National Library Week in the US runs April 19-26 and the theme is Find Your Joy. At Cannonball Read, we love libraries of all kinds. Without libraries, many of us would have access to fewer books and resources. This year alone I’ve checked out crafting books, cookbooks, and a book about Malcolm X’s … [Read more]
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
4.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A book involving animals Monthly Keyword Challenge 26: Cat Official plot summary, because I finished this back in February, and my perimenopausal brain isn't exactly helping here: Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As … [Read more]
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Another excellent library book. When I read fiordeligi’s review of Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian‘s Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, I knew I needed to read it asap. And then it took me a while for my library hold to come in. Fairly early in the book, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian … [Read more]
Game Changers (Game Changers #1) by Rachel Reid
Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) by Rachel Reid
In Game Changers, Kip Grady works in a juice bar and quietly hates his life when he meets famous hockey player Scott Hunter. Scott comes in to the bar several times and chats to Kip, and it takes Kip a while to realise Scott is hitting on him. The two embark on a relationship and though they get … [Read more]
The Break by Marian Keyes
Every bubble in the galaxy has burst. The million shards of sparkle suspended in the air have turned to wet ash. All the colour has leached away and the world is just grey, grey, grey. Amy O’Connell is a 44 year old mother of three daughters, married to Hugh. She loves him, but life is a dull … [Read more]
Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
In the summer of 1988 a serial killer began stalking the small town of Edgewood, Maryland. Young girls killed and mutilated, their bodies left on display, and zero evidence left behind by the killer. Richard Chizmar, a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, returns home in the middle of … [Read more]
My Vegan Year by Niki Webster
With a title like My Vegan Year, you’d expect a book to either be more of a memoir, or a guide to seasonality. Somehow this book manages to be neither. It is a vegan guide of sorts, with lists and general discussion that might be useful, including pantry basics, produce by season (in the UK), and … [Read more]
