Cannonball Read 18

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40-something psychologist living with a husband, preschooler, and 2 cats. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Tracy's Quick Questions interview.)

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“Who’s on First,” but Make it Percival Everett

Dr. No by Percival Everett

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You may not have known you needed a Percival Everett take on a Bond villain, but you definitely do. Our main character, Wala Kitu (words that mean “nothing” in Tagalog and Swahili) is a brilliant mathematician who studies nothing. As in nothingness, which is not the same as the nothing that is the absence of something. He was sought out by villain John Sill to provide guidance as Sill seeks to steal nothing from the government. Nothing becomes part of a constant play on words, […]

A Really Good Sequel

Sunsplitter by S. A. MacLean

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CBR18 BINGO: Season (the characters live and travel to places that are only ever 1 season) I liked this book quite a bit more than the first one. I was engaged the whole way through and never felt like it could stand to be shorter. It turns out there are immortal creatures that even daeyari are afraid of. Antal’s father Avroz enlists Antal to help track down one that has been hunting in the Season-Locked Planes, especially Antal’s territory. Fi joins the hunt, and chapters are from […]

Heavy on Quirkiness, Light on Depth

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

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CBR18 BINGO: Wheels I have been wanting to try Andrew Sean Greer, and this really piqued my interest when it came out. Plus it has such a charming cover. Alas, it did not meet my hopes or expectations. The narrator is semi-nameless. He is called Giovedì by his employer, but that’s not his real name. He was hired just out of college to travel to Italy and archive the contents of Villa Coco, owned by the Baronessa Lisabetta (AKA Coco). While there, he hopes to […]

Great Intro to T. Kingfisher

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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CBR18 BINGO: One (standalone book) I am not the type to decide someone is an autobuy author based just on one book. But if I were, Nettle & Bone would have done it. I had a really good time with this. Marra is the youngest princess of a small kingdom and has lived in a convent from the age of 15 for political reasons. At age 30 she becomes aware of the abuse her sister is suffering at the hands of her royal husband, and Marra sets out […]

Always and Forever My Favorite Jane Austen Book

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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CBR18BINGO: Refuge (comfort read) Has Pride and Prejudice always been this funny? I’ve easily read this at least half a dozen times, and I definitely recalled humorous moments, but my most recent re-read seemed to showcase more of them. Maybe it’s because it’s been a number of years since I read it, or that this is a new audiobook narrator for me, but either way it enhanced the reading experience. I’ve probably loved this book since the first time I read it, back when I was in […]

Knocking Out Three BINGO Squares

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

His Face Is the Sun by Michelle Jabes Corpora

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CBR18 BINGO: Versus (for Chosen Ones – good vs evil), Wealth (Reluctant Fundamentalist), and Map (His Face Is the Sun) Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth What happens as the dust settles after defeating the world’s greatest evil, in this case the Dark One? That’s the premise of this interesting take on the chosen one trope. There was a prophecy about who the chosen one would be, but five people ending up fitting that description. They end up working together to defeat the Dark One. But that […]



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