Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

But how we are remembered is less important than what we do now.

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

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CBR13 BINGO: Mythic Square BINGO! (Book Club Square to Free Square diagonal) I was looking for something to tick the “Mythic” square off my CBR Bingo card and wanted something that was heavy on the re-telling and light on requiring PhD level knowledge of Greek mythology in order to “get it.” This fit the bill but I think if I had a better memory for the mythology class I took 100 years ago in college it would have been helpful. This a YA mythic send […]

Where the Lemon-Trees Blossom

Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy

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When a fatal boat accident happens in a small village on a Greek island, it leads four travellers from four different countries to strike up an unlikely friendship. They are all trying to escape personal problems and resolve them by travelling. The four main characters are very likable, as well as the supporting Greek characters, but they are all mostly cookie-cutter, only defined by the big struggle in their life, and they all have one. Thomas doesn’t know how to handle his relationship with his […]

There Wil Be Blood. There Will Also Be Wedding Cake.

When Sorrows Came by Seanan McGuire

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It’s an annual thing now, isn’t it? Me announcing a new disclaimer for reviews in the October Daye series: There will be some spoilers. It can’t be helped. You’ve all been warned multiple tiles now, so you all probably know the risk So it comes to the event that we have all been waiting for: in When Sorrows Came, our protagonist is getting married! Finally! I thought with all the drama seen in the last few books of the series, Toby and Tybalt were never […]

A heartbreaking tale of children being failed by the adults in their lives again and again

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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“Where the Love Laws lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.” Here’s the thing I don’t get about me and literary fiction: why do I hesitate so much in picking up these books? I mean, yes, they tend to be slow-reading, and every once in a while, they will take their toll on me, but so often I end up giving them 5 stars that I can’t understand what stops me. But I digress; let’s talk Bingo. If my calculations are correct, […]

Things are not always what they seem (Double Bingo)

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

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4.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Landscape Costis is one of the Attolian guards, fiercely loyal to his beloved (if fearsome) queen and skeptical and disdainful of his so-called king, the former Thief of Eddis, who through trickery and guile ended up married to their queen. Nevertheless, when he foolishly loses his temper and ends up striking the king in the face, he’s mortified and expects to be sent home in disgrace if he’s lucky, executed if he’s unlucky. Yet the strange, new young king surprises everyone, […]

Hiding In Sight

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

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Read as part of cbr13bingo: landscape on cover When you’re having a long week and/or a rough week, it’s easy to lose focus in what you’re reading. Your attention drifts, your energy weakens, your focus isn’t there. It’s tough to maintain the scope of anything mildly complex. The book I was reading for the landscape challenge of CannonballRead’s Bingo wasn’t holding my attention. Which is a shame because I was hyped to read it. There were weaknesses but the main weakness was how I wasn’t […]



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