Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Missing some tension and excitement

It Happened One Wedding by Julie James

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I needed a break from serious reading, so I picked up It Happened One Wedding (2014) by Julie James. I’d enjoyed some other books by James, and this one was available now at the library. Unfortunately, it wasn’t my favorite of her books. There was nothing especially wrong with it. The characters were likable, and the story line was fine. There just wasn’t much excitement, and my whole experience was rather bland. Sidney Sinclair recently moved back to Chicago after a painful breakup with her fiancé. She is a hedge fund manager/financial analyst-type businesswoman at a fancy company, and she is in charge of […]

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5/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:20 |

It feels like an old-fashioned mystery

Still Life by Louise Penny

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I’d seen recommendations for new books by Louise Penny popping up all over the place. I was interested in reading them, but I thought it best that I begin at the beginning. So, I picked up Still Life (2005), the first book in Penny’s prolific Inspector Gamache series. And I found Still Life to be a very pleasant murder mystery. I’d like to read the entire series, but there are so many books, it will take me awhile to get to all of them. An elderly woman is shot through the heart with an arrow. Her body is found on a trail in the […]

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5/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:19 |

Lyra is finally back

The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman

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Many, many years ago, my cousin recommended that I read The Golden Compass (1996) by Philip Pullman. As I began reading, I was skeptical. Every human has a little animal (called a daemon) that follows them around? I thought it was weird and wasn’t sure I would get into it. But as I continued reading, I became attached to the characters and immersed in the story. Now that it’s been well over a decade since I read The Golden Compass, I can remember very few details of the actual story, but I still clearly remember the emotional gut punch that hit me near the end […]

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4/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |

Time to watch the movie

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

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The Glass Castle (2005) by Jeannette Walls has been on my radar for about ten years, but I never quite got around to reading it. My book club chose it as their next read, which was finally the motivation I needed. The Glass Castle is Jeannette Walls’ memoir of her childhood with her very difficult parents: Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Her father was a smart, gifted, difficult, truculent, alcoholic. Her mother was artistic, addicted to excitement, and probably had some mental health issues. Jeannette grew up with her older sister Lori, younger brother Brian, and her youngest sister Maureen. When she […]

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4/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:17 |

Sigh

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

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I had such high hopes for Pride (2018) by Ibi Zoboi. I first saw it on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 List, and I was immediately intrigued. The description of Pride as a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, sounded fantastic. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books of all time, and one of the few books that I’ve actually reread. I have high standards for retellings and adaptations, but when they’re done well, I love them. Two of my favorites are “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” Youtube series and Longbourn by Jo Baker. Perhaps I began this book with unreasonably high […]

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4/9/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:16 |

Feminism in Text Book Form

Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective

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The last book I read from my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40 was Our Bodies, Ourselves by the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves first came about in the late 1960s. Since then numerous editions and expansions have been written, with the latest edition published in 2011. The latest version is an 825 text book on women’s health and sexuality in the United States. Because of the length and subject, I bought this book months ago and read it in small chunks so I wouldn’t tire of it. When I first noticed Our Bodies, Ourselves on the list of […]

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4/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:15 |

Almost finished

A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor

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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories (1955) by Flannery O’Connor was one of the last books on my 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40 List. I previously knew neither the author nor the book, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. And to be honest, I’m not exactly sure what to think now that I’m done. I’m impressed by O’Connor’s writing, disturbed by the content, disturbed by the pervasive racism, and once again impressed that I had such a visceral reaction to her stories. The book is comprised of ten short stories that primarily […]

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4/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |

Hostages and Opera

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

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I picked up Bel Canto (2001) by Ann Patchett because it was chosen for my book club. And about a week after my book club met, I finally finished reading it. My tardiness in finishing should not reflect on this novel, which I found very interesting and read quickly. The problem was that I started reading the night before my book club met. An unnamed South American country (most likely Peru) is wooing Katsumi Hosokawa, a Japanese business mogul, to invest in their country. They throw a lavish birthday party for Hosokawa at the Vice President’s home. To entice Hosokawa to attend, […]

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2/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |


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