Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


New York S—Y

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

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Read this as part of cbr14bingo: time. Maggie Haberman connects Donald Trump's presidency to his upbringing, rise, fall, and rebirth in New York City. By covering one aspect of time, we learn how the city and the country made the man...and how he would eventually remake the country. An aside: The … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:180 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: , , , , , , ·

A Visit With An Old Friend You’ve Outgrown a Little

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

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CBR14Bingo: Bodies (dead bodies, aliens inhabiting human bodies, people going from cyberspace into a body for the first time, etc.) I was obsessed with Neil Gaiman's work from high school through college and then burned out and haven't read anything by him in probably 10 years, so when I saw this … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:96 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Poetry, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Where we don’t even need to have a Ravenel, just stay w/these characters please

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

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Here's part two of my Ravenel series wrap-up. Reminder that here be spoilers aplenty, and that if you just need somebody to tell you the books are worth your time, you have it. Feel free to come back to discuss after you've read them. Now I know I said in my previous post that the internet … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Where Hype is Well-Deserved

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

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I zipped my way through the Ravenels, a choice made completely dependent on the fact that Fated Mates was going to be doing a show on Marrying Winterborne, and I wanted in on the hype. It's such well-deserved hype though, guys. If you're a historical romance reader, and you haven't read a Lisa … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

This is a good little mystery that I couldn’t get into

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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BINGO - Bodies (as in, dead ones) The Thursday Murder Club is a group of amateur-detective pensioners who all live at Cooper's Chase retirement community. The Club consists of Ibrahim, Ron, Elizabeth, and newcomer Joyce. Their usually sleepy community is suddenly rocketed to the forefront of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

Great art tells the truth and that can be dangerous

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin

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Over the summer BlackRaven reviewed this book and I immediately recognized the name of the author. Eugene Yelchin illustrated/co-wrote one of my favorite books, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, and BlackRaven’s review made The Genius Under the Table sound too good to pass up. And indeed it is! … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·


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