A bit conflicted about this one. I pretty much knew what I was getting into with it, but a lot of people had given it glowing reviews, so maybe my expectations were a little too high this time around. And don’t get me wrong, it was a good book. Competently written. Good characters with actual brains in their heads. A pretty interesting sci-fi mystery. A romance. But something kept me back from fully immersing myself in the story. Something about it just didn’t *connect* with […]
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #2 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
I decided, since I’m still on vacation for another day yet, to start reading my second Cannonball selection, “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell, this morning.
bonnie’s #CBR6 Review #2: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
When Katniss Everdeen tried to prove that she was no mere pawn in the Capitol’s power-play, she inadvertently set off a series of uprisings that had been roiling in all the districts for years. She proved to be the spark. In Catching Fire, we find Katniss still reeling from the aftermath of her co-victory of the Hunger Games. She has residual nightmares of her friend Rue, the other tributes, and the many horrors she experienced in the arena. Not helping is the Victory Tour, in […]
MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #1 – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
For my first Cannonball Read review of the new year, I read one of my Christmas presents –
bonnie’s #CBR6 Review #1: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I’ve been itching to re-read The Hunger Games trilogy for weeks now, and what better place to start than with a new CBR? On a sidenote: I’m *thrilled* to start all over again. It’s great fun to read everyone’s reviews and be inspired to add to my reading list. Less fun is reading about children killing each other. Suzanne Collins does not shirk the horrors that come from a setup presents the dystopia and terror of a world that could easily be ours. As the first book […]