listicle – Page 3 – Cannonball Read 17

“Maybe the real question is why are your friends so turn-into-pigsable?” BINGO

Circe by Madeline Miller

July 23, 2019 by Malin 5 Comments

#CBR11 Bingo: Remix (Would also work for Award Winner, Listicle (was on a ton of Best of 2018 lists) and/or Cannonballer Recommends) Official book description: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. When love drives Circe […]

I’m not going far. I’ll always be here. Just an inch away. I promise. (listicle)

Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott

July 19, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

This was a book I didn’t know existed until it showed up on two lists, as though the universe wanted my Listicle bingo square filled. Some website, probably Barnes and Noble, had a list of young adult books turned into movies, and as An Old, I had never heard of either the book or the movie. A coworker also had it in her to-be-read pile. As today was a slow day at work and I accidentally brought a book in today for my lunch break […]

“Happiness is not just an act of optimism – it is an act of defiance.” (CBR11Bingo)

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure (Worth Saga #2.75) by Courtney Milan

July 13, 2019 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Courtney Milan really is fantastic at writing novellas. Even the ones I don’t love are still fantastic reads. The Governess Affair is one of my favorite books, period, and A Kiss for Midwinter is one of the few books I’ve read more than once in the past several years. Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure ranks right up there with them. While the book is part of the Worth Saga books, it absolutely stands alone, which I can attest to because the only other book in the […]

The manner of his life was of no importance. What affected her was that he had once been young.

The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

July 10, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR 11 Bingo – Listicle I didn’t know much about this book a long time ago, but it had been on my radar for being on the MLA Top 100 of the 20th Century list. What sold me on reading it eventually was Connie Willis using is a forgotten classic in one of the character quirks for the lead in Bellwether, who checks outs library books to save classics from being remaindered. I also almost put it right back after reading the not at all […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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