Cannonball Read 18

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Could I Offer You a Little Brian Blessed in These Trying Times?

The Panther In My Kitchen: My Wild Life With Animals by Brian Blessed

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  Like everyone else right now, I have been under a good deal of stress in the last few months, so I have been trying to take advantage of life’s small pleasures wherever I can. One of these has been trying to find the least stressful audiobooks to listen to. And for that, I really couldn’t go past The Panther In My Kitchen, due to it being written and narrated by Brian Blessed Sorry, that should read BRIAN BLESSED! As I noted in my review […]

Wasn’t expecting a cliffhanger!

Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly

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CBR12 BINGO: Violet BINGO (4 corners and center square): Red, Music, Violet, Money, Yellow While searching online for a book to fill the violet category, I was drawn to the lovely illustration of a girl and her violet shadow on the cover of Shadow Weaver. I only wish I’d done a little research first and learned that there is a part 2 to this story, because part 1 leaves the reader with many unanswered questions. Shadow Weaver starts with an original and rather charming premise: […]

A sweet romance with a slow build

Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

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CBR Square- Violet Ayesha At Last is a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in a Muslim community in Toronto. Ayesha is a teacher but wants to be a poet and travel the world, and Khalid is a more conservative Muslim who wants his mother to arrange his marriage. It is a story about the experiences of immigrants, traditions competing with modern society, and a hero who learns that he can keep his identity and the things that he feels are important while also […]

How to Build and Lose a $9 Billion Corporation While Endangering People’s Lives in 30 Easy Steps

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

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CBR12 BINGO: Money Be a near-genius-level Stanford dropout with a revolutionary idea. (Say, performing dozens of different types of blood tests on a drop of blood on a machine that can fit into people’s homes.) Impress the hell out of potential investors with your charisma, intelligence, and salesmanship. Recruit your staff from the best tech firms Silicon Valley has to offer. Give your company a snappy, tech-sounding name. Pack your board with illustrious individuals, including former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Secretary of State […]



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