Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Remember, It’s YOUR prom; make it one to remember always!

Carrie by Stephen King

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

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I thought my prom was “bad” in that it all felt overhyped, my feet hurt the whole evening, I swear my hair ended up hurting from all the pins I had stuck in it, and I got into a fight with my friends at Safe Grad and ended up walking home from the high school carrying my prom dress in a backpack (I was supposed to get a ride home with said friends).  However, it didn’t end in flames or death so you know what?  […]

Murder She Wanted to Write

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

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“Your future contains dry bones” so begins How to Solve Your Own Murder and the fate for one of the main characters of the book, Frances. Sixteen-year-old Frances receives a prophecy from a fortune teller that spells out a series of events that will ultimately end with her murder. Frances ends up obsessing over the prophecy for the rest of her life until almost sixty years later she is murdered. As a final tribute to her lifelong pursuit to solving her prophecy, Frances stipulates that […]

I have to sing about the book I read

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

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What if the trope about every book being a new adventure happened literally? This is what happens in The Book of Doors. Cassie Andrews lives an unassuming life working in a bookstore when she is given a strange book called The Book of Doors. She soon discovers that, while in possession of the book, she can open a door into any place she can imagine. At first, she and her best friend Izzy enjoy going on instant adventures by simply opening the front door to […]

Completely Conceivable Tales

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, with Joe Layden

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Though not particularly a box-office success upon its release, the 1987 movie The Princess Bride has become a beloved classic. Cary Elwes, who starred as Westley in the film, is quite upfront about the fact that, despite a long career in Hollywood, The Princess Bride overshadows all his other roles. Rather than be bitter about that fact, Elwes has embraced it, and in As You Wish, he has written a charming memoir of the making of the film that will delight fans. Movie fans looking […]

Joy, fusion bbq, music, and love jump off the page

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

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I fell in love with this book in the first paragraph. I fell in love with Cyn and her daddy in the first chapter. I fell in love with Juleesa in Chapter 2 and by Chapter 5 I loved everybody and everything about this book. A Little Kissing Between Friends is a love letter to multi-generational community, friendships, music and food. Chencia C. Higgins starts with Cyn remembering the day she let her daddy know that she liked girls. It came out as a part of […]

Taking Umbridge

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

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In the aftermath of his battle with Voldemort at the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Harry Potter spends his annual summer with the Dursleys more depressed than ever. Dumbledore has insisted he return to Privet Drive and take no action to combat the Dark Lord. Even worse, his best friends Ron and Hermione have gone incommunicado, leaving him totally disconnected from the wizarding world. Until one night, dementors attack Harry and his cousin Dudley, forcing him to use magic to fend them off and exposing […]



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