Cannonball Read 18

Defy – New YA Fantasy with a Twist

January 7, 2014 by HillaryM Leave a Comment

Sara B. Larson's Defy tells the story of Alex Hollon, the best fighter on the prince's royal guard. There's just one catch, however — Alex is actually Alexa; she and her twin brother Marcel lied about her identity so she could join the army after their parents' death at the hands of an enemy … [Read more]

HillaryM's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #CBR6, cannonball read, crosspost, defy, persephone magazine, sara b. larson, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·

Mockingjay or Swan Song?

January 7, 2014 by bonnie Leave a Comment

This cold, snowy weekend has enabled me to do lots and lots of reading. Now, to catch up on the reviews! I finally finished Mockingjay on Saturday night. The first time I read it, I hated it. I didn’t hate the ending, but I thought it was the least interesting and more poorly-edited than the … [Read more]

bonnie's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Dystopic fiction, Suzanne Collins, Young Adult ·

Jen K’s Review #6 – In the Shadow of the Banyan

January 7, 2014 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I've been looking forward to reading this novel for a while, even if other books kept getting in the way. I would like to visit Cambodia one day, mostly to visit Angkor Wat, and a friend of mine lives there. As a result I was very interested to read about this darker period of Cambodian history … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ·

The Woman Upstairs. You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.

January 7, 2014 by ElCicco

This novel appeared on several 2013 "best novels" lists and it seems to fit into a genre that's very popular these days, featuring a narrator whose truthfulness and mental well being are unclear. As I read, I was reminded of novels like The Other Typist and The Dinner, but The Woman Upstairs carves … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alice Neel, anger, art, Claire Messud, Edie Sedgwick, ElCicco, Emily Dickinson, The Dinner, The Other Typist, The Woman Upstairs, Wonderland ·

Romance and Tragedy

January 7, 2014 by Rachel S 3 Comments

"What'll become of us? All of us?" "In the end, only one thing." The Invisible Bridge is a novel about one young man's journey from adolescence into manhood, on the eve of World War II. I cannot remember who recommended that I read this book, so I am unable to thank them for the … [Read more]

Rachel S's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, historical fiction, World War II ·

Fiat.Luxury #CBR6 #2: Middlemarch

January 7, 2014 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I picked up Middlemarch as part of The Toast's Middlemarch book club, since I somehow had gone 31 years without reading any George Eliot. So much has already been said about this book that it's difficult to know where to start with my humble review! I enjoyed this novel immensely. It's rare … [Read more]

Fiat.Luxury's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, George Eliot, Middlemarch ·

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You got that right!
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on Painfully Unfunny
Sounds like this book was 167 pages too long
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on The Joke’s On You
Sounds like The Stench was all the title needed
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on The Joke’s On You
Practically every sentence is a joke omg, I recently finished a book like this. Hated it.
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on Eat the Rich
and the recognition that love isn’t going to cure trauma This is a perspective that is unusual to find. Sounds...

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