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Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

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Bingo Square: Cannonballer Says Caitlin_D posted her review of Words in Deep Blue a few days before I got on the Cannonball Read site in late June for some book inspiration.  I hadn’t exactly been paying much attention to new releases, so I quickly ended up discovering that some previously enjoyed authors had new novels out which were promptly added to the cart.  Between the review, the title and the cover, something about this novel appealed to me, so it too made the cut (I […]

How did I go this long without reading Cath Crowley?!

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

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Words in Deep Blue  Before badkittyuno disappeared off Cannonball again (I can say that because I’ve come back) she read and reviewed Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley. It sounded right up my alley so I downloaded the narrated-by-Australians (this may have added a star) audiobook from Overdrive and promptly fell in love. The night before Rachel Sweetie moved away from her hometown she left a note for her best friend, Henry, confessing her years long crush on him. Unfortunately Henry’s not-quite girlfriend, Amy, saw the note […]

“We are the books we read and the things we love.”

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

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This is a really sweet novel, set in a rather magical bookstore. It’s almost too sweet, but the author balances out the poems and hidden notes with a girl recovering from a tragedy, and it plays perfectly. “There should be a disconnect button you can push when someone leaves: you’ve fucked me over; therefore I no longer love you. I’m not asking for the button to be connected to an ejector seat that removes them from the universe, just one small button that removes them from […]



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