Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Books have been a part of my life from a very young age . I'm currently being ruled over by 3 cats (Rafferty, Bodhi Rook & Yersinia Pestis), who I can mostly get not to chew on book covers. Lately, I'll read anything, though Science Fiction and Romance will always be on the bottom of the pile.

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1001 Easy Uses For Parasols

The Deeds of the Disturber: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters

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Replacing her beloved hot and dusty climes of Egypt for the fogs of London, intrepid adventurer and amateur archeologist Amelia Peabody finds herself dealing with a murder at the British Museum. Assisted (or more accurately interfered with) by her dashing husband Emerson, and their precocious son Ramses, Amelia must uncover the killer whilst battling supernatural curses, a pair of aristocrats with shady pasts and no real common sense, the appearance of a woman of negotiable virtue out of Emerson’s bachelor past and a potentially homicidal […]

You Want To Do What With A Library?

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

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The demon Vitrine has loved the city of Azril for centuries. Shaping its walls and guiding its people, it has been built into everything she has ever desired it to be. Then the angels come, and the city burns, leaving her with nothing but memories, and the angel she cursed to wander the city he destroyed. Trying to rebuild the city from the ground up, Vitrine has to deal with her memories, as well as her hatred for the angel who has become entwined with […]

Am I Supposed To Like Him?

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by MIchael Finkel

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Stéphane Bréitwieser is probably the most prolific art thief of all time, pulling off more than 200 heists with his girlfriend as his accomplice on most of them. Stealing from crowded museums, frequently in broad daylight, his collection was worth an estimated $2 billion. Stealing for aesthetic sake alone, he never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom. He felt unstoppable. And then everything came to a sudden end. Fortunately, this book also came to an end. I have no idea […]

At Least It’s Not Mushrooms This Time

What Feasts At Night: Sworn Soldier #2 by T. Kingfisher

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After the nightmare-inducing occurrence at the Usher manor, Alex Easton just wants some rest, relaxation, and calm days, but instead, as a favor to their valet Angus and the mycologist Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp, forbidding forests of their home country, Gallacia. Once there, they discover the gamekeeper dead, the villagers closed in and suspicious, with whispers of a strange breath-stealing spirit entering people’s dreams. Alex doesn’t believe it for an instant; but then […]

“Pray For the Dead, Fight Like Hell For the Living”

Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly

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Teen Vogue columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly delves into the history of American Labor, how long people have been striking for more rights and better pay, and how truly far we still have to go. From the coal mines and the garment factories to the airlines, the strip clubs and Amazon warehouses, from California to New York, she lays out how sometimes a few people can spark a movement and make big changes. As someone who grew up hearing about the effectiveness of […]

Half a soul is better than none

Half A Soul: A Regency Faerie Tale by Olivia Atwater

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When Theodora Ettings was a small child, a faerie came and stole half her soul. Since then, she lives her life like she’s behind a sheet of glass, observing things yet never actually feeling them. When she goes with her cousin Vanessa into London for the new season, her only desire is to fade into the background and not ruin Vanessa’s chance at a match. Unfortunately for her, she attracts the notice of Lord Elias Wilder, the Lord Sorcier of England, who decides she’s a […]



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