Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Gin and Lies

1984 by George Orwell

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So, there has been a lot of interest in George Orwell’s classic book, 1984, lately. First written in 1948, the book is back on top of the Amazon best-seller list, with tens of thousands of new copies being printed in the first few months of 2017 alone.  Some people are re-reading the book and others, like myself and my book club, are reading it for the first time. And, I have to tell you, it really is terrifying. There are definitely some parallels between Orwell’s party and the current administration.  For example, when you compare Orwell’s term “doublethink” with the […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

A Knight Like No Other

The Last Knight by Candice Proctor

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This is a medieval era romance, set in the time of Henry II , written by the same woman who penned the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries.  Candice Proctor is her real name, and she had written several historical romances as such before using the pen name C.S. Harris.  Having enjoyed that series so much, I was curious to see what her older books were like. Lady Attica d’Alerion is nineteen and betrothed for political reasons to a fourteen year old boy named Fulk the Fat.  While this prospect isn’t great, she knows that she doesn’t have much say in the […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:56 |

“If you had the time to lose, an open mind and time to choose.”

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

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  I avoided this book for years because I was told it was a romance novel and I have a prejudice against romance novels. Perhaps it was the seemingly endless supply of Harlequin books my mother seemed to devour. The closest I ever got was a minor obsession with V.C. Andrews which take a decidedly darker turn than the average “bodice ripper.” While I’m still not a fan of a straightforward romance novel, I have included books that fall under the “romance” umbrella into my TBR pile. This was the first and mostly like the most hefty in foray into […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

Reconstructing Amelia

Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel by Kimberly McCreight

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One day at her law office, Kate Baron receives a call from her daughter Amelia’s school saying she needs to be picked up from school as she has been suspended. Being an only parent, Kate must go there herself to pick her up. On her way to the school, Kate cannot imagine what Amelia could have done to get suspended, she’s a good student. Once arriving at the school, much later than she told the school that she would be there, Kate notices an obvious police presence with ambulances at the scene. Kate soon learns that they are there because […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:39 |

You’ve Got DMs

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

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Someone, who I am too lazy to go back and give credit to- sorry, wrote a review about Alex, Approximately and compared it to You Got Mail which instantly attracted my Meg Ryan/ Tom Hanks loving self. This is an adorable YA that is too quirky to be real life but not quite as ridiculous as some of the other books I’ve read recently from the same genre. Bailey has been chatting with a boy, who goes by Alex online, in a film lovers forum. “Alex” keeps asking Bailey to visit her father in California where he lives coincidentally in Alex’s hometown, so they […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:68 |

Guys and Dolls

The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis

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Fiona Davis’ The Dollhouse is both a mystery and a female-led coming-of-age summer read. The eponymous dollhouse is the famed Barbizon Hotel for Women, a place where young unmarried women in the early parts of the 20th century stayed while making their way in New York City. Whether they were models or attending secretarial schools for girls, for the most part the dollhouse was a temporary stop on the way to an advantageous marriage; Darby McLaughlin, however, was not interested in such a fate. In the present day, the hotel has turned condo and journalist Rose Lewin, fresh from a […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

“Why is some accident of uncontrolled neurochemistry the ‘real me,’ and a carefully reasoned system of priorities somehow false?”

Borderline (The Arcadia Project #1) by Mishell Baker

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Borderline is a sharp urban fantasy book with a new take on the “fairies walk among us” trope. It stands out, in part, for its unusual protagonist (more on that later) but also achieves above-average marks for its balance of fresh world-building with a well-paced plot. Leaning too hard on one or the other can result either in a story that drags under the weight of excessive detail, or an ill-defined, unprincipled universe where anything goes with the plot because anything can be magicked to do anything. Borderline establishes ground rules and doesn’t overreach with its fantasy trappings, relying on […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Agatha Christie, in the Library, with a Revolver

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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My mother got me into reading — specifically, Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey. This turned into a lifetime of love of reading fantasy and science fiction novels. My mother’s favorites, however, were always murder-mysteries and she had a special love in her heart for Agatha Christie. She’s read every book Christie published in multiple languages. She had the entire collection in French! Given all of that, it’s quite surprising that I had never read an Agatha Christie novel until recently and I’m so glad I did! These are the “cozy” mysteries I’m always looking for: mildly creepy, well written, and full of […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:6 |

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