Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Nart is an avid romance reader who dabbles in other stuff when she has the spoons. When she’s not reading she’s a bureaucrat both professionally and as an activist because she’s a masochist. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Nart's Quick Questions interview.)

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I should just stop reading supernatural romances

Tiger Eye by Marjorie M Liu

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This is a paranormal romance. That is important because I have yet to encounter a single paranormal romance novel I’ve liked, and I’ve read a few. Many of you adore the genre. My review will almost certainly not be useful to you. Plot: woman who makes weapons but hates violence is randomly given a magic box at a market because of Reasons. The magic box turns out to have a 2,000 year old hottie who is the slave of anyone who opens the box until […]

Forever Your Earl is not worth your time

Forever Your Earl by Eva Leigh

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Omg this book. The premise is fantastic. To wit: Plot: a commoner who owns a tabloid is taunted into accepting a exclusive by a rakish Earl who needs to distract the tabloid from a buddy of his that has disappeared until they find him, lest yada yada reputation etc. He takes her to all the places he goes while being a rake to give her a juicy story, shenanigans ensue. So I think the reason I picked up this book was that I had read […]

A book written out of spite

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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Probably every book lover I know has recommended this series to me and I get why. We’re really hard on Hollywood movies for their saminess, but books are no different. It is extremely rare to read something really new. This is that book. Plot: Honestly it doesn’t matter, this book isn’t about plot, but broadly it’s about a brilliant woman born in a time and place where women weren’t really given the space to be brilliant. Most stories, would focus on this brilliant woman overcoming all […]

Talking to Strangers is about neither strangers nor talking

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

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This book is bad. Don’t read it. Why? Gladwell is clearly an intelligent man. He isn’t blind to the injustices in the world. This book however, seems to suggest that how he has learned to cope with those injustices, built on a society designed to benefit him in many ways, is to dismiss the idea of there being systems in place to perpetuate harm which is not only bad for the individual but for society. It’s premise is that the reason for so many tragic […]

Read histories of your country written by foreigners, it’s fascinating

Russia: From Rulers to Revolutions by Martin Sixsmith

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I am Russian. I’ll only add the caveat that while Russian, I moved away as a child, and being Jewish, my family was never strictly considered proper Russians. As a result, my personal knowledge of the country’s history has been built on family stories, anecdotes, historical events told out of context, and a clear bias of personal ideology (you can’t grow up Soviet without developing VERY strong opinions about communism). So I thought it would be interesting to get a more detached, factual overview of […]

Finally a fantasy novel without a stick up its butt

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

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It’s hard for me to get into fantasy stories. I have the attention span of a 2 year old golden retriever and most fantasy really takes time to get going. This is no different. If you are also that kind of reader, I encourage you to fight through the first couple of set up chapters for this one. Plot: In a world where gods are real, one dude dedicated to serving one (with a big sword) also learns they can die, and like, what do […]



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