Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An Enigma Appears in My Life… Now What?

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

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The backstory written by a Wonderland fan on how the Queen of Hearts came to be. Although this book instantly drew me in with its fancy cover and tempting blurb, the contents did not appease my (maybe too high?) standards. Spoilers ahead! To summarize the entire story, this book is about a girl from royalty that tries to escape with her lover because she doesn’t have enough backbone to stand up against her parents, who want her to marry the King of Hearts. A blood-thirsty […]

In the Woods by Tana French

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I may have read fewer books this year but made an effort to start reading the ones I own. I owe it to my bookshelves to continue the trend in 2024. Tana French’s In the Woods has been on my shelf for way too long. It lived up to all the expectations from past CBR reviews. And I got to “travel” to Dublin for the CBR15 passport challenge. CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (book 1 of 3) The first Dublin Murder Squad novel […]

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December 2023 Leftovers

Mandarin Plaid by SJ Rozan

Lady Killer, Volume 1 by Joëlle Jones

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden

Batman, Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift by Scott Snyder

The Confession by Domenic Stansberry

A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle

Joe Dogs: The Life and Crimes of a Mobster by Joseph Iannuzzi

Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot by Ace Atkins

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow

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Merry Christmas. We may need to dispense with the cold/snow songs. They’re about as realistic as Santa at this point. Mandarin Plaid **** SJ Rozan continues to improve with each book in this series. This one has layers and moves well to its conclusion. I’m not gonna be totally sold on a white person writing from the perspective of an AAPI one but I think Rozan does a better job with it than she did in the first one. May have to go long with […]

Reader, she married him. I wish she didn’t.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Maybe I would have liked this book more if I had read it as a teenager, when I could see myself as Jane Eyre – a plucky young woman who is so intelligent and virtuous that a man the narrative tells us is her soulmate loves her despite her plainness and the social gulf between them.   Probably not though.  Even as a teen I would have rolled my eyes at the pantomime villains of Jane’s childhood, locking her in a ghostridden room for the crime […]

I really did not like this book.

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

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“The trouble with you is you don’t know what you want,” he said. “You say one thing and then another.” I knew he was right, and not just about my relationship with him; always I feel an ambivalence that spurs me first in one direction and then another, a habit that has done much damage. I didn’t deny what he said, I even nodded in agreement, at which his mood only darkened. ― Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You “Though I thought of him often, […]

The master spy, the assassin, the telepathic daughter and their clairvoyant doggy

Spy x Family, vol 1 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 2 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 3 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 4 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 5 by Tatsuya Endo

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Agent Twilight is the best spy in the business and he’s willing to do absolutely anything to protect his country. For his latest mission, Operation Strix, he needs to get close to high-ranking politician Desmond Donovan. To do this, he needs to be married and have a child and said child needs to be admitted to the prestigious Eden Academy, where Desmond Donovan’s son Damien is a pupil. Agent Twilight creates the alias Loid Forger, a clinical psychiatrist, to complete the mission. Since he has […]



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