Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“They were to one another what fixed stars are to sailors: The only way through the dark.”

The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow

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I'm gonna start with a blanket spoiler warning, and also this: If you haven't read The Everlasting, don't look at any of the graphics, or anything I've written past this point, because nearly every sentence could be a spoiler, if taken in parts or sum.  Just know that this book is excruciatingly … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Sometimes, a book cover promises cats and lies. This book, on the other hand, delivers in spades. SO many cats, guys.

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

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4.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A book involving animals Monthly Keyword Challenge 26: Cat Official plot summary, because I finished this back in February, and my perimenopausal brain isn't exactly helping here: Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Time is change. Change is time.

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

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Another excellent library book. When I read fiordeligi’s review of Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian‘s Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, I knew I needed to read it asap. And then it took me a while for my library hold to come in. Fairly early in the book, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:29 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Ice Ice Baby

Game Changers (Game Changers #1) by Rachel Reid

Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) by Rachel Reid

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In Game Changers, Kip Grady works in a juice bar and quietly hates his life when he meets famous hockey player Scott Hunter. Scott comes in to the bar several times and chats to Kip, and it takes Kip a while to realise Scott is hitting on him. The two embark on a relationship and though they get … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: , , , , ·

Shenanigans for Grown-Ups

The Break by Marian Keyes

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Every bubble in the galaxy has burst. The million shards of sparkle suspended in the air have turned to wet ash. All the colour has leached away and the world is just grey, grey, grey.  Amy O’Connell is a 44 year old mother of three daughters, married to Hugh. She loves him, but life is a dull … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

My Meh Reading of Recent

My Vegan Year by Niki Webster

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With a title like My Vegan Year, you’d expect a book to either be more of a memoir, or a guide to seasonality. Somehow this book manages to be neither. It is a vegan  guide of sorts, with lists and  general discussion that might be useful, including pantry basics, produce by season (in the UK), and … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: , , , , , , ·


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