Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Cinderella is Dead (RIP)

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

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Cinderella gets a Handmaid’s Tale twist for a YA Audience in Bayron’s book, with a queer protagonist too! It has been 200 years since Cinderella got her “Happily Ever After” in the kingdom of Lille.  Her story is now essentially the kingdom’s Bible, but very few people in Lille get to share in a happily ever after of their own. The kingdom is ruled by a cruel king, whose rulebook is a patriarchal nightmare. Curfews for female residents and no freedoms of which to speak; […]

Trauma and Healing

Pageboy by Elliot Page

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Best for: Those interested in a very intimate look into the life of a queer actor. In a nutshell: Author Page shares his journey as an actor who has come out as gay and then as trans. Worth quoting: N/A (audio book) Why I chose it: I wanted to hear Page’s story through his own words, and not an interpretation via the media. What it left me feeling: A lot. Review: CN for hate crimes, sexual abuse, sexual harassment. I’m so happy that Page had […]

More Thursday Murder Club!!

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman

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OK so this is literally the Thursday after the end of the first book. Like I said – I fell in love with these characters. I want to be in the Thursday Murder Club. I feel like I’d be a snack contributor though. These people have contacts and make connections that are really impressive! I could make really impressive snacks! We start out with Elizabeth getting a letter from her ex-husband, who is supposed to be dead. Sidebar – I love how in all of […]

Two more Enola Holmes books!

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (Enola Holmes #7) by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes #8) by Nancy Springer

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I just love Enola so much. She just fully refuses to be a proper lady like she’s “supposed” to be. At this point her pain in the butt brothers have realized that she can’t be tamed or sent to a boarding school, or whatever they want to do to make her a proper lady. They thankfully just let her be her awesome self. We start this story with her brother Sherlock being mopey and most likely in the throes of a depressive episode. Miss Letitia […]

“Everyone’s got secrets; it’s Florida!”

Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery) by Tara Lush

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My summer of cozy mysteries continues! Grounds for Murder is the first book in a four-part cozy mystery series set in Devil’s Beach, Florida. Our hero is Lana Lewis, a journalist-turned-barista. (Tara Lush is a journalist, as well!) Lewis was doing great as a reporter in Miami, but a series of unfortunate work and personal events led her to moving back home to the Beach. Her hippie dad owns Perkatory, the local island coffee shop. She takes over as the shop manager as she tries […]

Shocking

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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The Power is actually about the reversal of power. What if the raw, physical power held within the bodies of men was overshadowed by the raw, electrical power generated within the bodies of women? Would this changing of the guards of power cause the scales to rebalance? Would it usher in world peace? Would women, the mothers of all, take on a caring and nurturing role and reset the world to be a functioning matriarchy? Or would power redistribute to bring untold instability? Would this […]



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