Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Who died and made you king?

Unruly: A History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

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Cbr15bingo Europe I’m not sure how my husband got his hands on the official UK version of this book; the US version is out tomorrow (Oct. 3) with the subtitle as shown in the photo, not the subtitle on the UK version which I have put in the title bar. But he knew I would love it because we are both fans of David Mitchell from the various British panel shows he has been on. Mitchell describes himself as a comedian, and he is, but […]

Snapshots of a Spaceborn Few

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

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This one is slower than the first two novels in the Wayfarers series. We spend most of the book on the Asteria, one of the ships in the Exodan Fleet, following the characters of Tessa, a (often single) mother of two; Isabel, an Archivist; Eyas, a Caretaker (of the dead); Kip, a teen who just wants to leave the Fleet; and Sawyer, who wasn’t born in the Fleet but is looking for a different way of life. The timeframe for the novel is primarily set […]

Interspecies Connections as the “Wayfarers” Series Wraps Up

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

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Like the other Wayfarers novels, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within is essentially a standalone novel, though readers of the other novels in the series will recognize the character Pei. She is one of the main characters this time, along with Roveg, a Quelin; Speaker, an Akarak; and Ouloo and her child Tupo, both Laru. The setting is the planet Gora, which is the Hanto word for “useless,” which I think made me laugh out loud upon reading that. It’s a planet that people stop […]

The Lake House Meets Just Like Heaven

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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Bingo Square: Sex Book publicist Clementine is about to move into her late aunt’s apartment. She doesn’t really want to, too many memories. She spent a lot of time with her aunt, travelling together over the years, and feels her loss immensely. But her aunt left the apartment to her, and she remembers how she’d told her it was magic. She doesn’t necessarily believe it until she finds a young man standing in the living room. A man who is living seven years in Clementine’s […]

“Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say”

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Bingo Square: Getaway, replacing Edibles Melinda has started her freshman year of high school as an outcast. Over the summer, she called the police on a party, which resulted in some people being arrested. Even her oldest friends are furious at her. Her parents seem mostly irritated by her, especially towards her lack of effort at school, but she finds some solace in her art class. There the teacher allows them to experiment and is encouraging of Melinda’s work. New girl Heather, desperate to fit […]

A Great Second Outing to the Series

Silence In the Library by Katherine Schellman

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Lily returns home from an outing to find her father has arrived to stay with her while he visits a London doctor.  She’s not best please by this as the man has always found fault with her.  However, his presence does cause her to visit old family friends only for her to be drawn into another murder when the patriarch of the family is found dead.  While most of the family want to sweep things under a rug, Lily knows that an innocent young man […]



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