Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Push by Sapphire | The Book behind ‘Precious’

Push by Sapphire

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I think most people have heard of the 2009 film ‘Precious’, even if they haven’t seen it. It’s notorious, one of the most upsetting films of all time. I saw ‘Precious’ two years ago, when I was sixteen and about to start therapy for my own post-traumatic stress. The film hit me hard and incredibly close to home, and I was completely floored. Since then, I have thought of it often. Now nineteen, out of therapy and off medication, I decided to read ‘Push’ – […]

Like All-Fire | SOTR

Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

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The Hunger Games was a huge part of my youth. Dystopian YA was my lifeblood; series like THG and The Maze Runner kept my heart beating from the ages of nine to fourteen. When The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes came out, I felt myself immediately drawn back into the universe I had lived inside for years, and I could not wait for more. The promise of a new book, from Haymitch’s perspective, became almost too exciting to bear. Sunrise On The Reaping was absolutely […]

A Stolen Life

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard

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This book absolutely broke my heart. And I mean truly broke; I cried in public twice. Once in Pret and again on my train. Jaycee’s story impacted me massively. A Stolen Life is Jaycee Lee Dugard’s memoir of her eighteen years in captivity. She was kidnapped in broad daylight at age eleven, and was kept in her captor’s backyard until she was 29 with two teenage daughters of her own. The book is a difficult read, to say the least. Dugard’s writing is heartbreakingly honest and […]

The Golden Raven | TSC Book 2

The Golden Raven by Nora Sakavic

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Jean Moreau is shaping up to be one of my favourite YA protagonists of all time. He has managed to sneak his way into first place in my rankings of AFTG characters, beating out my beloved Neil Josten. The Golden Raven – the second book in the still-unnamed sister trilogy to All For The Game – was exactly what I hoped it would be. The story easily follows what was set up in the previous book, and gives us much more of a world to work with. The […]

The Raven Boys | TRC Book One

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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Being honest, it took me a very long time to get sucked into The Raven Boys. The Raven Cycle has been on the edge of my periphery for the past seven years – give or take – and it’s always been a series I thought I’d read someday, despite never making any moves to learn what it was about, or find a copy to actually read. After finishing All For The Game, I decided it would be the perfect time to rectify that. Many people […]

Injured In A Scrimmage | Jean Moreau and The Sunshine Court

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

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I read the ‘All For The Game’ series at the end of 2024, and instantly became captivated by the world within. Messy, full of gaping plot holes, and in some parts entirely nonsensical, and yet you cannot look away. Or stop thinking about it. Or stop loving the characters and their love for each other. The Sunshine Court – the first book in a second trilogy – is more polished and thought-out, but loses none of the charm and dramatics that make ‘All For The […]



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