Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I am no Addie LaRue; I would have given up

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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My book club led me to yet another book I had not heard of and wouldn’t have chosen on my own. Our latest pick was The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020) by V.E. Schwab. It is long and a little slow in places (a couple of women from my book club gave up on it), but it was also well written and very original. We had a lot of good discussions about the characters and the world of the novel. Adeline (Addie) LaRue is in her […]

Mean Sabine

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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This book is about three lesbian vampires. One is Scottish, one is English, and the other one is mean as hell. The Scottish vampire, Alice, is the newest vampire, and for me, the least interesting. I think that’s why her character arc surprised me the most. Sis went from high anxiety to a high body count (in the murder-y way) real fast. The English vampire is Charlotte. She is the second oldest and the most sympathetic, in my opinion. Girlie just wanted to be with […]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Time Traveller’s Wife from Wish.com?

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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I was messaging with a friend and we were trading book recommendations a few weeks ago. I recommended she read Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, and she recommended V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. She has been really enjoying listening to audiobooks while walking, but I am still a paper person and was able to get a very quick turnaround on my library reserve. I otherwise went in cold – my friend’s recommendation is that it was a really compelling story with a […]

Well, at least Lesbian Vampires are Better than an Invisible French Woman

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth”   1532 Spain: Maria wants more out of life than to be stuck in her small village, and the combination of her great beauty and wily mind may be the ticket to get her out of there. When all it does is throw her into a man’s world of men’s games played by men’s rules, […]

hot take this utterly infuriating book that almost makes me want to join Phyllis Schlafly

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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BINGO: Borrow, I got this from my library as I do most all of my books! hot take I’ll round up to three stars for this utterly infuriating book that almost makes me want to don a dress and join Phyllis Schlafly in protesting that women (vampires) they doth take too much I feel like one of the few people who was not enamored of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, probably because I didn’t get or see the love/hate relationship between Addie and Luc […]

“In my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth”

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

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Bingo Square: B – Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab has created another enjoyable stand alone novel with Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.  It’s about hunger, love, and rage.  Starting in 1532 Spain and concluding in 2019 Boston, Massachusetts.  Three women, across time become inextricably linked and, in Schwab’s words, this is their “toxic, lesbian vampire story”. Bury my bones in the midnight soil,   plant them shallow and water them deep,   and in my place will grow a feral rose,   soft red […]



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