Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Mirror, Mirror

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher

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This is T. Kingfisher’s take on the Snow White story, and as always, I quite enjoyed her take. But it’s also not my favorite of hers (that might still be Nettle and Bones for these stand alones). There was something with this one where it felt like we stalled in the middle or forgot the main point of the story and got too distracted. Another review on Goodreads stated something along the lines of this being a novel where the author got a bit too […]

Thank you to Rachel Reid/Jacob Tierney for helping me hit my Cannonball Read goal

Tough Guy by Rachel Reid

Common Goal by Rachel Reid

Role Model by Rachel Reid

The Long Game by Rachel Reid

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Heated Rivalry (the TV show) has become an absolute obsession for me. Between the fourth and fifth episode, I finished Game Changer and Heated Rivalry because I wanted to know what’s up. And then I realized The Long Game was book six in the series… and because I’m a completionist, I couldn’t just jump to that. I had to — had to! — read the entire series in order. If only I was that dedicated to other aspects of my life, perhaps I’d be able […]

The scream that brought them together

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

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I’m completing my quarter cannonball with The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. The novel is a book within a book. Hannah is writing a mystery focused on Freddie, an Australian woman on a writing fellowship in Boston. She meets three strangers in the Boston library reading room: Cain, a fellow writer and handsome, Walt, a rich law student with no work ethic, and Marigold, a goth-esque psychology student. They hear a blood-curdling scream like someone being murdered…but no body is found. That is, […]

a book that deserves a proper review

The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles

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I suppose this book deserves a full review, given that now it’s become a full official re-read, and that I enjoy recommending it to others as well. This is one of those gems of a book (well, the first one which turned into reading all of them, of course) that I got from Cannonball Read (narfna, maybe?) (confirmation yes) which reminds me yet again as I do my year end reading reflections that I should take more recommendations from people whose taste I gel with. […]

The biggest struggle in earning your freedom is feeling like you deserve it.

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

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What if some people from the past returned to the present? What if one of them was Harriet Tubman? Bob the Drag Queen imagines a world in which Harriet Tubman, her brother Moses, and some of their Underground Railroad crew return to the present (as does Fredrick Douglass) and they want to tell their story in the form of a show. They hire a songwriter who once won Grammys. His career was torpedoed when he was outted on live tv. Harriet and her crew demolish […]

Blue Notes

Cahokia Jazz by Franics Spufford

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Reading this book was a unique experience for me. Since it focuses on First Nations in America, some parts are tough and sad. I borrowed it from the library and wasn’t sure I’d finish before it was due, especially because of the heavy moments. But I felt I owed it to the main character to see it through. That’s never happened to me before. I’m glad I finished Cahokia Jazz. The story has really stayed with me, even though I’ve returned the book. The story […]



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