Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

“I’d spent my entire life overdosing on uncut escapism, willingly allowing fantasy to become my reality.”

Armada by Ernest Cline

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I recently finished Armada by Ernest Cline – my second read by that particular author, after Ready Player One. And while it did not live up to the first book for me personally, there was still a lot to enjoy about Armada. Gamers saving the world through mad gaming skills is always an enteraining theme. This was a light and fun read, particularly the first half with the setup of our hero (Zack Lightman) and learning how his upbringing and experiences have defined who he […]

Sins of the Fathers

Icarus by K. Ancrum

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CBR Bingo square- Dun Dun I got Icarus by K. Ancrum from a list of retellings of Greek mythology, and it made me do something I never do anymore, I skipped ahead a few chapters to make sure nothing happened to Icarus, who is a child. Yes, he’s a kid in high school, but I needed to make sure he was okay. He is almost a legal adult, but it still freaked me out that he was in the situation he found himself in. Icarus […]

She’s so soft like silk chiffon

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

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  This was a selection for my book club and it’s not something I would have picked up on my own. It’s a sapphic YA romance with a cover that’s so very pink. But once I got into it, I really enjoyed it. It captures many of the feelings of being a young person so well. The main character struggles in a very real way with her own identity and if she’s accepted by her peers. It’s a lovely little book that occasionally veers into […]

A harrowing story of shipwreck, death and survival on a godforsaken island at the edge of the world

Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

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Never has a description been more true. This is an absolutely incredible true story, and the author Joan Druett has some a marvellous job bringing it to life. This was a re-read for me, after first reading it several years ago. The story stayed with me, and I was glad I revisited it to refresh my memory. We follow the Grafton as it sets off from Sydney in 1864; it’s five man crew, led by Captain Thomas Musgrave and his business partner Francois Raynal, is […]

Mhmm… oh, yeah… hmmm… I know some of these words

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

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This is your universe, and it’s ending one second at a time. Some day, likely after our Sun has gone supernova and life as we know it has ceased to be, the universe will come to an end. I had heard of the hypothesis of the heat death of the universe before, and like all semi-informed people I thought I would become an expert by reading the first section of the Wikipedia entry on it. Turns out, the universe might be more complex than three […]

In the immortal words of T. Swift, “Baby, just say yes…”

A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

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What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die tragically in that tomb? Instead, what if they remained madly in love and grew comfortably middle-aged together and had a houseful of kids, the oldest of whom is a daughter named Rosalind who goes by Rosie? (Yes, Romeo insisted on naming their first daughter after the girl that he was infatuated with just prior to Juliet.) Rosie, who has just been betrothed for a fifth time to a villain after said villain pulled some power plays and her […]



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