Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


But the Habits of Memory Created All Kinds of False Harbours.

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

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Good Lord, I got all excited over the bingo thing, and wouldn't you know it, I get hammered by work commitments! So it looks like this year I'll be posting bingo-reviews late, and my reviews for the Hugo Best Novel noms after I voted   Oh well, oh well.   A Desolation Called … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

“Intentions always look better on paper than in reality.”

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Another review of a Book Club choice, 2017’s The Hate U Give. A peek behind the scenes: this one almost got left off the voting, having been popular over the years but as it’s the 30th most challenged book of the decade 2010-2019 and the fifth most challenged in 2021 the argument to include it felt … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Warrior frogs apparently isn’t enough to be interesting

Kulipari #1 by Trevor Pryce

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BINGO - Shadow Burnu is a member of the Kulipari, an elite group of frog warriors. He is tasked with finding and securing a set of scrolls that will hopefully give the frogs that advantage over their years long conflict with the reptiles. His goal is to sneak around using stealth to gather … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , ·

You have a deeply strange soul, and it’s pretty incredible

Season of Love by Helena Greer

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Do you like the idea of those Christmas movies where someone returns to a small town and finds the Spirit of Christmas, but you wish they were gayer and Jewish? Helena Greer's Season of Love is for you. Season of Love is also for you if you ever wanted to read about a Jewish family trying to save … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:89 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“The world changed faster than I could”

Don't Cry For Me by Daniel Black

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BINGO - Minds (the narrator reflects at the end of his life in the various ways that he has changed his mind on certain truths he once believed) Jacob is dying. He knows that his time is almost up, but he has some things to resolve, namely with his son Isaac. In a series of letters to his son … [Read more]

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

Is That a Pack of 18th-Century Divination Cards in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Lozzy's Complete Guide To Lenormand: Workbook Edition by Lozzy Phillips

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I’m awful at cocktail parties. I don’t handle small talk well. As an introvert who presents as an extrovert, the idea of asking what twenty people do for a living is exhausting. It’s much more interesting to really have one good, deep, revealing conversation. Which is why for over thirty years, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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