Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Next In Death Drops (Books 25-30)–Finally Going to Get Back to Other Books

Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb

Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb

Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

Promises in Death by J.D. Robb

Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb

Missing in Death by J.D. Robb

Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb

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Well one funny thing is that I had forgotten how terrible some of the covers are on these later installments. I also totally forgot an entire book (Salvation in Death). The one good thing about reading/posting reviews of the series this year is that I had flat out forgotten some of the stories out … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:241 · Genres: Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

A quiet, surprisingly intense emotional reading experience

The Colony by Audrey Magee

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Lloyd, an English artist, takes a boat (not the kind with a motor - a currach, which I had to look up because I was unfamiliar with traditional Irish boats) to a remote Irish island at the edge of Europe in 1979. The artist intends to paint a masterpiece there - all while being a huge pain in the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:107 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

That’s not sparkle. It’s rage-glitter.

The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

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CBR14 BINGO: Holiday square (BINGO! Cold to Holiday BINGO! Gaslight to Elephant. BLACKOUT!!!) (Christmas romance is about as holiday as you can get, I think, and a great way to hit the bingo blackout.) I love holiday romance movies. All of them. I can snort-laugh while I wrap presents when … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , ·

Dickens in Appalachia

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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Demon Copperhead, born to a drug-addicted single mother in an Appalachian trailer park, is the protagonist of Barbara Kingsolver's new novel, a modern re-telling of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield. Like his literary forebear, Demon's life will be full of struggle and cruelty, mostly from an … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

“I was the kid with the shackle clamped around his wrist:” King’s Latest Doorstopper

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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I've read almost all of the King oeuvre so was excited to see this at 30% off at Target. He's known as a master storyteller for a reason, and I sped through this in a few days. Over the last few years he's been mainly playing around with crime novels and thrillers, so this pastiche/homage to classic … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:126 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: , , , , ·

Men, Follow Your Dreams! Women, errr- just keep on keeping on

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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I feel like The Alchemist was a ship that I missed when it first sailed many years ago- it was such a sensation that tabloids showed all sorts of famous people (Bill Clinton!) reading it and it was optioned for an (as yet unmade) film. So here I am, reading it only 30 years late. The Alchemist is a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·


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