CBR 10 Bingo: Birthday – Kurt Vonnegut born November 11, 1922 This is Kim Pendergest, Cannonball Read 10’s reporter on the Afterlife. During yesterday’s controlled near-death experience, I interviewed Kurt Vonnegut and asked him to explain why he decided to write God Bless Dr. Kevorikian. “So what’s the deal?” I asked. “Was this just a cash-grab?” “Not at all,” he said, “I started writing these as 90-second spots for WNYC, the public radio station for New York City.” “Thanks for the exposition, but I know […]
Long before Team Edward and Team Jacob, there was Team Poirot and Team Marple
CBR Bingo entry: Brain Candy Back when I was in grade school, I devoured Agatha Christie novels. I didn’t keep track, but I bet I read a good third of the 66 detective novels she wrote in her lifetime, and I was firmly on Team Poirot. Sure, Miss Marple is a sweet old lady, but I preferred the peculiar Belgian detective who was forever getting mistaken for a Frenchman. Nevertheless, I’m not sure whether I ever read Murder on the Orient Express before now. Normally […]
Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women)
CBR Bingo entry: And so it begins. And BINGO was his name-o! I originally considered reading this novel for the CBR Bingo square “The book was better?” because I have seen both the American and Swedish versions of the film. In fact, I saw them both on the same day. My husband and I went to see the 2011 Hollywood production starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara and appreciated it, so we decided to come home and watch the original Swedish version on Netflix. Because nothing […]
Tragedy, hope, and women’s issues
CBR Bingo entry Throwback Thursday. I read this novel many years ago at the recommendation of our Ms. Was (whether she remembers or not!), and it completely won me over. I know, everybody loves Girl with a Pearl Earring, and I do as well, but Falling Angels is still my Chevalier of choice. Bracketed by the funerals of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, the novel spans 9 years in the lives of two London families, the Colemans and the Waterhouses, as the world around […]
I was cruising right along for the first half, and then. . .
CBR Bingo entry Backlog. This is gonna sound weird, but this novel lost me when it started introducing too much plot. I was loving it for the first half when we were just learning about the characters and making fun of people in Seattle (no offense, Seattle), but then things went off the rails for me, and not in a fun way. Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a story about a semi-dysfunctional family living in Seattle. Bernadette was once a celebrated Los Angeles architect who […]
So, yeah. . .I read this
CBR Bingo entry Listicles: Goodreads’ Best Show Business Memoirs/Biographies I distinctly remember the first time I saw The Princess Bride. Like most fans, I did not see this cult classic during the original theatrical run, but caught it on VHS (that was pre-DVD for you young-us; DVD was pre-streaming for you toddlers). I was in college, hanging out with a couple of friends in a dorm room when one of them decided we should watch this awesome movie she had recently seen. For the next […]
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