Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

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It’s my CBR11Bingo Cannonballer Says Square, thanks to: narfna, velveeter, Aquillia, Jenny S, alwaysanswerb! Before I was a CBR participant I was a CBR lurker. I am always looking for something new to read and this book- and author- got such strong reviews that I’ve had it on my ‘ok I’m finally going to get to this’ reading list for months. Miryem is the daughter of a money-lender in a small town. Her father is too soft-hearted to be any good at his chosen profession, […]

Wonderful

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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If you, like me, have ever adored and also been bewildered by someone who can best be described as ‘crotchety’ or ‘cantankerous’, I highly recommend that you read this book. A Man Called Ove is a lovely peek in to the life of a salty old man and the life events that formed his world view. Ove is a widower and is trying to commit suicide in various well-planned ways. He likes no one, has no family or friends, and is ready to join his […]

One worth finishing, one not

An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg

Nancy Mitford: the Biography by Harold Acton

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This one is my CBR Bingo Summer read, as I picked it up at the cabin we stayed at during vacation (and replaced it with a book that I just couldn’t get through). Jean Gilkyson and her daughter are on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Jean has a history of picking shitty men, and her daughter Griff is growing up too quickly because of it. After a particularly violent night, Jean and Griff leave town to make a life elsewhere. Unfortunately, their money runs […]

The worst

Season of the Sun by Catherine Coulter

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  Likening this book to trash is, without exaggeration, an insult to dumps all over the world. Zarabeth lives with her pervy step-father Olav and her young step-sister Lotti. A viking farmer/trader/raider named Magnus sees her and immediately decides that he must marry her. She’s pretty ok with that idea but has to convince Magnus that she has changed her mind when Olav threatens to hurt Lotti. Fast-forward a bit (Days? Weeks? Months? No clue) and Zarabeth has been forced to marry the pervy step-father. […]

Ends in a far different world than it began

Finale by Stephanie Garber

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    I’ve read a lot of praise of this book series. And individually, I think they all work. But Finale operates in a different world than the first book and I think there was too much to wind up and too much being introduced as new to really pull this book off. Caraval introduces Scarlett and Donatella Dragna, sisters who escape their abusive father to go to a magical game called Caraval. The first book deals with the mysteries surrounding and within Caraval and […]

Even more mannered than most

Persuasion by Jane Austen

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  First off, may I say how incongruous this cover is for this book? Anne Elliot WOULD NEVER with that red harlot dress. Of all of Jane Austen’s protagonists, Anne Elliot is the mildest doormat to be found. Fanny Price endured a fair amount of abuse but took it because she was poor and relying on the kindness of others to have shelter and food. Anne Elliot gives up her fiance because her family thinks it is a poor match, and then she watches as […]



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