Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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I picked up one of Neil Gaiman’s books, Norse Mythology,  at the airport over the summer. I loved it. So I was excited when CBR announced Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch  as a group read. There have been so many reviews that I think I can pass on the plot summary and skip to my thoughts. I have to say, this book was by turns wonderful and just head-scratching. I love the relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale- a sort of supernatural […]

Nothing witty to say- I just loved this book

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain

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I don’t know how I missed this book. It came out in 2012 and it took me 7 years to pay attention to it. It was made in to a poorly-received film that I had no interest in watching. I still don’t know if I will watch the film, but I am so glad I found this book. Billy Lynn is 19 years old and enlisted in the Army as a punishment for destruction of property. Billy and the other members of the ‘Bravo Squad’ […]

Charming

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

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Charming, adorable, sweet, romantic- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was all of those things without being cloying. The story is told in the form of letters between a variety of characters. Juliet is a writer living in London immediately after the end of World War II. She has recently embarked on a book tour to promote her collection of war-time dispatches. She is contacted by a man named Dawsey, who lives on the isle of Guernsey- he is in possession of a […]

Drama in the courtroom and beyond

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

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Miracle Creek, Virginia, is the home of the Yoo family. The Yoos run a hyperbaric oxygen chamber out of a barn on their property. Their clients are patients who are looking for something- anything- that will help with various ailments and are desperate enough to turn to this “Miracle Submarine” for help. The novel begins with a catastrophe at the submarine and then shifts to a year later, on the first day of the courtroom trial related to said catastrophe. The novel shifts continually between […]

A different voice in romance

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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Stella Lane is mathematically brilliant but due to her diagnosis of Asperger’s has difficulty navigating social situations. This means that at the age of 30 she is facing increasing pressure from her parents to settle down and provide grandkids but has no prospects for a mate- and she has had such bad experiences in the past that she finds the idea of sex distasteful. A cutting remark from a coworker leads Stella to believe that maybe the problem with sex is Stella herself. She decides […]

A novel published in serial form and it shows

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Margaret Hale is the daughter of a country pastor who has had a sudden crisis of faith and has given up his position. Margaret has spent several years living with her aunt and cousin as a well-loved household assistant, but has recently returned to her parents’ home upon her cousin’s marriage. Shortly after moving home her father informs her that he will be moving the family to an industrial town in north England. Margaret’s father is too much a coward to tell his wife about […]



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