Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

My first five star read of 2022. I did not expect this!

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

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So I’ve been bemoaning this all over Goodreads for a couple of weeks now, but I’ve been in a five-star drought since 2022 started. (I wonder if it’s because the last book I read in 2021, Harrow the Ninth, was one of the most five-star books I’ve ever read, and the universe is just balancing itself out . . . ) I’ve been waiting, impatiently, to see what book would capture my emotions enough for me to slap that coveted five-star rating on, as I’ve […]

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small.”

Björnstad (Beartown) by Fredrick Backman

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CBR13 Bingo: Sports Ball (could easily also be used as Rec’d, since a lot of Cannonballers have read and reviewed it favourably) Official book description: People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better […]

This comic is so incredibly sweet

Heartstopper, vol 4 by Alice Oseman

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CBR13 Bingo: Reader’s Choice (replaces White Whale) Charlie and Nick are getting crazier and crazier about each other, they still haven’t actually declared their feelings fully for one another. That’s one hurdle that can be monumental in any relationship, let alone between already insecure teens. While Nick’s Mum is incredibly supportive, he still hasn’t come out to his Dad, who is going to be visiting soon, and based on his brother, he’s not sure how his father is going to react. Then there’s the rather […]

Growing up brown in Norway is no picnic

Hør Her'a! (Listen here!) by Gulraiz Sharif

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CBR13 Bingo: Free (borrowed at the library) Official book description (translated by me): It is summer vacation and fifteen-year-old Mahmoud is imagining long days on the bench outside his building with his friend, one-eyed Arif. This summer will be different, however, because the family is getting a visit from Uncle-ji from Pakistan and Mahmoud’s job will be to show his uncle around. Uncle-ji is very surprised at what he sees in Norway, and what is going on with Ali, Mahmoud’s little brother, who is not […]

The entire series is free, as long as you already have Audible Plus

How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper

Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper

Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper

Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend by Molly Harper

Always Be My Banshee by Molly Harper

One Fine Fae by Molly Harper

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CBR13 Bingo: Home (so many of the various characters come from very unstable family backgrounds and are only too happy to settle in Mystic Bayou, having finally find somewhere they can properly call home) This is going to be a bulk review for the first six stories (four novels, two novellas) in the Mystic Bayou paranormal romance series by Molly Harper. I listened to all the books in audio, as they are available as part of the Audible Plus catalogue. Considering that I already pay […]

His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity

Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

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Elin has worked as a GP in the centre of Oslo for more than two decades. She’s married to Aksel, an orthopedist who seems obsessed with either cross country skiing in the winter and roller skis in the summer. They met during med school, and have lived in the same house long enough to see the little residential area that used to be full of idealistic and progressive residents become distinctly upper-middle class (as have they). They are now empty nesters after their two daughters […]



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