Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have five year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least.

Carriejay's Reviews:

Snakes, explosions, poisoning (several), hot British boys and really smart birds…

Weekend by Christopher Pike

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Shani is headed to Mexico with a group of friends to stay with their rich-but-do-they-even-like-her? frenemy, Lena. She has an amazing beach house totally cut off from the world and a darling adopted sister who is currently dying from kidney failure thanks to an accidental-but-probably-not poisoning at a party. Said party was attended by all those at this fabulous weekend away. Coincidence? But Shani isn’t worrying about any of that at the start, she’s too busy fantasising about what she’ll do to Brit boy Flynn […]

Another trip down memory lane

Flight 116 is Down by Caroline B. Cooney

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16 year old Heidi lives on the outskirts of a small town and barely interacts with her neighbours. She’s recently moved from a private school to the local high school and has yet to make friends. Her parents are wealthy but rarely at their massive residence, leaving Heidi isolated. Patrick is a volunteer EMT itching for an incident to prove his skills. Carly, Daniel, Teddie, and Darienne are passengers on flight 116. Some are heading home, others just to connecting flights, but their plane crashes […]

“I’m writing to you in the hope that we will not be the last”

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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Bingo square: Travel Ariadne O’Neill is an astronaut on an ecological survey of new worlds. First Aecor, then Mirabilis, Opera and finally Votum, before returning to Earth. She and her colleagues, Chikondi, Jack, and Elena, are able to travel such long distances thanks to torpor (basically cryo-sleep), where their bodies will keep ageing, just not as quickly as if they were awake. And their bodies are readied for their new environments during torpor, via a revolutionary method known as somaforming. They are given supplementations to […]

I’m telling you stories. Trust me.

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

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Bingo Square: Back to School Henri works in the kitchens during the Napoleonic Wars. A naive young solider he has nothing but love and admiration for Napoleon and longs to be of service. But as the years pass and the zero winter sets in, Henri becomes disillusioned, especially when he falls in love. Villanelle is a boatman’s daughter of Venice. She has bright red hair and webbed feet and spends her time in the casino, picking pockets and dealing cards. She has literally lost her […]

“Most people would probably call me a ghost”

Remember Me by Christopher Pike

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Bingo Square: Pajiba (review here). Shari Cooper is dead. She went to a party and woke up in her own bed not knowing how she got there. Her parents and brother ignore her. A call from the hospital makes them all upset, and Shari gets no answers until she sees herself lying in the morgue. Then she remembers. They say it’s a suicide but Shari can’t believe it. She’s determined to find out who killed her and why. Which of her friends could possibly want […]

May the odds be ever in your favor

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Bingo Square: YOUTHS! As punishment for a rebellion, the 12 districts of the nation of Panem must put forward two tributes every year for the Hunger Games. One boy and one girl selected at random must fight to the death live on air for the entertainment of those in the Capitol. 16 year old Katniss Everdeen is used to fighting for survival. Her father died when she was young, leaving her to take care of her mother and sister, Prim. She hunts in the woods […]



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