Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Dumb but Strong Gets Boring, or Enough with the Cream Puff Gags, or Why Harry Potter and Black Clover Don’t Mix

Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 4-5 by Hajime Komoto

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Sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me and I pick up subsequent manga volumes from the library just to see if things get any better or interesting; sometimes this works out and sometimes not. With Mashle: Magic and Muscles, the first few volumes were essentially trope overload with a touch of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , ·

The Bridesmaids Union

The Bridesmaids Union by Jonathan Vatner

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So the only reason I am giving this two stars is that it is not as bad as Carnegie Hill. I knew this author sounded familiar to me, and I am annoyed I wasted a pick on this. The entire book was a slow … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

It’s not the years, its the mileage.

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman by Vic Armstrong with Robert Sellers

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You may not know his face but you know his characters. In his extraordinary career, Vic Armstrong has been Superman (doubling for the late Christopher Reeve), Indiana Jones (doubling for Harrison Ford in the original trilogy), and James Bond (doubling for George Lazenby, Roger Moore, and Sean … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Our Little World

Our Little World by Karen Winn

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So this was a great book to end the week with. It was so good. I think the setting of New Jersey in 1985 played such an important role in the telling of this story. It really did take me back to a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

The Wedding Season

The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So this was delightful. I am going to warn readers though, if you are expecting a lot of romantic scenes, they are not in this book. But I thought this was a very nice enemies to lovers book. I loved … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Romance · Tags: ·

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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I honestly don't know what to say about this beyond the fact that it was raw, emotional, and just a lovely memoir. Michelle Zauner does a great job of showing us readers all the ways that her mother and food impacted her life. And she provides insights into her mother's family, as well as her mother … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:62 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·


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