ice hockey

Hockey players owned lots of ridiculous businesses. If Troy patronized them all, he’d never drink anything except terrible wine from their vineyards.

Tough Guy (Game Changers #3) by Rachel Reid

Common Goal (Game Changers #4) by Rachel Reid

Role Model (Game Changers #5) by Rachel Reid

April 30, 2024 by carmelpie 3 Comments

This review covers books three through five of the Game Changers six book series. Caveat – I learned everything I know about hockey from these books, movies, and from a single hockey match I watched in 2018. My apologies in advance. Tough Guy 3 stars “So, you want to tell us about that hockey lumberjack or what?” “Hockey lumberjack?” Marcus asked, setting his phone on the coffee table facedown in a gesture of absolute interest in the conversation. ― Rachel Reid, Tough Guy His whole […]

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small.”

Björnstad (Beartown) by Fredrick Backman

October 24, 2021 by Malin 3 Comments

CBR13 Bingo: Sports Ball (could easily also be used as Rec’d, since a lot of Cannonballers have read and reviewed it favourably) Official book description: People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better […]

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