Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Shoulder pads and shootouts

G is for Gumshoe (1990) by Sue Grafton

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CBR Bingo Square: Relation”ship” (Fiercely independent PI Kinsey Millhone has to allow fiercely protective PI Robert Dietz be her bodyguard) I read a bunch of the ‘Alphabet Mystery’ series in my teens, when there was somehow time to read everything, and I would stock up on library books rather than booze for staying up all night on New Year’s Eve. They star, and are usually narrated by, Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone, a young-ish woman in California. She and Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski (1982-2022) were probably […]

“Most of us can hide our greatest hurts and longings. It’s how we survive each day. We pretend the pain isn’t there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds.”

King of Scars (King of Scars #1) by Leigh Bardugo

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CBR Bingo – On The Road I don’t read a lot of YA but a good friend of mine and many members of the CBR community have raved about Bardugo’s world, so I’m in for the long haul. If you’re new to it, a piece of advice. I was told to ignore chronological order when beginning because the Six of Crows duology is so much better than the original Shadow and Bone trilogy. I was skeptical but heeded that advice and I’m glad I did […]

A good bad monster, or is it a bad good monster?

Melvin Monster by John Stanley

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I am halfway through (there’s around 300 pages) John Stanley’s (Little Lulu comics ) graphic novel/comic Melvin Monster. My first thought was, “Those are some old fashioned illustrations! Like something you’d see in MAD Magazine or an “adult magazine” that I wasn’t allowed to look at as a kid, but found my uncle’s copies of anyway. You know, magazines like MAD, or adult comics, but not, “Adult” magazines.  (The publisher description says: it draws its direct inspiration from the 1960s monster craze and the work […]

Should I call this wholesome? Yeah. Yeah, I’m gonna call this wholesome.

The Resort (Room for 3 Book 1) by Ana Ashley

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CBR15Bingo: Dwelling square CBR15Passport: Travel your bookshelf Jake just wants to get through the summer. He only has another week left before he can hang up his hotel housekeeping uniform and head back to school. But a chance encounter with a very hot couple is not something he had been expecting. Back at school, he tries to get the mysterious couple out of his mind, but he can’t. Eventually, he forces himself to leave it in the past and instead focus on the future: working […]

All we need.

All We Need Is Love and a Really Soft Pillow! by Peter H. Reynolds

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Sometimes I really enjoy the work of Peter H. Reynolds, but sometimes things are only “okay.” With All We Need Is Love and a Really Soft Pillow! I am on the side of more than okay, but not my favorite. The idea is clever with a little monster, Little One, and Poppy together, just the two of them as they only need love. But of course, a really soft pillow (or two) is nice as well. And since it might rain, a shelter is a […]

CBR15 Bingo: Edibles

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles (this book features both a lot of food and quite a few drugs) Lila Macapagal used to live in Chicago and dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but both her business and relationship failed miserably. She’s back in her hometown, helping to run her tita (aunt) Rosie run the family restaurant, where they serve Philipino food. Unfortunately, Lila’s ex-boyfriend is a food critic and seems determined to come back, again and again, to sample the food and write scathing things about the […]



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