Cannonball Read 18

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Frog and Toad - Collected Stories by Arnold Lobel

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines

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CBR14Bingo – Question: Why are so many Americans obsessed with this book (especially Libertarians and Sovereign Citizens) Common Sense – This is one of those books whose main ideas and arguments I ostensibly know through cultural osmosis. If I had ever read it before, I am less sure, but I have taken a handful of early American classes, so maybe. One of the prevailing ideas that came to me as I read this and thought more about why it holds such a special place in […]

Survival is not enough.

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

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CBR Bingo – Shadows  (because of the shadowy life of their mother) Have you ever noticed how certain professions seem to run in families? If I were to look for a long-lost relative of mine, I would probably lay money that they’d turn out to be a teacher, most likely a special education teacher – especially if they’re from my dad’s side. A grocer or some other caring profession – day care provider, or nurse – would also be in my family’s wheelhouse. That’s a […]

Something So Strong

Hot Lumberjack by Aviva Blakeman

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Aviva Blakeman’s HOT LUMBERJACK is a fucking delight right off the bat. Literally. This finger scorching follow up to 2020’s HOT RABBI opens with the main characters having an unexpected encounter in a car outside of a bar. They aren’t strangers – they went to Hebrew school together as kids – but they are seeing each other in new ways. One of the things that I most enjoyed (besides the smut, obviously) was Blakeman’s very careful world building. She brings back characters and places from […]

Ooh boy. I wanted to love this so much, but it made me very angry.

When Women Were Dragons by Kelley Barnhill

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I think this is my first ever Cannonball book that I DID NOT FINISH.  I saw this book somewhere (I legit have no idea where), and it caught my eye because the main character is named Alex Green, and also duh – dragons.  My cousin who lives in Arizona who just left Pennsylvania after visiting our entire family is named Alex Green.  I was pumped when I read the plot too. Whoo boy.  I borrowed this audiobook from the library, and I was so excited […]

Women are blacking out and they don’t know why

Blackout by Erin Flanagan

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Holy crap this started out rough.  I almost quit it a bunch of times.  It’s one of those books where it feels like the main character creates a lot of her own problems. Maris is a psychologist, mom, and wife.  She had a drinking problem for many years.  She quit cold turkey after a scary incident where she almost drunk drove with her kid.  Since then (in her words) she’s been “white knuckling” her sobriety.  She doesn’t ask for help, and she doesn’t let people […]

A new UK crime series

Beware the Past (DCI Matt Ballard #1) by Joy Ellis

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Somehow I got myself into another series!  This happens to me a lot.  I feel like it might’ve been a Kindle First though?  I’m not sure.  It could’ve also been a “you’ve read Joy Ellis books before, so you might like this one” too.  Who knows?  I have so many books on my TBR list, so it’s hard to remember where they all came from! Anyway, it’s right up my alley.  It’s a British detective (or whatever they’re called – DCI, DI… I can’t keep […]



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