Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Some Classics Remain That Way

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Bingo Update: This is my Classics square. I don’t think I need to explain this one. This is not my first read, though I’ve discovered with the release of the trailer for the new film that it isn’t actually fair to assume that everyone has read this perennial favorite of young women everywhere. The upcoming film adaptation, one of many, inspired me to pick this up for the first time in more than a decade. I was not disappointed. Little Women tells the semi-autobiographical story […]

Kill Your Darlings

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

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Bingo Update: This is my Reading the TBR square. Kate Morton books automatically go on that list once their publication dates are announced! I’m on the record as a HUGE Kate Morton fan. So much so that I buy each of her books in soft cover so I can see them all on my bookshelf (which is a rarity these days in an age where I love the convenience of my Kindle). She has a way with prose, mystery, and history that I just can’t […]

Paper-Thin Premise

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

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Bingo Update: This is my YOUTHS! square, as it was not only published as YA, but feels pretty stereotypical of the genre as a whole, and not in a good way. The Paper Magician ostensibly takes us on the journey of our protagonist, Ceony (whose name I never figured out how to pronounce and still don’t really like) as she learns the magic of paper. In this universe, the magically inclined are bonded to a specific material, and then that is the only form their magic can […]

Yes, I Will Read Anything Related to P&P

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

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  Bingo Notes: This is my Remix square. It’s a modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. Eligible tells the story of a modern Bennet family, set in Cincinnati, Ohio and updated to include things like Reality TV, CrossFit, and the trans community. In this telling, Liz is a magazine writer, Jane is a yoga instructor, Kitty & Lydia both work at a CrossFit gym, and Mary is hiding away completing one Master’s Degree after another. This story opens with the sisters more spread out (Jane […]

Drinking a Mug of Male Tears

How to be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings by Sarah Cooper

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  Bingo Notes: This one is my True Story because it’s non-fiction and represents the lives of most women at some point, including myself. This book is both tragic and hilarious. It is a guidebook for getting through office life in The Patriarchy. Sarah outlines what should be great comedy, if it weren’t so very, very true. In fact, I bought this copy for my office while we were having a particularly hard time with the Boys Club aspect. One of my coworkers refused to […]

A “Reluctant” Beginning

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

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                Welcome to Bingo, where I finally start playing catch up on my stack of unreviewed books I’ve read this year! For Bingo counting purposes, they count as follows: A Princess in Theory is Far and Away. Not only does Prince Thabiso rule the fictional African nation of Thesolo, but the back third of the book requires our heroine, Naledi, to follow him there. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy is Own Voices. Alyssa Cole is a brilliant black woman […]



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