Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


The Tender Memoir You Might Not Expect From a Radical Feminist

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  I hope I will not be criticized for enjoying Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood simply as a childhood memoir of well-known feminist lecturer and author bell hooks. It was surprising to me how sweet and tender her quickly sketched remembrances of her childhood could be, as they were … [Read more]

's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

This book is mesmerizing

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  This is my first foray into the works of Swedish crime-novelist Kepler, and it was –umm -- mesmerizing. The horrible slaughter of nearly an entire family leaves Detective Joona Linna determined to solve the mystery, and as readers learn right away, the highly-respected detective is always … [Read more]

's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , ·

I Do So Hope the Author’s Middle Name Is Anne

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William (Will) Jellicoe and Antigone Preston meet at a private ball. They recognize each other as kindred spirits and instantly embark on a friendship while falling in love. There is just one little problem... Antigone's father has just passed away and she has been precipitously promised in … [Read more]

's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

CB VI #4: The Vampire Diaires: The Salvation vol. 2

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Obligatory excuse about Amazon Kindle Daily Deals here. Y'all are in luck, though. I bought 2, but I accidentally read the second one first and now I have zero desire to read the first. My bad, your gain. I just ... look, guys, I'm a sucker for the series. It's my ultimate guilty pleasure show. … [Read more]

's CBR6 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·

A break-neck journey into the heart of darkness

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The book opens with a quote from Heart of Darkness, making the reader pretty aware that this is unlikely to be a cheerful story full of rainbows, bunnies and unicorns. Our unnamed narrator is a young Norwegian boy, not yet turned eighteen, on a rather impulsive journey to the Ivory Coast with his … [Read more]

's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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