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.

Bibliophile's Reviews:

Honestly incredible… I’m at a loss for words.

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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CBR 16 Bingo – Rage: …It’s in the title. No explanation required. This book, told through 3 perspectives, one from the past and 2 in the present. In the past, in Lahore, Pakistan, Misbah is newly married to Tofiq in an arranged marriage. They end up coming to the United States hoping for a new start and end up opening the Cloud’s Rest Inn Motel. In the present, Salahudin (Misbah’s son, nicknamed Sal) and his best friend Noor were so close they were like family, […]

Interestingly written biography

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

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CBR 16 Bingo – Celestial: The book is based around a continuous metaphor of Octavia Butler being from the stars or generally connected to them. A couple of years ago, I got the opportunity to go to the Walter Dean Myers awards, and this was one of the runners-up. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up otherwise, especially since I haven’t read any of Octavia Butler’s works, but I got it and it seemed like a good fit for Bingo this year, so I finally […]

Hopefully whoever finds this likes it more than I did

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

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CBR 16 Bingo – Bollywood. The main character’s family is from Bangladesh, and part of the story takes place in Bangladesh. I picked this book up for free expecting to read it once, and then probably put it in a local free little library. It pretty much met those standards, not exceptional but not horrible. The book is about Rukhsana, a 17 year old girl with conservative Muslim parents. She strives to be an engineer, and next year she is going to Caltech, and away […]

Rom com + murder mystery + wedding = chaos

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

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CBR 16 Bingo – Bananas. If a rom-com mixed with a murder mystery happening at a wedding isn’t bananas, I don’t know what is! Like many of my bingo reads this year, this book has been on my TBR for a while, and I used bingo as a reason to finally read it. This isn’t the type of book I’d usually read, but it came recommended and seemed like it could be fun, so I added it to my TBR and eventually picked it up. […]

Why did someone tell me I’d hate this?

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

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I was quite worried when starting this book because Alice Oseman is primarily known for romance (especially the Heartstopper series), and I’m not a fan of romance books. Also, my brother loves this book and Oseman’s work in general, and when I told him I was going to read this, he told me that I would hate it, but I still read it because it fit the bingo category perfectly (and then forgot to review it for bingo). Radio Silence is the story of Frances […]

Could be better, could be worse

In 27 Days by Alison Gervais

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I was scrolling through the library website, looking for an available book that sounded good, because all the books on my TBR that I wanted to read then weren’t available. I came across this book, read the description, thought it would either be interesting or not very well done, but decided to give it a try. In 27 Days is about a girl named Hadley, who goes to the same school as Archer, a boy she barely knows. One day, Archer commited suicide and Hadley […]



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