Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Flowery Language Won’t Distract Me From My Concerns

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

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Alright, this is a conflicting one. I decided to read this book as I saw it listed on a few of those “100 books to read before you die” or “how many of these essential books have you read: most people have only read 8” lists you sometimes see floating about, and now I wonder… why? Why is it on those lists? Is it really considered a classic? Has it really help up over time? Is there not more scrutiny of it now and given all the developments after it’s release? Which, I really didn’t know about at the time, […]

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6/24/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

A Story Focused on Scent… and It Stinks!

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

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Well this was… an experience. And I don’t know that it was a good one? It’s kind of funny, me reading a novel that is so focused on scent and a man with an extraordinary sense of smell, when I myself have an absolutely horrid sense of smell. Honestly, it has to be incredibly strong for me to ever notice any kind of scent (this started happening when I suddenly developed allergic polyps in my nose a few years ago, but anyways). But this book definitely made me worried about the way that I personally smell, now. And whenever I […]

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6/17/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:12 |

“I Can Believe Things Where Nobody Knows If They’re True Or Not”

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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This book has been sitting on my kindle for a few years now, after trying to start it on a couple of occasions to no avail (mostly because I ended up getting distracted by different readings for school). But I finally got around to it! Whilst also in the midst of the tv adaptation. Which, I have to say, I am absolutely loving: it definitely expands on the world presented in the book, allowing different characters to be more developed, stick around for bigger parts of the story (rather than being a small blip as some are in the book), […]

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6/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:11 |

I Might Be in the Minority Here, But I Wasn’t Really Feeling This One

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

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What a contrast to go from a book that I gave 5 stars to something that I’m not sure ever fully engrossed me. While the odd story here or there within the collection peaked my interest, overall something was missing here. I have previously read Joe Hill’s sublime graphic novel series Locke & Key –which was absolute breathtaking– and therefore had some high hopes with this short-story collection. This, unfortunately, led to some disappointment on my part. 20th Century Ghosts is a collection of short stories, not necessarily all involving ghosts, but all involving some kind of supernatural or horror […]

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5/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

I Think I Read This at Just the Right Time in My Life

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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With the recent release of television adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, I made a realization: I am a Canadian who has never read anything by Margaret Atwood before. And she a national treasure!!! You’d think I would have at least come across something in my school curriculum, especially given that I even studied English as my minor in university. Really the only prominent Canadian author I had as assigned reading was Alice Munro. That seems… odd to me. But in any case, here we are now, and boy was it a treat to have a forward by Atwood herself regarding […]

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5/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:9 |

Now I’ve Got One Direction’s “End of the Day” Stuck in My Head…

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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I went into this book without a single piece of information regarding what it was about: it was an impulse digital rental based on the fact that I was preeeeeetty sure I had heard the name of the novel before (or maybe because of the movie which I just realized also exists??). And that’s it. Yet, despite no expectations, it was still totally not what I expected, in terms of subject matter, writing style, etc. How is that possible? In any case, I found myself struggling to begin reading this one, but then things got easier as it all started […]

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4/20/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

Yeah, I Know About the Apocalypse: I Watched at Least 5 Seasons of Supernatural…

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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This one started out strong and intriguing, but rather than growing as time went on, it ultimately got a bit muddy throughout the second half. Overall, the tone of this collaboration between Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is quick-witted and quirky, and would you expect anything else? However, it ultimately didn’t quite live up to the potential I felt was established within the beginning of the novel. Good Omens is centered on the apocalypse, which is to be brought about by the antichrist. But things are amok, as the child that was supposed to be planted within one particular family […]

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4/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:7 |

Hero of Ages? Enrique Iglesias is SHOOK

The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

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Including: Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages A back-to-back read through of the three novels in Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy (as a part of a bigger series and world created by the author). This trilogy presents a world with many of the seeming aspects of what would be considered “high fantasy”, but without as much of the convolution and excessiveness what sometimes comes with those types of epics. That is not to say that there aren’t many characters (there are, but it’s a good amount), or that the world itself that is created feels too small […]

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3/31/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:6 |

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