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.

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“When we can be introverts together”

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman

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Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman have been together for 18 years. They’ve become a beloved ‘showbiz couple’, partly due to their down-to-earth-ness and their love of puzzles. So how do they do it? How have they kept love and passion alive all these years, especially given the crazy nature of their day jobs? The book is told mostly through conversations between the two, which can be a little hard to get used to in the beginning (and it wasn’t what I expected cos hey, I […]

“To be adopted is to know only the rewritten story, one of an infinite number possible”

All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

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Nicole Chung was born prematurely and adopted by a white couple in a small Oregon town. Growing up as the only Korean person anyone knew – including herself – she struggled with how she fit in. Her adoption story was full of love and comfort. Nicole had been so tiny, her birth parents weren’t able to care for her. They thought adoption was the best thing for her. As a child, she of course agreed. Growing up, she had more questions about her birth family […]

The man, the myth, the legend

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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This is a version of the myth told by Patroclus, Achilles’s companion. Patroclus is a prince who accidentally kills another boy and is exiled, fostered to King Peleus whose son is Achilles. Initially feeling like an outsider, something about Patroclus catches Achilles’s eye and they become friends. When Achilles is sent to train with the centaur Chiron, Patroclus goes with him, against Achilles’s goddess mother, Thetis’s wishes. They spend a few glorious years cut off from the world, and their relationship deepens. Eventually they fall […]

“Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.”

Puddin' by Julie Murphy

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Millie Michalchuk is a fat girl who’s tired of feeling bad about it. She goes to fat camp every summer because her mother swears there’s a thin girl inside her just waiting to come out. But not this summer. Millie is determined to go to a broadcast journalism summer school instead, just as long as she can get in, and convince her mother to let her go… She’s also crushing hard on Malik and trying to decipher his feelings for her, and attempting to keep her […]

Not a good follow up

Fellside by M. R. Carey

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Jess Moulson is an addict. It used to be she was only hurting herself but during one of her highs she set fire to her flat and the resulting blaze killed a 10 year old boy. She’s sent to Fellside maximum security prison, riddled with guilt and hoping for an early death. But once there she starts to have visions of the little boy, and he tells her his death wasn’t as it seemed. Is this her own mind talking or is there something to […]

I have no catchy title

Contagion by Erin Bowman

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A rag tag crew is pulled together for a rescue mission after receiving an SOS from Black Quarry, a drilling project on an uncolonised planet in deep space. When they arrive, they find a devastated project and mostly dead bodies. In trying to discover what happened to Black Quarry, the rescuers unearth a virus that quickly attacks their crew. Will they suffer the same fate as those they came to help? The book alternates between character perspectives, though Thea Sadik is the main protagonist I […]



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