Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Title Says It All

Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer

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Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: Monster. One of the women in a group of suburban mom friends turns into a literal monster and it's up to the other women to save her. For almost thirty years (maybe going on forty), the suburbs have been used as a setting to explore the murky themes beyond the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:188 · Genres: Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

But Do We Know Anyone, Really?

Verity by Colleen Hoover

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Read this as part of CBR14 Bingo: hot. Colleen Hoover is the hottest writer out there right now. (Zoolander movie voice) That Colleen Hoover is so hot right now. Seriously, I keep hearing her name in book circles (is that the same Colleen who writes historical fiction? No that’s McCullough), … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:187 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , ·

Pod Stalking

If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier

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Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: Shadow. The main character shadows around her favorite podcaster who may-or-may-not be dead, looking to see if she can figure out the cause of her sudden disappearance.  With the release of Adnan Syed from prison, I've been wondering if the podcast Serial did more … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:186 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , , , ·

I’ll read/watch anything with Heartstopper in the title…

The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman

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I'm starved for more Heartstopper content while I wait for the next season of the show to wrap up filming and production, and for the final volume of the comics to come out, so I'm at the point where I'll take any morsels I can get. Enter The Heartstopper Yearbook. It's part art book, part … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:128 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , ·

Stuff happens without much action and I am confused

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

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BNGO review 23: Holiday Graduation is an event to celebrate. A holiday is the commemoration of a celebratory event that often includes celebrations. Thus, The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves qualify as holiday-themed stories. Confession: I haven’t totally finished The Last Graduate, but … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:75 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

From Washington Heights to Riverdale Academy Day School

New Kid by Jerry Craft

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New Kid by Jerry Craft This book was both a delight to read and a hard read as well. It is not so much because of the content or concepts, but because of the flow. Things seemed forced at times; the point is thrown at you more than once to get it across. Is this good or bad? That is up to the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:536 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·


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