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Like a Sports Movie, In Reverse

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

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Football is the quintessential American sport. Two disciplined armies meet out on an open field. Highly trained men in uniform wallop the enemy, denying them ground. Our super soldiers bash their brains in—and sometimes break their necks—for our entertainment. And we cheer. Because who doesn’t love a proxy war? It’s tribal. Downright primal. Are you entertained?! *checks notes* Pardon. Apparently, baseball is America’s game. A sport that considers the no-hitter, a game in which absolutely nothing happens, as the pinnacle of the art. A sport that doesn’t honor plays but shames errors by counting them on the scoreboard for all […]

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5/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

Book Club Discussion Post: Good Omens

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It is that time friends, our first #CannonBookClub of the year is officially underway. Good Omens is getting the television adaption treatment, but first it will get the Cannonballer experience – assuming we all survive the apocalypse of course. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. The topics are numbered, and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find the conversation topics they are looking for. If you are responding […]

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5/17/2019 |

I had never heard of this book until CBR

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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I picked up one of Neil Gaiman’s books, Norse Mythology,  at the airport over the summer. I loved it. So I was excited when CBR announced Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch  as a group read. There have been so many reviews that I think I can pass on the plot summary and skip to my thoughts. I have to say, this book was by turns wonderful and just head-scratching. I love the relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale- a sort of supernatural Grumpy Old Men back and forth that I would love to have seen more of.  […]

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5/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

“The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.”

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

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I often avoid reviewing a Book Club book before our discussion to save what I have to say until the conversation, or because I’m not sure what I want to say and am hoping the discussion will help clarify it for me. When I do review ahead of time I find myself leaving amorphous reviews without much substance, reviews that I look back on and think, but what did I really get out of that reading experience? I’m hoping not to fall into either camp with Good Omens. I’ve read a bit of both Pratchett and Gaiman’s solo works and […]

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5/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:19 |

Thanks, Book Club!

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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So I’m giving this another go due to book club and the series coming out (which looks awesome!)  But there is a reason I didn’t read it until now. I bought the book a while ago (10 years ago?) and it was just hanging out in my TBR pile.  Then I started dating a guy, and he recommended that I read it. So dug it out and put it on top of the pile. Then we broke up. And I couldn’t seem to get past the first few pages of the book!  And so it was tainted by ghost of […]

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5/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

Good Omens Discussion Topics

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Our Good Omens discussion is now open. Please join us there for these and other topics to discuss! This was a first time read for me, a book that has been sitting on my bookshelf, or my roommate’s, for years. I was saving it, and without getting into review/spoiler territory I can say I’m glad to have read it now. Good Omens tells us the story of what happens when The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), is indeed correct and the world will […]

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5/6/2019 |

Big themes in a fun read

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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This is the book that the acclaimed tv series is based on, and although I haven’t watched the show yet (it’s on my to-watch list), the novel makes a quick and entertaining read. Set in a quiet coastal suburb in Australia, the book centers on three mothers whose children are all starting kindergarten together.  Madelaine (Reese Witherspoon’s character in the show) is a feisty and entertaining center to the trio; she takes up battles against other playground moms while dealing with the frustrations of living in the same small community as her ex-husband and his new wife (Zoe Kravitz), whose […]

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4/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |

The Hunt is On

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

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The author of the well reviewed The Alice Network is back with another big historical fiction.  The Huntress is a Nazi woman who most famous crime is shooting a group of children after feeding them a meal.  She has slipped though the many cracks around after WWII and disappeared.  The story is set during the war and a few years after in Boston. An odd trio of Nazi hunters are after The Huntress, hoping to find her in Boston.  Tony is a disillusioned American ex-GI.  Ian is a revenge seeking Brit whose brother was a victim  of The Huntress.  Finally, […]

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4/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |


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