Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Potentially Sinister Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

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Farrah Turner is 17 and her formerly wealthy family's home has just been foreclosed upon. Used to living in an upscale area and going to a private high school where she is one of only two Black girls, Farrah is used to analyzing any situation or person and making a plan to get her to her goals. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

The Game of Life

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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Born to hard-working Korean parents who run a boarding-house for fisherman, Sunja is expecting a hard life full of work and suffering until a chance encounter with a powerful businessman sets her life and her family's fortunes on a far different trajectory as they embark on new lives in Japan. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

“Some things belong so much they could never break”

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

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When I saw this was a sapphic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, I jumped at the chance to read this book. And, even better, it’s set in Pittsburgh! And even more better, this is actually written by a married writing team, which is pretty darn cute. Starting college is the perfect chance to reinvent … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

“We’re in a kind of compulsory dodgeball game as we free-fall from Wherever to Ain’t Got a Clue.”

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

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The Colorado Kid is one of Stephen King's three entries in the Hard Case Crime series. These Hard Case Crime books are throwbacks to 1950-ish pulpy novels, which at the time they initially came out cost the same as a movie ticket. They even come with the slightly unseemly painted covers of yore. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , ·

Did he run out of ideas?

Everyone Is Tulip by Dave Baker

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During our time in Detroit, my fiancee and her parents won some gift cards to local shops, including a favorite of mine, a comic-book store called Vault of Midnight. In the time since then, our gift cards have been refilling themselves on their own. We just go with it and use the money, because … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , ·

Overall good but appreciated the stories by characters that aren’t Harry Dresden in particular.

Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

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Last year I listened to the first Dresden Files short story collection, Side Jobs, to be able to listen to the excellent narration by James Marsters (on the recommendation of ardaigle!).  Marsters is a great narrator but he fell short when it came time for Karrin Murphy's story at the end of the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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