Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.

The Obsoletes by Simion Mills

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CBR11 Bingo — Youths! Until last week, I always thought that the weirdest book I would read during the Cannonball Read era would be Grasshopper Jungle. What could be stranger than a gigantic praying mantis army that wipes out civilization while a few teens figure out the truths about their sexuality in an underground bunker while dancing to the Rolling Stones? Well, I’m here to tell you that I found something stranger. This book is much, much weirder. Darryl and Kanga are twin brothers who live […]

“It is my destiny to know people who abuse punctuation.” Same, Joe. Same.

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

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A few weeks ago, I reviewed the utterly bizarre You, by Caroline Kepnes. I wasn’t quite sure about the story, but I adored the narration of the audiobook (BEST GREG 4EVA), and immediately wanted MORE. So, here I am, doubly confused after having listened to Hidden Bodies, the sequel to You. Joe is terrible, and I kind of love him a little bit. For the first part of the book, Joe and his new girlfriend, Amy (who he started dating in You, after murdering Beck […]

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.”

Normal Peopl by Sally Rooney

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After the longest wait I can remember on the library hold list, I finally brought Normal People home last weekend. Intrigued by the amazing review from my trusted cannonball family, but still unsure of what to expect from Sally Rooney’s award-winning novel, I dove in headfirst and barely came up for air until I was finished. We have a friend’s 12 year old son staying with us this week while his parents prep for a move across the country this summer, and he saw the […]

Never doubt Rainbow.

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

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A few weeks ago, while sitting around and browsing Instagram instead of doing whatever I was supposed to be doing, I saw a post from Rainbow Rowell talking about a book coming out soon from an author that she loves, and mentioned Emergency Contact. I hadn’t heard of it before, and Rainbow claimed was  her favorite book of 2018! Rainbow went on and on, talking about how excited she was for the new book and how much she loved EC, and I just said WHAT […]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that giraffes aren’t all that sexy.

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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I was excited to read this, as it is a well documented fact that I am a total sucker for any and all Austen retellings. I recently enjoyed Unmarriageable, and was hoping to ride the wave of fun Austen stories here. I began to read, hoping for a fun, gender-swapped modern version of one of my favorite stories. AND THEN I REMEMBERED THE BOLLYWOOD BRIDE. (Oh my. I really despised that book. Remember that #cannonbookclub? Yikes.) Ugh. The good news is that this story is […]

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A Flynn

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What if, in a future not long from now, time travel was a real, government sponsored thing? With a competitive selection process for its various missions – some successful, some not – would you be willing to risk your actual life, as well as the life as you know it, in order to participate? Strangely, in this future, in which almost all animals are extinct (something called the mysterious “die off”) and all food is created via 3D printing technology, officials are using this amazing […]



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