of the books that I read during CBR that I didn’t have a chance to review. Looking at the very long list for 2020 made me realize that if I don’t write down my thoughts (as I have for the past 11 years), I will never remember that I read any of these. Ergo, here are some smaller reviews, wrapped up in a larger review. I hope to spit a few of these out before CBR13 starts! The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Call Me Maybe, Cara Bastone, cbr12, Lyssa Kay Adams, Scootsa1000, The Bromance Book Club

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Call Me Maybe, Cara Bastone, cbr12, Lyssa Kay Adams, Scootsa1000, The Bromance Book Club ·
Rating:
· 5 Comments
Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • wicherwill on An amiably low-stakes romantic adventure in Victorian LondonDoesn't sound like you read #1 in this series first--do you need to?
  • wicherwill on A Breath of Fresh, Fierce, Queer AirThe biggest issue with Actually Joining cannonball read is that now I have so very many more books on my read list. If I understand...
  • Emmalita on Angry Men and the Women that Save Them: And They All Lived Happily Ever After and Had Many ChildrenI read these when they first came out, and certainly, at the time, enjoyed them. Except for Benedict. He should be dropped in a defunct...
  • llamareadsbooks on Until the mountains are no more, I will love youThank you for the review! I can't wait to read this book! Beverly Jenkins never seems to disappoint.
  • andtheIToldYouSos on If you are getting another cat, read this book. Heck, if you have a cat, get this book.the final frontier! it took quite some time before our cats were bedroom safe
See More Recent Comments »

Want to Help Out?

CBR has a great crew of volunteers, and we're always looking for more people to help out. If you have a specialty or are willing to learn, drop MsWas a line.

  • How You Can Donate
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo
  3. Google Pay
© 2021 Cannonball Read | Log in