Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Even when it came to herself, Margo could see it both ways: hometown girl makes good, defies capitalist patriarchy, or teen whore sells nudes while nursing, too lazy to work.

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

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CBR17 Bingo: Review It’s because you know. It’s because you’re in control of it! That is what makes someone slutty or not slutty! Think about it. If a girl doesn’t know she’s hot and is innocently going about her business, and some guys spy on her naked, she’s not a slut. But if she knows guys want to see her naked and charges them money to spy on her, she’s a slut. The same physical thing is happening in both scenarios, guys see her naked […]

“I guess we’re almost friends now, or as friendly as you can get when you’re not one hundred percent sure the other person isn’t framing you for murder.” (Blackout Bingo Card)

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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4.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: School (The Breakfast Club with murder. So much high school drama) On a Monday afternoon, five high schoolers find themselves in detention after someone planted phones in their bags. They all claim the phones are not theirs, but the teacher is not listening. There is Cooper, the star athlete, with a promising career in baseball ahead of him. There is Addy, always perfectly put together and the homecoming princess. There is Nate, the school’s bad boy, who is on probation for […]

“The possibility of pain is where love stems from.”

The Humans by Matt Haig

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Bingo: I think I’m too late for this to count, but just in case I’m not, I’m counting this for the rec’d square, because my sister recommended it to me. And that makes this my 3rd bingo! “The Humans” is about a body-snatching alien who has to pretend to be human, and in the process, falls in love with humanity and life itself. This extraterrestrial visitor is impersonating Andrew Martin, a Cambridge professor who has just proved the Riemann hypothesis. After killing Martin, the bodysnatcher’s mission […]

Self help through self-compassion

Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff

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CBR17Bingo: “TBR” because after this book was recommended to me, it took me months to finally get around to reading it. I am lucky enough to have access to some therapy through work because my job is inherently stressful. Recently I’ve been struggling more with stress and anxiety, and my therapist recommended that I read Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (2011) by Kristin Neff. I wasn’t too sure about this book at first. Neff started out by saying, when you feel badly about […]

You Know What They Say About Assumptions…

Lady Suspicious by Kate Archer

Convince Me, Viscount by Kate Archer

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CBR17 Bingo: Free (- Thank you for the extension! I’d given up on hitting blackout this year, but LOOK AT ME NOW.) Lady Suspicious – 4.25 stars It’s the turn of Lady Winsome, the sixth of the ironically named Nicolet sisters, to make her debut on the marriage mart. Armed with her knowledge of rogues from rumor sheets and gothic romances, she’s determined to make a good match – but the only man she’s interested in sets off all her warning bells. This is the […]

A boy named Henry

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

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CBR17Bingo: “Borders” – because even though bacteria do not respect borders, whether you contract or can fight off tuberculosis depends primarily on where you live. I know tuberculosis still exists in the United States because many years ago I had a patient cough in my face and later found out she suffered from tuberculosis. I knew just enough to be kind of concerned until I got tested and was negative. My only other knowledge of tuberculosis is that Doc Holliday suffered from it in Tombstone. It […]



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