Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“One’s your fault. The other one, you just happened to be there when it happens. Like, when you kiss him, POW, he gets hit by a bear. Totally not your fault. You shouldn’t feel bad about that. It’s not your bear.”

The Dream Thieves: Book II of The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

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I suppose I’ll get at least the next book in the series; I’m not particularly in love with it, but I don’t hate it (at least at this point) to stop reading. But I’m going to not make any decisions on buying the last book until I’ve read the third. My opinions of the characters have not really changed all that much; Ronan, Noah and Gainsey are my three favorites. Noah is weird bit likable in a harmless kind of way, Ronan is the poster […]

“Wealth is just security. Luxury is living care free.”

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

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4.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: Culture (A lot of people from a lot of different backgrounds, countries and cultures are forced together for a time during World War II) Official plot summary: January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society’s troubles. Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. The Gilfoyles, the hotel’s aristocratic owners, have trained her […]

“Wealth is just security. Luxury is living carefree.”

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

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I absolutely love Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle series—I find her writing very beautiful, and it’s one of a few YA series that I fully recommend to adults as well. I’ve been looking forward to reading The Listeners, her debut adult novel, since I’d heard it was going to be released. The story opens in January of 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entrance of the US into World War 2. June is the general manager of a luxury hotel catering to […]

The Raven Boys | TRC Book One

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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Being honest, it took me a very long time to get sucked into The Raven Boys. The Raven Cycle has been on the edge of my periphery for the past seven years – give or take – and it’s always been a series I thought I’d read someday, despite never making any moves to learn what it was about, or find a copy to actually read. After finishing All For The Game, I decided it would be the perfect time to rectify that. Many people […]

1960’s noir, an art heist, dark family secrets, vintage cars, and loads of sex

Tenebroso by thesehands

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Tenebroso by thesehands Ronan was a portent, an omen, a sign that Adam might be in real danger; Declan had sent the most dangerous person he knew to protect him. ― thesehands, Tenebroso As he lay in Adam’s arms, Ronan noted the differences between what he remembered and what he currently felt. Adam was not as bony as he used to be, no longer elongated with the awkward stretch of adolescence. He was warmer than Ronan’s memories, perhaps only because he was real and tangible […]

You almost had your hooks in me, didn’t you, dear?

19A by Toyourdetriment

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Cbr16 Bingo: Part 2 19A by Toyourdetriment “Emotional availability is a skill. You, particularly you, can decide to learn it, if you want to.” In spite of the tone, it hits like a backhand to the jaw. He has learned bedside manner for a given definition of empathy. Allowed methodical and unsparing trauma therapists to rake him over the hot coals of his childhood for a decade. He is, in short, an entire and convincing machine of a person, whose inner child definitely wants to […]



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