Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m Haunted By the Lives That Wove the Web

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

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I want to say that I enjoyed this novel more than I did, as it is I waver between two and three stars in rating this. I liked the concept well enough, but that wasn’t quite enough to cover the writing flaws. Ghost Bride is the June pick for the Vaginal Fantasy book club, and honestly I think it’s kind of a weird pick. Although the story contains a romance, it isn’t a love story. I mean, I definitely tend to prefer stories that contain romance as opposed to being out and out love stories, but it’s kind of an […]

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6/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:51 |

Stars Without a Cause

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema by Anne Helen Petersen

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I can’t remember if this was a choice for the July book club, but I know I bought it at the same time. It was either an option that I wanted to read, or a “people who bought this book also liked…” option. Those things reel me in every time. It’s an interesting read, though I suspect people who know more about classic (1900-1950’s) Hollywood are going to find it a fairly dull re-tread. For the most part Petersen simply retells some of the scandals of Hollywood and she attempts to tie those scandals to the studio system: its development, […]

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6/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

This is Jezebel in Hell

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente

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The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente is a super meta, feminist, hilariously sarcastic novella about women in comic books. I’ve said before that Valente can be hit or miss with me, I love her and even the misses are still fantastic but sometimes her books don’t resonate with me. This one though? This one I devoured and I am considering going back for a second helping. It’s… great. If I’m really honest, it’s probably more of a four and a half star read (partly because I have higher expectations for a Valente book) but I’m rounding up to five. […]

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6/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

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What Alice Forgot is a very claustrophobic novel, in that it feels like a tight enclosed space with very little air to breathe. I was never quite sure if I wanted Alice to regain her memory, and thus return to the rather horrible woman we learn she has become from her family and friends but also never really knowing her children and why she became who she became. It is an interesting look at memories and how they shape us, while also being a novel about families and what defines a family. Alice Love falls down during her Friday spin […]

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6/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

“Say ‘Nevermore,'” said Shadow.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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This was my second time through American Gods, I have been wanting to re-read it before watching the Starz adaptation and a friend handed me his book and asked me if I wanted it. I said yes, because that means I did not have to search for my copy of it. I enjoyed the book a lot, and I liked knowing how some story lines ended because it upped the creep factor. So, because I know that there are people who have not heard of American Gods (no really, I talked to one over the weekend, I was raving about […]

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5/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

Midwestern Magical

Cowgirls in Space & What Makes a River by Deborah Coates

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Deborah Coates skyrocketed to the list of authors I will always read when I read her debut novel, Wide Open, in 2013. A western Urban Fantasy managed to perfectly capture the feeling of the American Northwest. My dad’s side are ranchers in Montana, and I spent a lot of time there on my grandparent’s ranch when I was growing up. Reading Wide Open was just a little bit like being back on the ranch, despite being set in South Dakota. Since that time, I have devoured just about everything by Deborah Coates that I can get my hands on. She […]

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5/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

Am I the only species in creation that doesn’t thrive on conflict?

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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I’m still not quite sure if I enjoyed this book or not. It’s fine, but for the large majority of the book I just thought it was OK. I feel almost guilty for saying that, because the book is just so nice, but that’s kind of all that it is. Ironically, I’ve been saying that I want light and fluffy fiction, nothing too deep or heavy, and yet when presented with one of the lightest and fluffiest books I’ve come across in a long while I’m left picking through the cotton candy and complaining about the lack of substance. In […]

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5/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:45 |

Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Company Town by Madeline Ashby

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This is a noir, cyber-punk, mystery and has a lot of great ideas jammed into it, but I don’t think the execution is quite there. Ashby does play a bit with the noir tropes, reversing roles and changing the tone to be a bit more humorous and I liked that quite a bit, however there’s just so much in the novel that nothing really gets done well. There are a lot of characters, a lot of plot, and a lot of genres all fighting for attention. I do need to be honest and say that I skimmed (ok, skipped almost […]

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5/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:44 |

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