Cannonball Read 10

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One of these days, I’m definitely going to have to learn how to spell Marisha Pessl without looking.

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl

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Its become very clear that Marisha Pessl is now a MUST author for me. I loved her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. And while I didn’t have the same immediate feelings for Night Film, that book crept up on me and ended up scaring me more than I thought possible. With Neverworld Wake, Pessl presents her first YA offering, and it offers a combination of the private school privileged world seen in Calamity Physics and a nightmarish view of human nature, similar to that in Night Film. Be a lives with her parents in a picturesque seaside town […]

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10/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it’s a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean it up.”

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

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I like that Ibi Zoboi didn’t call this a “retelling” of Pride and Prejudice. She’s going with the term “remix.” That seems to fit a little better, because while the main plot is pretty similar, there are lots of little things that don’t quite fit into a strict retelling. What Zoboi did instead was take a story that most of us already know, flip parts of it around, and make it her own. And it really worked for me. Zuri Benitez was born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She’s proud of her Haitian/Dominican heritage. She’s fiercely protective of her family […]

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10/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

But what of Barry the swim instructor? Does he get a happy ending?

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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A few years ago (I don’t know…maybe 2007?), back when I was addicted to watching Craig Ferguson’s Late Night show, he had an interesting episode in which he sat and talked to his friend Stephen Fry. No monologue, no questions on cards, no skits, no dancing horse. Just a conversation between old friends. It was fascinating. They talked about all sorts of stuff, but what I remember most was their discussion about writing fiction. Fry had several books, their good friend Hugh Laurie had just written a mystery, and Ferguson’s Between the Bridge and the River had just been released. […]

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10/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

“When the mind’s filter disappeared, the big picture disappeared with it. There was no forest, only trees. At its worst, there were no trees, either. Just bark.”

The Outsider by Stephen King

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The reviews on Uncle Stevie’s latest tome have been mostly similar: a great, suspenseful first half, telling a story about a police investigation into the brutal murder of a child by a seemingly innocent man…and a less successful second half, filled with supernatural elements and a character from earlier novels. Most reviews have pointed out that the story presented in the first half were quite enough for a full novel: local good citizen arrested for horrific crime, town turns against him and his family, regardless of what his alibi may be. I’m talking about spoilers now, so be careful if […]

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10/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |

In the immortal words of Doug Judy, “So why don’t you just chill and eat some sexy-ass lobster?”**

Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Craig Robinson, Adam Mansbach, Keith Knight

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Craig Robinson, truly a “man for all seasons,” continues to prove that he’s a national treasure with his debut children’s book, Jake the Fake. Did you love Craig on The Office?   Or in his recurring role as Doug Judy, the Pontiac Bandit, on Brooklyn 99? How about his annoying, and yet charming, commercials for Dodge? Did you ever hear him sing Radiohead’s Creep (with an all-Office backup band. Creed!)? And he was even great on Ghosted, which was really quite terrible. Long story short, Craig is great. He used to be a school music teacher, and he uses that […]

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9/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

If they make a movie of this one, I hope it also has Tim Daly in it.

My Ex-Life by Stephen McCauley

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Way back in the olden days (the 1990s, gasp!) there was a little book called The Object of My Affection about a kind of fat and lonely girl who falls in love with her gay best friend while she’s pregnant and they decide to raise the baby together, and then life gets in the way, etc. Everybody read it, I think it was mandatory book club fodder at the time, even though I’m not sure anyone really loved it, or really even liked it. They even made a movie about it, with Jennifer Aniston as the fat and lonely girl […]

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9/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:34 |

Yes, she can be a little “extra.” But the food is delicious.

Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman, Aubrie Pick

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I think at this point, most of humanity is familiar with Chrissy Teigen. I follow her on Twitter and Instagram. I enjoy her comment round-ups on Comments by Celebrities. I love her obsession with Walter(Owen’s Grandp), who may or may not be real. Her kids are adorable and her mothering is relatable. Her husband seems cool and pretty normal for a massive celebrity. And like a lot of others, SOMETIMES I CANNOT GET THE RIDICULOUS HEADBAND OF THE DAY SONG OUT OF MY HEAD. Sure, she can be annoying with her no-holds-barred tweeting. But I find her amusing. I also […]

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9/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:33 |

I didn’t love this, but its one million percent worth the purchase simply to hear HJB make up potential titles for the porn he accidentally appeared in.

Failure is an Option by H Jon Benjamin

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You probably know H Jon Benjamin from his voice. He voices some of my favorite animated characters and some of my favorite cinematic cans of vegetables. He’s Archer: He’s Ben, the disinterested and lazy son of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He’s also Mitch, the philosophical can of mixed vegetables from the Wet Hot American Summer stuff. (And yes, I know he’s also Bob Belcher, but I have yet to watch Bob’s Burgers. Please don’t hurt me.) His voice is a god damned delight, and his dead panned delivery never fails to kill me. So, now he has a memoir about […]

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9/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:32 |


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