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It was magic, until it suddenly wasn’t: CBR Bingo – Pajiba

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Ever since Daisy Jones and The Six was released, it has been on my radar, in particular because it was highly praised on my two favorite pop culture websites Pajiba and Lainey Gossip .  When CBR Bingo was announced, I instantly knew what my Pajiba square book would be.  My first title for this review was, “What I imagined the 70s rock n’ roll scene was like”, but while Daisy Jones and The Six is a great time capsule into that era, that is not what the story is about. It’s a story of ambition, ego, family, lovers , addiction, sobriety and […]

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10/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

Has the bones of “Beauty and the Beast” but more sexy and with faeries. CBR Bingo – Cannonballer Says

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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In August, alwaysanswerb posted a review of A Court of Thorns and Roses.  The review also covers the other two books in the trilogy of the same name.  It starts with over all impressions before moving into spoiler territory.  I stopped at the spoilers because I had been convinced to read this book and didn’t want to know!  Having finished A Court of Thorns and Roses, I’m wishing I had put the whole series on hold at the library instead of just the first one. In the beginning, Maas states a rule about this world setting. But I’d sworn it […]

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10/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

Child me would have LOVED this book, adult me thinks it’s pretty great: CBR Bingo – Birthday

Matilda by Roald Dahl

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When looking for which authors have a birthday to fit the bingo requirements, I discovered that Roald Dahl’s birthday is September 13th.  I’ve previously read a few other books by Dahl but had never read Matilda, so this seemed like a good time. When first published in 1988, I would have been eight years old and it would have been perfect for me to discover in about another two years.  However, it escaped notice and when the movie came out in 1996, I was entering my senior year of high school and and felt I was beyond a kids book.  While […]

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10/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Everyone has felt like Moon Girl at one time or other – #CBR11Bingo: “And so it begins”

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: The Beginning by Brandon Montclare (writer), Amy Reeder (writer), Natacha Bustos (artist), Marco Failla (artist)

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For a couple years now, people have been telling me to read Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.  I even bought it for my daughters, they read it and loved it, but it sat on the shelf unread by me.  Then an adorable video of a parent and child cosplaying, with a preschool aged Moon Girl and a parent in a blow up dinosaur costume, was posted on the Cannonball Read Book Chat Facebook page by emmalita.  It was adorable and gave me the push to finally fit this graphic novel into my reading. Lunella Lafayette is a super genius fourth […]

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9/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |

A Darker Shade of Magic Re-read: CBR Bingo “I Love This”

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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Due to a bathroom remodel, my husband and I slept in our front room, where all our bookcases are, and when we finally went back to our bedroom a stack of books was unearthed with A Darker Shade of Magic sitting on top.  This book was my introduction to author Victoria (V.E.) Schwab, also known for the Monsters of Verity duology and Vicious.  I devoured the story and highly praised it in a previous Cannonball.  My TBR list is intimidating, so even though I often find comfort in re-reading, I’ve been making a conscious choice not to in favor of new books.  A […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

A little bit romance, history, and ghost story

Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

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I have a friend who is an Outlander fanatic.  She re-reads the series every couple of years and the book associated with the tv series season before it is aired.  For the past couple of years at Christmas, I have given her Outlander calendars and one year an Outlander cook book (which she used and it has good recipes!).  Last year I wanted to introduce her to a new author.  My favorite local independent bookstore gave me a couple of recommendations but I settled on Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley.  When presenting the book, I commented that it would be lovely […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

Django Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series took me on one heck of a ride

The Guns of Empire: Book 4 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

The Infernal Battalion: Book 5 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

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This review specifically covers the last two books in Djanjo Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series, book four, The Guns of Empire, and the conclusion in book five, The Infernal Battalion but also discusses the series as a whole.  Each book of The Shadow Campaigns gets a 4 star rating, however the strength of the series as a whole is 5 stars. With each book Wexler expands the scope of the story and fills in the world with greater detail.  The Thousand Names is a military campaign in the deserts of Khandar.  In The Shadow Throne the capital city of Vordan  is […]

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8/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

Cute cooking manga that took a dark turn, comes to a sweet conclusion

Kitchen Princess Vol. 7 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 8 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 9 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 10 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

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I have previously reviewed Volume 1 and a combined review of Volumes 5 and 6 in the series.  Kitchen Princess starts with the main protagonist, Najika, changing schools to find her flan prince.  A boy that saved her life by offering flan and hope when Najika was at her darkest after becoming orphaned at a young age.  She was raised by Hagio-Sensei in Lavender House, a group home for orphaned children in Hokkaido, Japan. Najika has a natural talent in the kitchen.  With one taste she can name all the ingredients in a recipe. After eating a dish once, she […]

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8/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |


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