Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Soap Opera Level Drama & Ghosts!

Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore

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I happened across this title, and had to read the synopsis, and a queer trans Jewish ghost story was something I didn’t know I needed in my life until that moment. I knew this was going to be full of drama (who announces their affair at Passover Seder?!) but it’s also so full of emotional nuance. Ezra grew up as the eldest daughter and he had a lot of those tendencies baked in where he is always trying to fix things for his family and […]

Never saw the movie, and the book has not inspired me to do so

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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Bingo Review 6: Adaptation I never did go see the movie Crazy Rich Asians, but when it first came out and was such a big hit, I thought it sounded entertaining, and picked up the book. It’s been on my shelf ever since. I haven’t gotten to it until now because I often don’t like general fiction novels or romance. This book was written very much as a romantic comedy, and much of the plot follows the expected trajectory of boy and girl are getting […]

Kentucky Dynasty

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This is the last book in the Bourbon Kings trilogy, and the whole series is an over the top soap opera tale of a Kentucky bourbon dynasty.  It’s not a book you can read on its own, so much of the action occurred with the first two books, and this one wraps up the mystery and gives characters their send off into the sunset.  If you were a fan of Dynasty or Dallas back in the day, you’d probably enjoy the insanity of this series! […]



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