How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? This is my fourth CBR. I participated a lot early on just for fun (completely missed two in a row and then decided to lower my expectations to a half Cannonball, which I did manage) but got overwhelmed with the … [Read more]
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I wish I had written this review closer to when I actually finished the audiobook, but I wasn’t too anxious to review this one since it’s not as stellar as other books I’ve read this year so far. Checking out The Midnight Library was a direct result of cannonball reviews, both good and bad, and a … [Read more]
Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones
This is a book that's equally fascinating and original, as it is chaotic and frustrating. We are in some kind of future, and in the UK (or whatever it is by this point) and a series of worldwide coups are happening and in order to stave off such a fate for the UK, the prime minister installs a rock … [Read more]
Kindred by Octavia Butler
This is the fourth time I think I've read this book, not counting reading the graphic novel a few years back (which I thought was mostly unnecessary). What stands out to me now reading the book again in 2021 is a few shifts in my personal appreciation for the book, and knowing a little more about … [Read more]
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
Somehow, and I know I know it counts short stories, plays, and collection, this is the 25th Hercule Poirot novel and it's only 1942. In a recent article I read, and thinking about her second Tommy and Tuppence novel N or M?, there's a clear sense (outside of the text) that Christie was getting … [Read more]
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
(He) was felled by a strangely skillful blow-as if I had studied the act, when in fact I had simply decided that he should stop being alive. - Jane Steele Stop me if you have heard this one. A girl in mid-1800's England is orphaned at a young age and sent to a cruel school for young women to … [Read more]
