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!

Sophia's Reviews:

The Packhorse Library

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

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Once again, I was sucked in by my library’s “Lucky Day” books. The Giver of Stars (2019) was just sitting on the shelf looking all shiny and new, and I couldn’t resist. The blurb said something about the friendship of women and library books, and that was enough for me. I’ve only read one other book by JoJo Moyes, Me Before You, and I enjoyed it more than I had expected. I was more than willing to give a second book by Moyes a try. The book takes place […]

Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

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Lethal White (2018) is the fourth Cormoran Strike mystery novel by Robert Galbraith a/k/a J.K. Rowling. I was well into the series and curious about the characters, so I knew I would have to get Lethal White. However, part of me didn’t want to read this book. I was disturbed by Rowling’s recent transgender comments, and I was partly annoyed that the book was so long (656 pages) when I have so much other stuff to do. The main characters are what keep me coming back. They […]

I like you

Love Poems (for Married People) by John Kenney

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I was very excited when NPR’s Best Books of 2019 List finally came out at the end of the year. I never have a problem finding books I want to read, but I’m always ready to add more to my list. And that’s how I found Love Poems (for Married People) (2018)* by John Kenney. At first glance, this might not seem like a book that would interest me. Most importantly, perhaps, I am not married. I am dating someone, but my relationships are few and far between. This “married […]

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

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“Claude Lévi-Strauss once observed that, ‘for the majority of the human species, and for tens of thousands of years, the idea that humanity includes every human being on the face of the earth does not exist at all. The designation stops at the border of each tribe, or linguistic.’” I was quite lucky to read Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (2019) as my first book of 2020. My book club chose it as our next book, so I was already […]

Jane Austen and murder

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

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I discovered Lucy Parker’s romance novels through Cannonball reviews. They have all been set in the West End theater district in London. I loved the relationships, the stories, and the inside look at the actors’ work and lives, so Parker has become a must-read for me. I was pretty slow in realizing that Parker had a new book, The Austen Playbook (2019). It was published way back in April, which is why it took me until December to read it. Unfortunately, I think these last two books […]

She misses believing in God.

Florida by Lauren Groff

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Florida (2018) by Lauren Groff was strongly recommended to me by my boyfriend. He was surprised I hadn’t heard of it, and I probably should have. It was a National Book Award Finalist and on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 List. I read the first part of the first story on his iPad and was interested enough to read the rest of the book. Short stories are not my go-to. Most of the time I have a hard time connecting to the characters before the next story begins […]



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