Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Magic Murder and a Bunny Scooby Doo

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

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An illusionist from a family of magicians under a generational curse has to come home is disgrace to her family business of building “magic” places, as in hidden staircases and doors, or basically every house or building you’ve ever seen on Scooby Doo. That’s the beginning scenario of Under Lock … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , , , ·

A series of books that I personally did not enjoy

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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Is this some wild teen PSA? ^^ this the original review that I wrote in mild exasperation after reading this book. I actually had this on an older TBR that I never got around to finishing, so in the middle of waiting for some new books to load I was more than happy to finally pick it up. But … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:147 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , ·

Murder and a Fulfilling Retirement

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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The Thursday Murder Club has been on my radar off and on for a while; finally, another Cannonballer’s review of a sequel reminded me and coincided with a random bookstore coupon (in-store only), so I went shopping. This is probably what Only Murders in the Building must be like in book form; I don’t … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:84 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

a recommendation from banned books discussion

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki

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Recommendation by teresaelectro! I think unlike many people, it took me a while to get into the artwork for this novel. On the other hand, I found the story quite compelling from the get go. As I went through it, though (and it’s a shorter graphic novel, so it did finish quite quickly), I found … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:144 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , ·

Grouping two more re-reads together, with no thematic connection

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase

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Re-read, October 2022: I cannot fully explain why I had the need to re-read this novel, the start of a promising but eventually disappointing series of alt-history books that asked the question, what if Napoleonic wars but also dragons? A decent part was this intense desire to re-read the part of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:143 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

The writing hasn’t changed, but I think I have

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

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Look, I still really like Backman’s writing, as I’ve noted in my reviews of the previous books. But if I had to summarize my feelings on this book, it’s “schtick has run its course.” spoilers for the previous two installments! Here we return once more to Beartown and Hed, two towns alike in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:141 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·


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