Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Children of Nothing and Night

Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour

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Combining the sorcery of The Night Circus with the malefic suspense of A Secret History, Thorn Jack is a spectacular, modern retelling of the ancient Scottish ballad, Tam Lin—a beguiling fusion of love, fantasy, and myth that echoes the imaginative artistry of the works of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Melissa Marr. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, but I was intrigued enough when I saw the cover and read the blurb to pick it up at the library along with the next book in the series.  I’ve read my share of books about vampires, angels and […]

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8/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:68 |

Are you a good monster or a bad monster?

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

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This incredible graphic novel is Emil Ferris’ first but not, thank goodness, her last. Volume 2 is due out next March and I’ve already pre-ordered my copy. My Favorite Thing is Monsters is a graphic novel that deals with intense issues and features stunning artwork. Set in 1960s Chicago, the novel involves contemporary events, an illness, child abandonment and abuse, a murder with possible connections to Nazi Germany, and an abiding love of fine art and monsters. The fact that it is narrated by a 10-year-old girl who thinks of herself as a werewolf/detective, and who may not understand all […]

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8/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:35 |

Truly, The Hate U Give Little Infants F’s Everybody (THUG LIFE)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Nearly twenty years ago, Jacqueline Woodson first tackled the same subject matter as depicted in The Hate U Give (2017) in her typically poetic and poignant style in the novel If You Come Softly (1998). It is a story of first love, an interracial one between fifteen-year-old Jeremiah and Ellie who meet at their private school. They have to deal with how society treats them because of their relationship. In the end, this modern day Romeo and Juliet comes to an abrupt end when Jeremiah is fatally shot by police–despite his privileged background. Woodson continues these characters’ story with Behind You (2004) which focuses on the […]

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8/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:15 |

It’s all part of her rock and roll fantasy

The Rock Star in Seat 3A by Jill Kargman

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I’m sure we’ve all that fantasy that if we meet the celebrity crush of our dreams, that he/she would be instantly smitten and you’d ride off into the sunset together for the lusty happily ever after.  That is basically the plot of this book.  Hazel has just turned 30, has a hot chef boyfriend (Wylie) and the job of her dreams working for a video game company.   Already she has it made, but she’s always had a big crush on rock god Finn of the fictional group The Void.  (I have to admit the name Finn just doesn’t seem […]

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8/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:67 |

A Civil War romance with spying and plenty of danger

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

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From Goodreads: Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South – to spy for the Union Army.  Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton’s Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he’s facing his deadliest mission yet – risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia. Two undercover agents who share a common cause – and an undeniable attraction – Malcolm and Elle join forces when they discover a plot that could turn […]

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8/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:73 |

Widow author and bad boy rock star – the book is really good!

True North by Liora Blake

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Kate Mosely is a widow living alone and rather lonely in the little town of Crowell, Montana. She more or less runs the local newspaper she inherited from her father (with help from his old business partner), but her small claim to fame is writing a novel that’s become a bestseller, much thanks to her persistent and aggressive literary agent, Stephen. Now, hoping to create more buzz for the book, as well as spurring Kate into writing a second novel, he’s booked her on several TV appearances in LA. Kate is to appear first on a prestigious late night talk […]

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8/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:72 |

Lucky #13

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

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Writing a mystery with no solution is an easy thing to do. All you need is some inscrutable pieces of information and no way for a reader, or the characters, to be able to piece the whole thing together in a way that brings satisfaction. Bad writers do this kind of thing all the time and try to pass it off as enigmatic. It takes a master to write a mystery with no solution and still make the journey feel worthwhile to the reader. That is what Stephen King has done with The Colorado Kid. Steffi is a summer intern […]

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8/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

Long lost love returns

The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries

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This is the last book in the Sinful Suitors series, and returns a long lost character back to England.  There had been mentions of him in previous books in the series, so I was interested to see how it would play out.  Niall Lindsay, Earl of Margrave, has been in exile for seven years after killing a man in a duel.  He was a young man at the time, and the duel was over the man raping his sister Clarissa, a fact that his family wanted to keep secret to protect her honor.  At the time of his departure, he […]

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8/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:66 |

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