Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Hotel REM by Zack Keller

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When I read about Hotel REM it sounded like it was going to go in a completely different direction than what the actual graphic novel turned out to be. It also had a different feeling from the cover. And while, yes you can find some of the story out from the cover, this is a book that also is one that you should not judge it by the cover. Zack Keller wrote an interesting coming of age story. The colors and details of the illustrations […]

More romance in Swedish

En enda hemlighet (Falling) by Simona Ahrnstedt

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The readers met both the protagonists in this novel briefly in the first book in the series, En enda natt, which is also where they first ran into each other. At the beginning of this book, idealistic doctor Isobel Sørensen is angry and stressed because the organisation she works for most of the year, Medpax, is struggling for funds, and she’s becoming convinced that it’s her fault. On the previous occasions when she has run into Alexander de la Grip and he’s tried to flirt […]

Tournament of Lies

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

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Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts is an auspicious time to be a wizard. The Quidditch World Cup is in full swing, and thanks to the Weasleys, Harry has a prime seat for the final between Ireland and Bulgaria. It’s a tremendously exciting day, as wizards from around the globe gather for should be a communal celebration. But an unfortunate incident leaves a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, and makes it glaringly obvious that their are deep divisions within wizarding world. It’s an exciting time […]

“You signed up for me … And I signed up for you, whatever that means, wherever that takes us”

The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

The Rebel King by Kennedy Ryan

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Kennedy Ryan’s All the Kings Men Duet, as she calls it, spans more than a decade and contains a lot of passion, danger, and drama. I’m reviewing both at the same time since they don’t really stand alone. The Kingmaker ends on one heck of a cliffhanger, and The Rebel King would not be a satisfying place to start the series. Maxim Cade is still just in college when he travels with his father to the location of one of their planned oil pipelines, which […]

Be a bonobo

The Bandit Queens: A Novel by Parini Shroff

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This book might end up one of my favorites for CBR16. It was a shockingly funny delight about women who murder their husbands. Parini Shroff was inspired to write this story after a visit to India many years ago, where she learned about the micro loan program there. Women receive loans to start their own businesses, forming small support groups that ensure participants repay their loans regularly. Shroff wondered about two things: why women receive the loans and not men (because women were seen as […]

Hit and Miss

Down to the Woods by MJ Arlidge

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Just outside of Southampton, UK, a happy young couple are on a camping trip. Their tent is shabby and worn, but that hardly matters to them: they get drunk, they make out, they fall asleep happy. But when the woman wakes up, she is alone. Her fiancé is gone. She calls out for him, but he doesn’t reply. None of the other campers have spotted him; he appears to have vanished into thin air.  Miles away, the boyfriend is in the middle of the woods, […]



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