cfech – Cannonball Read 17

Rooting for love to fail?

One Day in December by Josie Silver

August 5, 2021 by cfech Leave a Comment

Now, before we get into this, I do not hate love. I actually love love, but this book had me cheering for certain love to fail. This was unusual for me, since usually I’m watching people fall in love who I think are well suited. (I also know that it’s not my job to be matchmaker or to judge others’ love but it’s FICTION PEOPLE). This was super cheesy and totally predictable, but sometimes I need that kind of book in my life. This book […]

Learning and Growing

Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope by Jasmine L. Holmes

August 5, 2021 by cfech 2 Comments

This book was gifted to me by a friend who thought I would enjoy reading it after she had finished. First, I’d like to just say that I appreciate many of my white friends learning to read books by people of color and also educate themselves on non-white issues. This book is written by a black mother to her biological black son, and I reading it through the lens of a white mom with a black son, but there were so many things I learned. […]

Normal People

Normal People by Sally Rooney

August 5, 2021 by cfech 4 Comments

This was another book gifted to me by my cousin Kelsi, she always seems to know which things I’ll like and this was no exception. As a mental health practitioner, I really appreciated all of the discussion about mental health in this book. Each character’s mental health was explored and the background was examined as well. I think it’s super important for young people to explore this in themselves and I found myself taking stock of my own mental wellness and charting my own depression […]

Should have seen that coming…

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

January 3, 2021 by cfech 2 Comments

This was a book passed down to my from my cousin Kelsi (as many of my books are). She told me that it was a fun, easy read and that I would know the ending before I got there. I kept this in my mind the whole time I was reading, thinking I would know exactly what happened before the ending. Turns out, I had no idea. When we talked about it later, she couldn’t believe I didn’t see it coming. I honestly thought this […]

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