Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I love to read, and I love to learn. I wish I were retired so I could spend more time on my random hobbies!

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My first introduction to OnlyFans

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

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CBR17Bingo: “Work” – Because Only Fans is definitely work I had never heard of Margo’s Got Money Troubles (2024) by Rufi Thorpe when my book club picked it as our next read. I was only told that the main character does OnlyFans, so I was intrigued, but I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I ended up listening to this one on Audiobook. I really enjoyed this novel. Margo is a very likeable protagonist. She is smart, resourceful, and works hard to protect those she loves. I […]

My friend is always making me read science fiction

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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CBR17Bingo – “Recommended” because this book was recommended to my by my friend. Most of my book club is composed of a bunch of lawyers. However, there is one, lonely electrical engineer among us who is constantly recommending science-fiction novels that are met with a varying amount of acceptance. She has recommended a number of Hugo-award-winning novels to me that I have intensely disliked, so I don’t completely trust her judgment. So, when she loaned me another science-fiction book to read and said she didn’t […]

A More Complete Version of Huck Finn

James by Percival Everett

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CBR17Bingo – “Black” for the mostly black cover James (2024) by Percival Everett has been everywhere. It won the Pulitzer Prize, and I’d seen reviews and mentions of it all over the place. Barack Obama recommended it as well. So, it was only a matter of time before I got around to reading it. As most people know by now, James is a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from the point of view of Jim. I’m pretty sure I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn many, many […]

Music and Love

Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto

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CBR17Bingo – “N” for “Not Another Love Song” I found Not Another Love Song (2024) by Julie Soto through my book club. We didn’t actually choose this one for book club, but another book clubber highly recommended it. This piqued my curiosity, and I was able to get it almost immediately on Audiobook. This is a young-adult romance, which I generally enjoyed. Although it wasn’t my favorite, the emphasis on music throughout the story made it feel unique. Gwen Jackson is a child prodigy and self-taught violinist. […]

Family: can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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CBR17Bingo: “I” for “Intermezzo” President Obama recommended Normal People by Sally Rooney back in 2019, and I was very impressed by the writing. I was already interested in reading Intermezzo, (2024) Rooney’s latest novel. But when Obama recommended Intermezzo as well, it only became a matter of time. I have to admit that the synopsis did not draw me in, and I was a little concerned that Intermezzo would not hold up to Normal People. In a nutshell: there are two Irish brothers, separated by ten years in age, and even more in […]

Delightful, entertaining, and informative

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

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CBR17Bingo: Migrant (because Australia is a country of migrants–beginning with the Aboriginals and their mysterious journey by ship thousands of years ago, to the first European migrants, to the current migrants [almost half of the population of Sydney was born overseas]). My husband and I began a tradition at our first anniversary of finding a book that relates to something we did during the year, and then we both read it. We haven’t been married very long, but we generally choose books about somewhere we […]



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