Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Whoopsie

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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So I have fallen almost laughably behind on posting reviews here (like an entire cannonball behind of books I have read/reviewed and not posted). So whoops. Going to try to be better about keeping up! I’m going to post a couple series that I have finished and then I guess just start anew cause walking backwards sounds like a nightmare. When life stops kicking my butt, I plan on wondering through and commenting and being part of the community more! Sorry, it took me a […]

Pale Fire and Invitation to a Beheading

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

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Pale Fire Pale Fire remains one of the funniest and most impressive books I’ve ever read, and for me is Nabokov’s absolute masterpiece, especially in English. The book begins with a brief introduction from one of our two narrators, Charles Kinbote. Charles Kinbote is a professor and in this book will be editing the long poem of his colleague John Shade. John Shade, also a professor, has recently died and left a poem in intricately ordered index cards. We come to understand that Kinbote has […]

Comfy Tropes Galore, But Not Particularly Trope-y

First Comes Baby... by Christine Rimmer

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Josie has given up on finding a partner after being unlucky in love and chooses to have a baby on her own. But when she gives birth with the help of her neighbor Miles, a connection is formed between the two, and they decide to get married to form a comfortable family unit. But of course, the marriage-of-convenience is not as convenient as it seems… I picked up this book for an obvious reason: There is a smiling baby flying through the air on the […]

Bees like to gossip

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone is the ninth book in the main Outlander storyline – the action picks up pretty much immediately where the previous book left off, with the MacKenzies return to the Ridge. I’ve been stuck on what to say about this book – it’s not as if anyone is going to pick it up and not read it after investing the time for the first eight. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone is exactly what an Outlander […]

The Bridesmaids Union

The Bridesmaids Union by Jonathan Vatner

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So the only reason I am giving this two stars is that it is not as bad as Carnegie Hill. I knew this author sounded familiar to me, and I am annoyed I wasted a pick on this. The entire book was a slow moving train wreck that I was unable to look away from. The main character, Iris, is terrible. The other characters we get are awful. […]

Our Little World

Our Little World by Karen Winn

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So this was a great book to end the week with. It was so good. I think the setting of New Jersey in 1985 played such an important role in the telling of this story. It really did take me back to a different time and place when I was growing up.  This book really does show the end of innocence for Bee, but also for the entire […]



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