Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau

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I read Ice Cream Lover twice in one day. The joke in the title is that Drew hates ice cream and Chloe owns an Asian ice cream shop called Ginger Scoops. I 100% want an Asian ice cream store close by so that I too can have ginger ice cream in a bubble waffle cone. After reading two of Jackie Lau’s books, I’m going to need her to come out with a cookbook soon too. Ice Cream Lover is out May 21. I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Drew has been single since his fiance left him at the […]

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4/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |

The Benefits of Properly Vibrated Concrete

He's Not My Boyfriend by Jackie Lau

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Deciding I would spend 2019 reading the books written by the women I follow on twitter is one of the best decisions I’ve made in a while. I’ve yet to come across a dud. Jackie Lau’s He’s Not My Boyfriend, is available for $.99 through the end of April. You should jump on this opportunity. Iris Chin is happily single and has no interest in being anything else. Her grandmother and mother are determined to find her a boyfriend. Alex Kwong is grieving the loss of his mother and struggling to establish a relationship with his father. He is also […]

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4/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

It took all the strength I had not to fall apart!

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

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I’m really sorry for naming this review after the most cliche song I could have quoted — OR AM I? Sixteen-year-old Jess has been through it this year.  She survived a terrible car crash that killed her mother on impact. She’s left scarred and her leg is irrevocably damaged, despite the diligence she has devoted to her physical therapy. And now, the court has ordered her custody to the father she has barely known, transported there by an old family friend named Gil. Gil does not bring her to the government address on hand, however. She is flown to the […]

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3/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |

When the weather outside is frightful, Louise Penny is delightful

Dead Cold / A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

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I read this book on a weekend when it was far too cold to go outside (-25 Celsius) and it was a glorious experience to lounge in my snug and warm house while reading an icy murder mystery.  This was my first Louise Penny, which seems crazy given that she seems like she’d be the Venn diagram centre of my love for a good detective novel and my patriotic love for Canadian Lit.  The upside is that I’ve now entered Louise Penny’s world, and I’m going to keep a keen eye out for her other works. Dead Cold, alternately titled […]

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2/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Ringing in the New Year with Inspector Gamache <3

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

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Well, CBR10 was an epic disaster for me (I think I reviewed one book? maybe?), but we’re going to give ‘er another go this year. And what better way to kick things off than with the latest instalment in the Inspector Gamache series. There are very few books that I pre-order and am willing to pay full price for the hardcover immediate release. This series is one of those exceptions. This is the 14th book to date, and I can’t stress enough that you should go back and start from the beginning, because the beauty is not just in the […]

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1/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

#CBR10Bingo: This Old Thing – Kilmeny of the Orchard, or most likely my worst book of the year

Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery

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#CBR10Bingo: This Old Thing (published in 1910) Spoiler warning! There will be a number of spoilers for the plot of this book, because the only way I will be able to fully vent my spleen on this atrocious piece of writing is by going into minute detail about the MANY things I found dumb, objectionable or downright offensive in this book. You might as well allow yourself to be spoiled, this book is bad and you don’t actually want to waste time reading it. Eric Marshall has just graduated college and knows that his future is secure. He is going to work […]

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9/18/2018 's CBR10 Review No:83 |

I really dislike Peter now, FYI. #CBRBingo

A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4) by Louise Penny

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Project: Catch Up On Review Backlog, review #5 out of 11 Glad to say I’m fully back on board with this series. I’ve decided to overlook its faults in favor of the things it does really well. I don’t think these same people in this same very small town are going to stop improbably encountering dead bodies anytime soon. And what it does really well is character. Penny’s characters are very human. The consensus for this one seems to be that it’s good, not great. Just solid. But I liked it better than the last two in the series, certainly […]

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8/8/2018 's CBR10 Review No:94 |

The Real Mystery is the Economy of Three Pines

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

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I didn’t finish this one in time for Canada Day but at least the call for Canada Day reviews provided the push for me to finally read this one.  It’s weird because I loved the first Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel but haven’t felt the need to plow through it in the way that I basically binged through the Sebastian St. Cyr series.  I certainly had trepidations coming into this one because narfna’s review highlighted issues that were already showing signs of developing (for me anyway) in the second novel. And the first half of the novel was a struggle […]

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7/11/2018 's CBR10 Review No:121 |


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