Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Magic Tides: Kate & Curran Still Going Strong

Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

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Plot summary of Magic Tides: Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never change! Magical mayhem is about to erupt when Kate undertakes the rescue of a kidnapped youth, while Curran guards the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured · Tags: , , , , , ·

Fun but not stellar who-dunnit

The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths

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The Midnight Hour is book 6 in a series by Elly Griffiths, but the first that I have read.  I read it since I adore her Ruth Galloway series but have finished it.  Even though I started in the middle of this series, I don't think it matters that much, it worked fine as a stand alone.  The Midnight … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Edith Wharton (5-12)

The Lamp of Psyche by Edith Wharton

The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems by Edith Wharton

The Journey by Edith Wharton

The Debt by Edith Wharton

The Moving Finger by Edith Wharton

Daunt Diana by Edith Wharton

The Eyes by Edith Wharton

Quicksand by Edith Wharton

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"The Lamp of Psyche" "Delia Corbett was too happy; her happiness frightened her." The story begins with Mrs. Delia Corbett making a series of reflections on her happiness. She's newly married now in her mid-thirties, having been previously married and widowed (more or less both unhappily). She … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:84 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

John Steinbeck (1)

Burning Bright by John Steinbeck

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"The canvas walls of the dressing tent were discolored with brown water spots, green grass stains and grey streaks of mildew, and the prickles of sun glittering came through." This is a book I bought and almost immediately regretted because the more I looked at it and thought about it, the less I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Nikki Giovanni (1)

Selected Poetry by Nikki Giovanni

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This is an audio collection by Nikki Giovanni, where she reads several of her poems, including well known poems like the one shared below. What's great about this: in general it's always better to have a poet read their own poetry, especially contemporary poetry where the meter is more likely to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:75 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: ·

Jasper Fforde (1)

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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"My father had a face that could stop a clock." Somewhere in the heart of every reader lies the desire to write a series of time-travelling mystery novels in which, among other things, famous books and certainly puns about books, play significant roles. It helps if you're English like Jasper Fforde … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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