Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Smell the Flowers

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

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Read as part of CBR15Bingo: dwelling. The story is titled Lavender House and is mostly set in the titular location.  I’m going to give this book four stars against my better judgment. It was not a four star read. Let me explain. For like 70-80% of these ratings, I take them seriously. I really do want people to know how I feel if they are considering whether or not to pick something up. Reading is awesome and we only have so much time in this life. This […]

More Zoons, Please

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

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Drum Billet, a wizard who is about to die, goes to the small town of Bad Ass (yes, really) to pass his magical staff on to the about-to-be-born 8th son of an 8th son. Only just after he does so, it’s revealed that this 8th son is actually a girl. And the problem is that on Discworld all witches are female and all wizards are male. There’s never been a female wizard – until now. Named Eskarina, as she grows up she is trained in […]

There is Only One Cat

The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

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Bingo Square: Asia & Oceana The world is ending. In nine months’ time, it will cease to be, and nothing can stop it. 17 year old Aisha is navigating this new reality, while trying to heal from other wounds. Loss of family members, the disappearance of her sister June two years ago. Making the decision to go and find June before the world ends, Aisha and her mother, Aisha’s boyfriend Walter, and Walter’s parents, get in a camper van and set off in search of […]

Protect your noodle at all costs

The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage by Drew Magary

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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world. ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex CBR15Bingo: Hold Steady square. This has been on my TBR list for a while. I loosely followed Drew Magary, starting with his annual takedown/tribute to Williams Sonoma Christmas catalog and with the occasionally Pajiba Love link to Deadspin (RIP). When I found out he’d had a brush with death, I did a quick scan of news articles to find out what the hell had happened to a […]

A Book to Kick Me Out of my Reading Funk

The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

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Bingo Square: North America A group of teens goes on a volunteering trip with their school, only to be the victims of a tragic accident. There are nine survivors, but on the first anniversary of the accident, one of them kills themselves. Reeling from shock, the remaining eight make a pact to be there for each other, and on every subsequent anniversary they meet at a beach house for a week. Checking in, being there, even though, as adults now, they have little to nothing […]

Maybe the series gets better?

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

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CBR15 BINGO: Bodies, Bodies because it’s right there in the title (and also because of the dead body) Being on a renewed Agatha Christie kick lately, I thought I’d switch things up a bit and read my first ever Dorothy Sayers, one of the other queens of the Golden Age of Detective fiction. I’d heard about the Lord Peter Wimsey series and thought it sounded right up my alley. I hate to say it, but this novel proved to be quite a slog. The mystery […]



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