Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

A quarterback and a photographer try to be friends, end up as lovers

The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan

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First of all, I want to warn my fellow romance readers that there are a LOT of distracting typos in this book. Normally, while I’m a complete grammar nazi in my daily life(comes with being a language teacher, I suspect), I am nonetheless usually able to ignore the occasional typo in my romances, mainly because I don’t tend to read them all THAT closely. But in this book, there were enough that it bothered even me and took me out of the story on occasion. I know stuff like that can be a deal-breaker for some, hence the friendly warning. […]

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5/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:42 |

Pee Wee, Jackie, and the Duke

The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

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The Boys of Summer isn’t quite what you expect. Though it covers the familiar ground of the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the ’50s, the author’s unique position and the hybrid framework of this memoir create a little gem of a book that is full of the stuff of life. Heartbreak, struggle, accomplishment, valor, friendship, bigotry and death all arising from a child’s game played by adults. Kahn served as the Herald Tribune’s beat reporter for the Dodgers for a few seasons in the early ’50s, missing both the historically crucial 1947 season in which Jackie Robinson broke the color […]

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4/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

Thanks to the CBR romance readers hive mind for this one.

Kulti by Mariana Zapata

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This is another one of those books I probably wouldn’t have touched were it not for the online book reviewing community. Specifically, all of you fellow romance-reading reviewers here at CBR, who read and reviewed Kulti to pieces starting late last year. I’d never even heard of Mariana Zapata until y’all started raving over this book. I’ve learned to trust our collective hive mind over the years, so I picked this up with one of my Audible credits earlier this year, and decided to save it for just the right time. Kulti is not the best romance I’ve ever read. […]

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3/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:23 |

Not Just Another Brick in the Wall

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Marian Zapata

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Patty: Serendipity, I tell ya. The fact that we are reviewing a book on Superbowl Sunday – a book where the hero is a professional football player – is prophetic. Warning: I am aware of football; I understand the general gist of what all is supposed to happen, but I am not a fan nor do I really agree with the purported logic behind the game. Katie hails from one of those states where it’s like a religion, so she might have to clarify some NFLisms or just flat out tell me to STFU. I mean, I didn’t understand 99.9% […]

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2/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:2 |

This book might get me fired today…..

Kulti by Mariana Zapata

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 I fell for it.  Even after reading all the 4 and 5 star reviews of this book, I still got sucked in and couldn’t put it down until I finished it at 2:30am.  Currently I’m fighting the exhaustion that may cause me to fall asleep at my desk and lose my job.  Thanks a lot, Kulti. This is the first book I bought based solely on CBR reviews, and you guys do not disappoint with your recommendations. I won’t dive too deep into a plot summary, because so many of you have done it already, and done it better than […]

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1/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:4 |

Great Characters, Middling Romance

Kulti by Mariana Zapata

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I read a lot of romance but like very few. Most are a forgettable trifle but when you find a truly great romance it’s like a great bottle of wine, a rich experience you remember fondly. The truly exceptional romance stories generally have all of the following: Memorable, finely-drawn protagonists Great plot & character arc Smolder A strong romance has 2 while the vast majority have 1 or .5. Kulti has 1.5. However it nailed those so strongly that it comes this close to being a great romance. Sal Casillas is a professional women’s soccer player who is driven, disciplined, […]

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1/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:1 |

Forget about the title and the sort of weird ending. Everything else works pretty much perfectly.

Kulti by Mariana Zapata

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I’ve learned a lot about my reading habits since I started cannonballing. For instance, I know that I like Stephen King and Rainbow Rowell above all other writers, and that a sub-par book from them is still going to get at least 4 stars from me. I know that I’m still on the fence with fantasy — but thanks to suggestions from other reviewers like narfna and Malin, I’m making some headway there. I’ve also learned (mostly through trial and error) that I like a contemporary romance better than a period one. I’ve tried. I read the Brothers Sinister books […]

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1/3/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:1 |

Fifty Shades of Blisters

My Year of Running Dangerously by Tom Foreman

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I suspect the usual audience for a run memoir is runners, of the current or former variety. Running can be dreary enough without actually reading about it. (Dancing about architecture, anyone?) So, right off the bat, Tom Foreman’s My Year of Running Dangerously has a bit of an uphill battle with a significant portion of the reading public. Foreman makes a respectable effort at chronicling the descent into madness that is running.

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1/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:1 |

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