Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The last thing he told me by Laura Dave

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Sometimes I read two books at the same time, one in audiobook format and the other one on paper. I usually make sure the two don’t belong to the same genre to avoid confusion and/or unjust comparisons. So I’ll usually read one fiction and one non-fiction, for instance. This time I started listening to Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me almost at the same time as I started reading my beloved Tana French’s The Trespasser, and I couldn’t help comparing the two. That’s […]

Inert Magic

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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CBR Bingo – New Series A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, Book No. 1 in the Scholomance series, was a disappointment. It had an interesting premise: a sorcery school that is crawling with creatures who are set on injuring and killing the students. Unfortunately, the book didn’t live up to the premise. The book centers around Galadriel, an extremely powerful wizard who has the capability to cause mass destruction. She has kept her power hidden from her fellow students and the prestigious enclaves that sit […]

I may have to re-read “The Other Woman”

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

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This is my “Pandemic” book for CBR13Bingo. Also, I give it 3.5 stars. What is it about guys named Adam in domestic thrillers? This is the second book in a row that I’ve reviewed featuring a man named Adam in a troubled couple at the center of a narrative. This couple is very different, however.  Emily and Adam are dating, and their relationship has moved fairly quickly. Before they’ve even been dating for a year, they are engaged and planning a wedding. Emily is beautiful […]

Got my boogie shoes on and ready to go!

Dance Class Volume 12: The New Girl by BeKa

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The first thing I noticed in my copy of Dance Class Volume 12: The New Girl by BeKa was that several speaking bubbles were empty. I can only assume that this is due to reading this as an e-galley directly from the publisher’s newsletter and therefore, not a finished copy. Because of this, I was not overly thrilled with the plot. However, the 3 comes from the potential of what I was able to read. I think reading the previous volumes of the series would […]

Watch out for angry mothers and murderous cults

Queen’s Favorite Witch V01 The Wheel of Fortune by Benjamin Dickson

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If Kiki the Witch and Harry Potter combined, you’d probably get the graphic novel, Queen’s Favorite Witch V01 The Wheel of Fortune.  It has an old school feeling, but also modern sensibilities. There is obviously a European flare to the tone (as it is set in Elizabethan era) but accessible for all readers.  It is not for those who are more sensitive, as there is an evil cult, a possible assassination attempt, death, and bullies. However, it is also seriously sweet and funny. Talking rats, […]

The curse? A gift? Or both? The Man who lived Dracula

Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula by Koren Shadmi

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Lugosi was a victim of his own ego, arrogance, selfishness, pride, and need for attention as he was of the whims of Hollywood and society. And in Koren Shadmi’s Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula you see it fangs and all. This graphic novel shows the highs and lows (lots of lows, most of his own making) of Lugosi’s life. Done mostly chronologically, the highlights of the past and present are show in rotation.  The past starts as a child, the fights he […]



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