Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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ingres77

I've been doing this since 2015, and though I'm not going to read a hundred books a year, I plan on doing this for the foreseeable future. I also maintain the Cannonball Read database, and make infrequent updates on our reading habits.

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When the horror of dystopia seems like a moderate improvement on reality

The Store by Bentley Little

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Book synopsis: In a small Arizona town, a man counts his blessings: a loving wife, two teenage daughters, and a job that allows him to work at home. Then “The Store” announces plans to open a local outlet, which will surely finish off the small downtown shops. His concerns grow when “The Store’s” builders ignore all the town’s zoning laws during its construction. Then dead animals are found on “The Store’s” grounds. Inside, customers are hounded by obnoxious sales people, and strange products appear on the shelves. Before long the town’s remaining small shop owners disappear, and “The Store” spreads […]

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5/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

The truth is, men make terrible pigs

Circe by Madeline Miller

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I knew almost nothing of Circe before going into this. I remembered that she was in The Odyssey, and that Odysseus lived on her island for a time, but nothing more than that. She is the daughter of Helios, and is an unremarkable and naive nymph. Shunned by her siblings and dismissed by her parents, she finally discovers that her power lies in witchcraft. Because of this, and for how she uses it, she is exiled for eternity by her father to an uninhabited island. She (spoilers) learns to harness her power in a way her more powerful siblings do […]

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5/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

I came for the fighting, but stayed for the sweet, sweet love

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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I’m closer to 40 than I am 30, and I’ve never read The Iliad. I did, however, read The Odyssey in middle school, and quite liked it – though poetry has never been my thing, and the archaic formatting of the translation I read bothered me. Still. It was a good story, and I was in the florescence of my love for heroic fantasy, so The Odyssey kind of felt like the genesis for the types of stories I was reading at the time. So it’s a little surprising, all these years later, that I never picked up The Iliad. […]

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4/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

I read a thing.

Storm World by BV Larson

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Last year, I wrote a 4,500 word review of BV Larson’s Undying Mercenaries series. Overall, I liked the series but wasn’t impressed with the sexist overtones of the books, or the possibly alt-right leanings of the author (which I may have just invented out of whole cloth). Despite my real issues with the series, it was enjoyable in a “it’s leeching happiness from my soul” kind of way (sort of like Taco Bell), so I didn’t really have much choice in picking up the latest installment in the series. This time out, McGill and Turov are….kind of dating. Or, at […]

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3/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

Why haven’t I read all of Brandon Sanderson’s books?

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson is a marvel. His output far exceeds other writers of his caliber. Since releasing Mistborn in 2006, he’s published over 20 novels along with numerous novellas, short stories, and graphic novels. And many of his books are giant tomes pushing 1,000 pages. In 2016 alone he published three novels, two novellas, and a graphic novel. And it’s not like he’s releasing mediocre work, either. His Wheel of Time books are widely seen as some of the best in the series, while the Mistborn, Reckoners, and Stormlight Archive books are all widely loved. It blows me away how he […]

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2/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

I hate me some damn rebs.

How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove

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I’ve been an avid reader of history for most of my life, and I’ve long been fascinated by alternate history. It’s almost impossible to read history without wondering how much of the world would be different with a minor change or two. For all that, I’ve only ever read The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (years ago). I thought it was okay, but not really what I wanted. How Few Remain takes place in the early 1880s, during the presidency of James G. Blaine. In the real world, Blaine is the only Republican nominee between 1860 […]

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1/27/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

Perhaps nothing is certain in this world, but at least we can believe in something.

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

Elevation by Stephen King

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Killing Commendatore (4 stars) There were parts of this book that brought me back to my favorite parts of 1Q84, but this book doesn’t equal that one in terms of quality, spirit, or impact. Which doesn’t make this a bad book – by any measure – but I don’t think it’s amongst Murakami’s greatest works. The protagonist of this book is unnamed. He’s an artist who’s fallen into portrait painting to make a living. His wife abruptly tells him that she wants a divorce, and he takes a spontaneous trip around the country before finally settling in the house of […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

It’s unsurprising that I struggled to reach the minimum length for this review, given this is all short stories. Also, unrelated: Cannonball!

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My reviewing (and reading) has really taken a nose-dive this year due to work, life, and time management changes. And, with the disruption caused by Hurricane Florence, there’s been a commensurate dip in time spent working on the Cannonball Read database. But – thanks to the indomitable support of MsWas – I’ve been able to make massive strides in this latter project, at least. So this review is cheating, a bit. All of these stories were in Stephen King’s Everything’s Eventual collection of stories, but I didn’t set out to read the book, itself. I only picked a few stories that […]

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