Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A Brief History? Worth Every One of the 686 Pages.

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

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As I descend further into dad-hood, I find myself being more patient for longer books and movies. I mean, I recently sat through 3:15 of Barry Lyndon and loved almost every minute of it. So I figured it was finally time to tackle this one, a book which I must've started three or four times only to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:118 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

[got me] to a nunnery!

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography by James Burge

The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev

Letters of a Portuguese Nun: Uncovering the Mystery Behind a 17th Century Forbidden Love by Myriam Cyr

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I thought I was going to need some time to recover from the exquisite The Everlasting, but really it flung me head-first into a literal rabbit-hole. A warren. An abbey. A nunnery, if you will. Also- The Atlantic just posted a list of books that were done dirty by pandemic releases, and OF COURE The … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

“Shara’s not nice. Shara’s so many more important things than nice.”

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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4.5 stars It's not exactly easy being Chloe Green, the bisexual girl with two mums when also trying to become valedictorian at Willowgrove Christian Academy in a small Alabama town. She keeps trying to protest against the school's puritanical rules with frequent dress code violations, but also … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Well, that wasn’t what I expected

Naked in Death by JD Robb

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After scanning the list of books in Classic’s recent review of JD Robb’s (pen name for Nora Roberts) “In Death” series, I thought I would read the first book, Naked in Death. The book features detective Eve Dallas, a no-nonsense cop with golden eyes like a lion. Also very lithe. With tousled short … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ·

Wrapping Up My In Death Mini-Read Spree

Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb

Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb

Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb

Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb

Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb

Purity in Death by J.D. Robb

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Well I think that I will wrap up my "In Death" mini-reading spree with these. I will probably come back to the series to "catch up" so to speak with my reviews down the line. I have read the entire series and novellas, I just never had much of the energy to go back and post reviews on Amazon. A few … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:147 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Softest Romance in Space

Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

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This series continues to bring me an infinite amount of joy with the romance and brings such great tension with the politics and power moves going on in the periphery. Only thing I don’t like is now I have to wait for the next book!! I love how Eclipse the Moon continues Starlight’s Shadow … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: ·


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