Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Full Cannonball, Total Banger

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Alright, maybe not a total banger - more like a satisfyingly slow burn - but I wanted to finish my Cannonball Read with something I’ve wanted to read for a while and it ended up being this. I was planning on reading it someday, so when I came across a copy in at a thrift store (cost me about three … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

Love is both a constant and a variable

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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I wish I had waited just a day to write my best-of list, because I would absolutely add this book. I loved being in this world, with these characters. Sam and Sadie meet when they are young, in a children's hospital, in the 1980s - the time of The Oregon Trail (among other games). Sam is a patient, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:117 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

This House is Not a Home

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

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Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak is the way I would describe this novel, although some reviews have compared it to Rebecca, a book I have not read. Set during the years following the Mexican War of Independence, the story follows Beatriz, a young woman who has recently married into the wealthy … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

Deck the Halls

The Christmas Party by Karen Swan

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On a cold winter night on Ireland’s west coast, Declan Lorne, the last Lord of Ireland, throws a lavish party at his magnificent castle. The location is wonderful, the guests are old friends who all know each other, the atmosphere is great. But before the night is out he dies, leaving behind his … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Grow where you’re planted (and support local!)

Food Artisans of Alberta by Karen Anderson

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I read this in slow 10 page increments each morning over a period of a few months, and it was a soul-satisfying read with my morning coffee. Karen Anderson is a former nurse with a passion for slow and local food, as well as Alberta history. She is attempting to create a culinary scene in the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Harry Potter in the upside down

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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I really wanted to love this but ended this more meh. It’s definitely trying to channel later instalment Harry Potter, but with more diversity and less heartwarming-ness. Our protagonist is El, short for Galadriel, who is in her next to last year school at the Scholomance, an international wizard … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·


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