Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


If Enemy Pie, Casper the friendly ghost, and Dr. Doolittle made a book

Batcat by Meggie Ramm

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Batcat by Meggie Ramm is a cute story about not being just one thing, but a mix of things that makes you, you and special. Batcat has a problem. It is called a Ghost. A very annoying, obnoxious ghost. You see, Batcat wants to be alone. Drink their hot chocolate alone. Sleep alone. Eat alone. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:553 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , ·

The Influencer

The Influencer by Joyce Maynard

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I don't even know what to say about this one. It was a lot. I think the biggest thing is that the family of Gabby Petito may read this and have some qualms about it. This was a really great short story showing all sides to the murder of a young woman who dreamed about becoming an influencer. I loved … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:243 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: ·

The Bookstore Sisters

The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman

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What a great short story by Hoffman. I love her anthology books for a reason. I have never really been able to get into her novels because I feel like they lose a lot along the way. But she always shines in her short stories. This one follows Isabel Gibson who now in her early 30s is alone and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:242 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

A New York lit professor and a playboy European aristocrat fall in love in a romance with not one, but two Christmases

Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

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CBR14 Bingo: Holiday (a Christmas romance written by an author called Holiday - boom!) Maximillian "Max" von Hansburg, popularly known in the tabloids worldwide as "the Depraved Duke", is in fact, merely a baron. He is the eldest son and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, however, and he doesn't really … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Father of Mine

Fresh Kills by Bill Loehfelm

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Read as part of cbr14 bingo: birds. There are birds on the cover of the book. Bill Loehfelm is a writer that deserves to be celebrated more than he is. I remember picking up The Devil She Knows more out of curiosity than excitement. I wanted to see how Loehfelm would bring Staten Island to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:196 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“Kim was starlight and privilege; Will had his feet firmly fixed in the mud. They didn’t belong together. Except they did.”

Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles

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CBR14 Bingo: Scandal (the book features corruption, blackmail, kidnapping, and murder - not to mention gay people in the 1920s. Gasp!) Spoiler warning! This is the third book in a trilogy. While you can absolutely read this book without the others, you will not get all the beautiful payoff from … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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