Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I am a junior cannonballer who primarily reads mystery, dystopian, historical fiction, and YA. 3rd year participating.

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Why does having multiple values cause you to be a minority?

Divergent by Veronica Roth

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CBR 16 Bingo – And also (Dun dun): Suspenseful, dystopian, and generally dramatic. I read a lot of dystopian and, since Divergent is one of the most highly rated modern dystopian books, I felt obligated to read it. Divergent is set in a dystopian Chicago, where society is divided into 5 factions, based on values. There’s Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). 16 year old Beatrice, a member of Abnegation who never really fit in […]

The first one was so good… and now we have this

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

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CBR 16 Bingo – Fiasco: This book itself was a fiasco. It’s the sequel to a great book that deserved a great sequel, not one that was neither entertaining nor engaging, hence me deming it a fiasco. I had high hopes going into this book. I picked it up immediately after Divergent because I wanted more of the characters and world, and I wanted to know what happened next, but this book did not satisfy that. I didn’t learn what happened next, because it was […]

“If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have?”

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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CBR 16 Bingo – Games: This whole series is centered around games and puzzles. Also it’s in the title. Avery is simply living her life, trying to make it through high school, get a scholarship, and get out when she receives a mysterious invitation to the reading of the will of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne. He leaves her the majority of his inheritance, even though she doesn’t know who she is and has never met the man in her life. To receive this inheritance, Avery has […]

“For that brief period when everything ugly is covered under the sparkle of something so new, the world almost feels like it’s living up to its potential.”

The Project by Courtney Summers

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CBR 16 Bingo – Cult: The main character’s sister joined a cult, and the main character is trying to reconnect with said sister. Lo Denham and her sister Bea were close, until their parents died in a car accident and Bea left to join a mysterious cult called The Unity Project. Now, 6 years later, Lo has been trying for years to reconnect with her sister, unsuccessfully, until she gets the perfect opportunity. However, it is clear that Bea doesn’t want to be found, so […]

Great life advice about lighting things on fire

The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

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CBR 16 Bingo – Disco (Free) “Tom raised his eyebrows. ‘Master Benedict keeps cannon fuse?’ ‘We use it to light things from far away,’ I said. ‘You know,’ Tom said, ‘things you have to light from far away probably shouldn’t be lit at all.’” I read this book a few years ago, and really enjoyed it then. I decided to reread it this year in an effort to reread all 5 books I had already read before reading the 6th which came out in 2023 […]

If Agatha Christie wrote The Wind in the Willows

Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

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CBR 16 Bingo – Détante: The town was peaceful, but that state of peace was clearly fragile, and it was disturbed. In the small town of Shady Hollow woodland creatures live in harmony and peace. That is until Otto Stump, an old toad, is killed. The town reporter, Vera Vixen, who has been looking for a way to rise in the ranks in the town paper plans to write about the case and do some investigative work of her own. When she discovers that the […]



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