Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Another fight to the death book, pretty good.

All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1) by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

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The end of this was messy, but overall I liked it. Really wishing for half-stars on this one. ELEVEN DAYS LATER: Okay, now that I’m actually sitting down to write this review, I’ve decided to round down on this one because the ending really killed my buzz. It was just so messy, I’m not even sure how to explain it. The premise here is that there is a town where every twenty years or so, there is a tournament, the family of the tournament winner […]

It’s not what you are but what you do

The School for Good and Evil Book 1 by Soman Chainani

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Cbr14bingo Question (Bingo)— How did I not know I had this book? Why did it take me so long to finally read it? What do “good” and “evil” even mean? Looking over my bookshelves as I often do figuring out what to read next, this book, which I think has been there for years, recently stood out because I recognized it as the title of a movie coming out on Netflix in October. I have no idea how I came to be in possession of […]

This book kicked me in the stomach, clubbed me over the head and said, “The end!”

The Storm of Echoes: The Mirror Visitor Book 4 by Christelle Dabos

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Cbr14bingo Heart — this book broke my heart and I’m angry Writing a review for this fourth and final installment in Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor series is going to be tough for a few reasons. All the story lines that have been set up in the previous books have to be resolved here and I’m not going to lie, things get super complicated and kinda weird. The other problem is that, having just finished the series, I am feeling emotionally drained. The author has […]

down to the wire (as always) – BOOK CLUB TIME!

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Why did I wait so long to read these two? This isn’t just a question of Book Club procrastination; this is a “what was I thinking?” moment! I had heard good things about both, I was enraged as ever when they (and others) showed up on lists of challenged and banned books, and they were both available on scribd! Also- why did I treat these books like homework? “oh man, I have to read these before I can move on to other things”- at the […]

Still hooked on this series

The Memory of Babel: The Mirror Visitor Book 3 by Christelle Dabos

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Cbr14bingo Hot the action moves from the icy land called the Pole to a hot and lush place called Babel The plot definitely thickens in this third installment of the four part Mirror Visitor series. The action moves into two different areas as Ophelia and Thorn pursue the one called “God,” aka “Milliface,” a malevolent shapeshifter that tries to manipulate all of the arks in order to assert total domination over the world. As with the previous novels, Dabos gives readers plenty of edge-of-your-seat action […]

A little mystery and a lot of court intrigue

The Missing of Clairedelune: The Mirror Visitor Book 2 by Christelle Dabos

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Cbr14bingo Elephant (memory) the recovery of one character’s memories is key to the plot Book two of Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor series continues to enthrall. Main character Ophelia, who has the gifts of being able to travel through mirrors and “read” the history of objects in her hands, and her betrothed Thorn, the prickly Treasurer of the remote ark known as The Pole, are fast approaching their wedding day and seem no closer to developing a meaningful bond to each other. Meanwhile, in the […]



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