Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Seldom has so much stupidity been written by such a smart man.

Rising Sun by Michael Crichton

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I’ll start this review by briefly describing the story. I’m only doing this to get it out of the way, because I’m not going to talk much about it in the rest of the review. Celebrating the opening of its new headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, the Nakamoto Corporation throws a lavish party filled with businessmen, celebrities, and politicians. During the party, a young woman, Cheryl Austin, is murdered. Police Lt Peter Smith, Japanese liaison with the LAPD, and Cpt. John Connor are given the task of investigating what appears to be a complex conspiracy connecting Washington, DC, and a […]

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8/20/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:58 |

Maybe it’s not that I hate the romance genre, maybe it’s that I have a low tolerance for predictability

One Day by David Nichols

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A brief aside: I don’t normally like book covers that have anything to do with the film adaptation, but the normal cover of this book is so bland and forgettable, I’m using the movie tie-in cover here. It has a more classic look to it. Anyway. Dexter Mayhew is a charming playboy, absolutely gorgeous to behold. And he knows it. Emma Morley is a beautiful and intelligent woman; a little snide and politically conscious. They spend the night of their graduation from university together before beginning a years long friendship that sees them never quite fulfilling the promise of romance […]

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8/19/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:57 |

My first celebrity memoir, and a well chosen one at that.

Back Story by David Mitchell

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David Mitchell (no, not that one) is one of the most adorable people that too few people have heard of. I was vaguely familiar with his shows Peepshow and That Mitchell and Webb Look, but it wasn’t until I discovered that almost every episode of Would I Lie to You? was on Youtube that I truly became smitten with his wry, self-deprecating humor. He is so unambiguously British, and has wholly accepted the posh characterization that has somewhat artificially been placed upon him, I don’t know how it could possibly be true that someone wouldn’t fall in love with the […]

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8/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:56 |

Spiders…Why did it have to be spiders?

The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone

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If this was a zombie book, I think I’d end up giving it 4 stars. If this was a zombie book, it would probably be more popular. If this was a zombie book, I’d have already gotten the sequel, Skitter (which came out in May). But this isn’t a zombie book. Which isn’t, of course, to say that this book isn’t fun – it is. Nor is it to say that you shouldn’t read this if you’re into post-apocalyptic horror stories – you should. But it is to warn you that this book has all the earmarks of a good, […]

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8/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:55 |

Somewhat Marvelous

Ms. Marvel (Vol. 1) and Captain Marvel (Vol. 1) by G Willow Wilson and Kelly Sue Deconnick

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It’s a little weird reading comics after so many years. I used to be an avid collector and dreamt of being an artist one day, until I figured out that I could get more entertainment for less money by reading novels. So I haven’t really read many comics in about 20 years. But I do miss the art. The art here by Adrian Alphona and David Lopez is pretty great, though very different, stylistically. Alphona is looser, less compact, which is actually perfect for the characters. Ms. Marvel is young and new, she’s just figuring out what her powers are. […]

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8/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:54 |

We are all Sansa Stark….and I probably went too far in my Cannonball

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

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It is, perhaps, fitting that it’s taken me so long to finish these books (and write this review). I started reading A Game of Thrones at the end of June (and started this review on the 28th), and I’m sitting here well over a month later. I’ve read a couple other books in that time – but I’ve mostly been working my way through this series. It’s taken me longer to read these four/five books (4,300+ pages) than it did to read Harry Potter (4,000+ pages) last year, but not quite as long as it took me to read the Dresden […]

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8/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:52 |

July stats round-up!

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No real news for the month. So, without further ado… On with the stats! June stats: 337 reviews (July 2016 saw 298 reviews) Average rating: 3.65 stars (June: 3.72) Most popular book: Unfinished: A Graphic Novel of Marilyn Monroe by our very own Elizabeth Periale (4 reviews, 4.00 average,) Most popular author: LM Montgomery (11 reviews, 4.20 average) Most reviews: vel veeter (congratulations on 55 reviews!) Fiction: 267 reviews (June 215) Nonfiction: 74 reviews (June: 66) Uncategorized: 2 reviews (June: 0) Most popular genres: Fantasy (47 reviews), Young Adult (29) Science Fiction (31), Romance (27), Mystery (35), Memoir (24), Graphic Novel […]

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8/8/2017 | |

June stat round-up!

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Big news of the month, vel veeter has tied badkittyuno’s single year record with her 263 review (by my count)! Congratulations vel veeter! On with the stats! June stats: 283 reviews (June 2016 saw 252 reviews) Average rating: 3.72 stars (May: 3.64) Most popular book: Life Moves Pretty Fast by Hadley Freeman (4 reviews,3.50 average,) Most popular author: Stephen King (7 reviews, 4.30 average) Most reviews: vel veeter (congratulations on 34 reviews!) Fiction: 215 reviews (May: 223) Nonfiction: 66 reviews (May: 54) Uncategorized: 0 reviews (May: 2) Most popular genres: Fantasy (52 reviews), Young Adult (26) Science Fiction (29), Romance […]

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