Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Himsanity

The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses

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Read as part of CBR15Bingo: Oceania. The writer is of Korean descent, the two POV characters are of Korean descent, and the book is about the experience of Korean-Americans and Koreans in diaspora.  I was in New York for Linsanity. Not a fan of the Knicks but it was an out-of-body experience at the time. You were glued to your tv every night and every night for almost two weeks, it delivered. Even my father-in-law — a lifelong Knicks Hater — was inclined to root […]

I was wholly unprepared for such tenderness and humor

For Real by Alexis Hall

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CBR15Bingo: Europe square CBR15Passport: Books from different countries (England) “A soft pulse of desire went through me, not for sex or pain or humiliation or some other release, but for this, this quiet closeness. Someone to hold in the dark.” ― Alexis Hall, For Real “What could I do with a boy who had brought me to my knees twice, yet still held my hand in the dark? What could I give in return for such kindness? Such faith? I would so gladly bear all […]

Tombs

Tombs by Junji Ito

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This is another Cannonball where I’m unfortunately not going to have a lot to say, mostly because the stories in this collection didn’t stick with me very intensely. Junji Ito remains the undisputed master of Japanese horror manga, but this would probably not be the story collection I would recommend to people who were new to or just becoming familiar with his work. For those, stick to Uzumaki, Tomie, Gyo, Shiver, or Fragments of Horror. The title story of Tombs details a brother and sister […]

Another Thursday Murder Club story that I loved

The Bullet that Missed (Thursday Murder Club #3) by Richard Osman

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OMG these amazing people again. Of course there’s a new murder to solve. The gang decides to look into the disappearance and presumed murder of a local journalist. Although the case is intriguing, Elizabeth thinks Joyce wants to investigate it to meet famous people. She’s only half wrong. They get to meet another local journalist who was very close with the missing woman. He was devastated when she went missing and has been looking for her ever since. There’s also a subplot where a baddie […]

The Last Enola Holmes book

The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye / The Case of the Disappearing Duchess (Enola Holmes #6) by Nancy Springer

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This book has two titles. I’m guessing it’s because “gypsy” isn’t the best label. It’s literally just describing the bands of gypsy people that Enola’s mom escaped with though. At any rate, there are two story lines in this book. Enola gets a message from her mom (the gypsy good-bye), and there’s also a missing duchess. Of course, both Enola and Sherlock are looking for the missing Lady Blanchefleur del Campo. Unfortunately for Sherlock, he’s not so great at missing persons cases, and Enola is. […]

The Mountain & The Sea

The Mountain & The Sea by Kwame Dawes

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I didn’t mean to read more Literature with a Capital L, but a coworker I like and trust recommended this book to me, citing its poetic prose, and hooboy is that an accurate assessment. This is exactly the sort of story that shows us why diversity in our authors is important. It tells the story of a Jamaican woman who, after a hurricane, finds herself hosting an amnesiac man, who she can’t help but notice is easy on the eyes. Romance ensues. I say this […]



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