Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


The Randomness of Food Trends Past at the Antique Store

The Southern Junior League Cookbook by Ann Seranne

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I don’t especially care for antique stores, but sometimes they do have interesting books, especially things like The Southern Junior League Cookbook. This book dates to the late seventies, and has recipes from about 30 different Junior League cookbooks from North Carolina to Florida, and Georgia to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“The fifth glass is unarguably clean. Especially because Haf has been pretending to scrub at a stain that isn’t there, like a horny Lady Macbeth wanting to prolong the moment.”

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

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I love the fake dating trope, so I was pleased as punch that November’s Illumicrate Afterlight book was Make You Mine This Christmas, even more so when forced proximity and all the bisexual chaos enter the equation. The story focuses on Haf who has been having a terrible year and lets her roommate … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

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Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

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"When he decided to leave New York, he chose Arizona because of some drone footage he'd seen." Lydia Millet most previous novel A Children's Bible was a much more explicit rendering of an apocalyptic future in which climate change had forever taken its toll on humanity, and all that was left was … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

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"With regards to the activities of the Tracking and Pursuit Department, which is partially affiliated with the civil administration of the international coalition forces in Iraq, the special committee of inquiry set up under my chairmanship, with representatives of the Iraqi security and … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Who’s Up For a Field Trip to the Murder Room?

The Murder Room by PD James

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The Dupayne is a unique private (and fictional!) museum located on the Hempstead Heath that is dedicated to the interwar years in Britain.  Located in a formerly stately house, most of it is dedicated to archives and is dreadfully scholarly, but there is one room upstairs set aside to highlight the … [Read more]

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


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