Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Arkham Center for Independence? Sounds cozy….

The Oracle Code_ by Marieke Nijkamp

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I know a bit about the DC universe, but not as much as I would like. Therefore, when I saw this graphic novel, The Oracle Code_ was Barbara Gordon but in a wheelchair, I was surprised. I don't remember that.... but then again, as said, I don't know as much as I would like. I wondered if this was an … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:209 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The plot within the plot

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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My boyfriend read The Plot (2021) by Jean Hanff Korelitz and recommended that I read it. Somehow I got it into my head that it was also one of President Obama's recommended books from 2021, but I just checked and it's not on his list. However, because of these recommendations (real and imagined), I … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ·

Marriage and friendship in middle age

Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

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This book crept up and grabbed me by the heart, in the best possible way. Good Company centers around the relationships between four friends, in two married couples. Flora and Margot, were roommates in New York in their twenties, both working actors. Flora meets and marries Julian, another actor. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: ·

Speak, Memory

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

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Speak, Memory - 5/5 Stars Rereading this book for the first time in a few years and this time as an audiobook opened up the story, the writing, and the book overall in some positive ways. Nabokov has become for me not necessarily a favorite writer because I don't like every single thing he's … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:216 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·

Grab Bag

Mine by Robert M McCammon

Boathouse by Jon Fosse

Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears? by Robert Coover

The Miranda Obsession by Jen Silverman

Tell Her Story by Margot Hunt

Zaddy by Sarah Ramos

Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington

Dear Seraphina by Avery Bishop

Benarnda's Daughters by Diane Exavier

The Wrong One by Dervla McTiernan

Tisoy by Berneice McFadden

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Mine - 3/5 Stars Ahhhh, 1990. It's weird to think about how little cultural cache SDS, Weather Underground, and other Leftist groups from the 1960s and 1970s have any more when talked about in media products. This book is not exactly about a Leftist group, but more of a kind of amalgamation of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:215 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Old School Hollywood with Demon Deals

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

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Holy crap, I want more! Siren Queen is the story of Luli Wei, a star who stole her sister’s name to become famous and became the monster in many films, but also managed to find love and friendship outside the monstrous side of Hollywood. There are elements of this that remind me of The Seven … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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