Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A dark and brooding novel

His Bloody Project - Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae: A Historical Thriller by Graeme Macrae Burnet

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Cbr15bingo Getaway (for You Are Here), bingo His Bloody Project, a Man Booker Prize finalist from 2016, is a novel that imagines a case of murder in which the question is: was the murderer insane? The action is set in a remote village of coastal Scotland in 1869, and author Graeme Macrae Burnet immerses his readers in a rough, rural environment where opportunities for success are few and being able to get on with the neighbors is vital. The structure of this novel is ingenious: […]

Revisiting an Old Favorite

Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle

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Vicky Austen is stuck on an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean.  How a sixteen year old from New England ended up there unfolds as Vicky relates events.  Having spent a year in New York City, Vicky and her family returned to their home town, and Vicky feels out of place.  Her older brother John is off at college, and her younger siblings don’t seem to have any trouble fitting back into their old lives.  She has two years before she’s off to college, but until […]

Cold Case Turned Deadly Hunt

Oak and Thorns by Yasmine Galenorn

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When the Wild Hunt takes a case on Whidbey Island, the entire team heads out to the island in order to investigate.  It quickly becomes clear to Ember and the rest of the team that it’s not just one cold case that their investigated but many.  But local law enforcement is making things difficult and all signs point their murderer being an extremely ancient and dangerous being, and it will take skill, cunning, and luck for them to survive let along bring the killer to […]

A Deliciously Sweet Romance With a Touch of Spice

Donut Fall In Love by Jackie Lau

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Lindsay’s first meeting with Ryan Kwok, a movie star, doesn’t go well when the man knocks over a tray of matcha tiramisu donuts.  But when he requests baking lessons before he appears on Baking Fail, Lindsay doesn’t tell him no.  Before too long the pair of them are cooking up more than just pastries as they bond over grief.  Their chemistry is undeniable, but both wonder if it can last. This was so much fun to read. I loved all the characters, especially Ryan and […]

Happy Birthday, Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

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Cbr15bingo Hold Steady (old favorite), bingo Did you know that today, October 15, is the birthday of Charlotte’s Web? It’s also my birthday but Charlotte is older than I am, having been introduced to the world on this day in 1952. This is such a beautiful story of friendship. Reading it again, probably about 50 years after I first read it, is like a warm hug. The story of the friendships of Wilbur, Fern, and Charlotte is timeless and welcome in a world that often […]

A beautiful novel, surprising for its time

Maurice by E.M. Forster

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CBR15 BINGO: Queer Lives, because it focuses on a gay man in Edwardian times BINGO: Politics, Africa, On the Road, Queer Lives, Bodies, Bodies Some spoilers included Maurice may not be E.M. Forster’s best or most famous novel, but it’s a lovely, heart-felt, and surprising story, particularly given the era in which it was created. Written in 1913, the novel wasn’t published until 1971, a year after Forster died. Homosexuality wasn’t decriminalized in the United Kingdom until 1967, so a story about love between men […]



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