Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Questionable Gendering of Food on the Frontier

The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond

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Bingo 19: Horses I figured that The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier would have some mention (and pictures) of horses; I was right. I figured this cookbook would be pretty basic bad for you comfort food; I was right. I’ve seen the tv show, and I figured the cookbook was going to sound a lot like that. I was wrong. I’m not sure why, but the attempts in the narrative bits between and above recipes trying to sound friendly, cutesy just end up […]

Everything is connected

The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things by Peter Wohlleben

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CBR16 BINGO: And Also, a repeat of the Earth Day square BINGO: Détente, And Also, Scandal, Tech, Rings Wolves in Yellowstone National Park support the beaver population. Salmon help trees grow. Ravens and wolves form an alliance against bears. Peter Wohlleben’s The Secret Network of Nature is filled with fascinating stories about the interconnectivity and delicate balance of our environment. Wohlleben is a German forestry expert who has written several bestsellers, including The Hidden Life of Trees and The Inner Life of Animals. Given my […]

Macho, macho man. I gotta be a macho man.

The Burnt Toast B&B (Bluewater Bay Book 5) by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz

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CBR16 Bingo: Vintage Derrick is a screw up, or at least he thinks he is. Laid off from his logging job, he moved back home to his parents’ house, which is also a B&B in the small Pacific Northwest town of Bluewater Bay. Losing his parents in a car accident was devastating, and watching their dreams crumble beneath his incompetent fingers is too much to bear. Derrick barely maintains the B&B and relies heavily on Jim, his ex, for emotional support and occasional dog sitting […]

Updating the classics

Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

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Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Retelling (modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion) CBR16 Bingo: Bollywood (set in Canada with desi protagonists) The absolutely last place Nada Syed wants to be is the big annual Muslim convention in downtown Toronto. She is nearly 30 years old, single and lives at home with her parents and two brothers. If she goes to the convention, there is a high chance that she’ll run into her old mentor, formerly her mother’s best friend. She might also run into her mentor’s […]

CBR16 Bingo Week 13 Check-In

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Welcome to the CBR16 Bingo week 13 check-in. Check your numbers, check your tags. Ask any questions. you might have. I saw my shadow this morning so that means just 4 more weeks of bingo! (It’s actually cool enough here to go outside and see my shadow).   This is the kick-off post with the card, description, and rules. The Players: BlackRaven – 25 reviews, Blackout Bibliophile – 2 reviews carmelpie – 13 reviews, 2 Bingos CoffeeShopReader – 17 reviews, 1 Bingo Debcapsfan – 2 reviews […]

“a human looking glass: the light cast by fame bounced off her, and back on to those facing her” CBRBINGO – Golden

Q: A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I’m so glad I took a chance on this one and requested the ARC. It was so much fun! It avoided literally everything that usually makes me avoid reading biographies: the tedious linear structure, the grandiloquence and navel-gazing that comes with writing about a much-lauded (or controversial) figure (and the author trying to “earn it”), and to be honest, the dull bits. Q: A Voyage Around the Queen is not […]



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