Cannonball Read 18

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Double Cannonballing with an unexpected book.

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 1/30 I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked this. I very rarely really connect to contemporary fiction anymore that doesn’t have some sort of genre twist or queer angle. But this was just so charming! I would advise not reading the blurb, because it spoils something that doesn’t happen until over 60% of the way through the book. The Sweet Spot follows several women in Manhattan whose lives are either falling apart or finally coming together. […]

CBR15 Bingo: Europe (triple Bingo)

Folk med ångest (Anxious People) by Fredrik Backman

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (set in and written by a Swedish author, read in Swedish) CBR15 Bingo: Europe (see description for Passport Challenge) Official book description (translated by me): Folk med ångest (literally translated as People with anxiety, official English title Anxious People) is an unusually messy comedy about a hostage drama during an apartment showing, where a failed bank robber locks themselves in with an overly enthusiastic realtor, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a mean multimillionaire, a sad lady, a very pregnant woman, […]

CBR15 Bingo: Edibles

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles (this book features both a lot of food and quite a few drugs) Lila Macapagal used to live in Chicago and dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but both her business and relationship failed miserably. She’s back in her hometown, helping to run her tita (aunt) Rosie run the family restaurant, where they serve Philipino food. Unfortunately, Lila’s ex-boyfriend is a food critic and seems determined to come back, again and again, to sample the food and write scathing things about the […]

“Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles”

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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3.5 stars Official book description: Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why — or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and […]

CBR15 Bingo: You are Here

De kaller meg ulven (They Call Me the Wolf) by Zeshan Shakar

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (Norway) CBR15 Bingo: You are Here (It’s set in Norway, where I am) 15-word-review: A son constantly yearning for more social mobility tries to understand his elderly father, unsuccessfully. Official book description (translated from Norwegian by me): “Why didn’t they have more? I remember thinking after my grandmother died. They were from here, Norwegian, shouldn’t they have had more things? Those things other Norwegian parents and grandparents have, at least a simple cabin, the kind without power or […]

An Emotional, Vital Story

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

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I don’t know that I know how to talk about this book except that GOSH it’s amazing and good and powerful and I am so glad it exists and I can’t wait for more people to have the chance to read it! At its core, Only This Beautiful Moment is a story of family and community, of fighting for your beliefs and also learning who you are and want to be. Told across three generations, Moud, Saeed, and Bobby are each discovering their history and […]



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