Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.”

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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In one word: Strange Y'all. I am straight-up mad at Susanna Clarke. HOW DARE SHE BE SO TALENTED AND CLEVER. I was delighted and amazed by her hefty debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and picked this one up on the recommendation of many people. It's a slim and unassuming-looking book … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

“Breaking up with your phone means giving yourself the space, freedom, and tools necessary to create a new, long-term relationship with it, one that keeps what you love about your phone and gets rid of what you don’t.”

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price

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In one word: Transformative I was a late adopter of the smartphone, someone who said that they didn't need or want "all of that" on their phone. In 2010 I started a new job and at the end of my first meeting at my new gig, everyone pulled out their phones to plan the next meeting and I realized I … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

So Much Unsaid

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

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I saw this on NPR's best books from 2021 and checked it out of the library. I do peek and see how other Cannonballers liked a book before I post my review. In this case because this was on a best books list and I found You Deserve Each Other very meh. This story could have been catnip for me with … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , ·

In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien

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This is a reread from about 20 years ago for me. I first read this in college after reading The Things they Carried for the first time and going on a bit of a Tim O'Brien binge. What's interesting to me now about that binge is that there's probably three Tim O'Brien you can read and understand as a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:150 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Minor Miracle: Unlocked

Sweethearts and Savages: Eden Academy Book Two by Grace McGinty

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I just finished Sweethearts and Savages, the second book in Grace McGinty's Eden Academy series. I really want to talk about this book in particular, and not just because it is sort of the culmination of all of her other works to this point. They've all been driving to this destination. You could … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

An interesting take on the dystopian genre

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

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A reality TV show launches 12 contestants into the woods, fending for their own survival and the chance to win a huge prize. The last person able to survive alone wins the money and bragging rights. Cut off from the rest off the world, they are left to their own devices to survive in the wilderness … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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