Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Violently in love

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

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Cbr13bingo Old Series Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) is the first book in a trilogy that centers around Elizabeth Bennet and the zombie infestation of England. The second book, Dawn of the Dreadfuls, is a prequel, and the third book, Dreadfully Ever After is a sequel. The second two books in the series were written by Steve Hockensmith. Those familiar with Jane Austen’s novels will recognize expressions such as “violence of affection” and “violence of love” as they crop up frequently in her writing. […]

Why does God let His children suffer?

Revival Season by Monica West

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CBR 13 BINGO: Rep (explanation in review) This book came to me because author Ann Patchett recommended it on Goodreads. Not sure that it was something that I would have picked up otherwise based on the title, cover and subject matter, but I’m glad I did. The Horton family’s entire life is subsumed by the father’s ministry and thriving congregation in Texas. Known for his power to heal, Reverend Horton leaves his church and takes his family on the road every summer for revival season. […]

There are different kinds of darkness.

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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CBR BINGO: Cityscape square (bottom left corner) Slammed it shut and immediately requested the third book in this series from the library. May have murmured “so, so, good” under my breath first. I’d really just like to leave it there, but we have that pesky 250 word obligation so, here goes. This is the second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series, so if you haven’t read that yet, by all means DO. This will get a smidge spoiler-y from this point on. In order to break a […]

Your senses are your greatest enemies; they will be waiting to betray you.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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CBR 13 BINGO: Flora square (along top and right edge of cover) Somehow I missed this one when it was favorably (and unfavorably) reviewed a while back, but I follow some Instagram accounts that were raving about this series so I got curious. After a war between human mortals and faeries, the world is split. A wall is erected and humans are pushed behind it into the southlands. Generations of stories about powerful fae creatures that enslave, murder, and eat humans are handed down. Occasionally even stories […]

A boy leaves home to prove himself and wisely brings his dog

Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

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CBR 13 Bingo: The Wilds I originally intended to do a “Lumberjanes” graphic novel for this square but can’t find it!  Instead I read Call It Courage, which was on my summer reading lists as a child but I never got around to reading.  My thirteen year old saw me and said that she had read it for school a few years ago, and that it has a great character arc.  Mafutu does go through transformation and growth but I’m not certain I would qualify […]

When doors open, stories happen

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow

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CBRbingo: Flora “If we address stories as archaeological sites, and dust through their layers with meticulous care, we find at some level there is always a doorway.” January Scaller is a young woman of uncertain status.  The mixed race protégé of a wealthy and controlling man,  she barely knows her father, who travels the world in search of artefacts for his employer, her benefactor.   When she finds a mysterious book it unlocks the story of her own past, and the secret of the Doors that […]



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