Cannonball Read 14

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Siege is an officemonkey who doesn't read as much as she should. She enjoys burritos, horror books, true crime, and Billy Idol. She lives in Boston with her floof, Briscoe.

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CBR14#1 – Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley

Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley

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I have to say that Rachel Wiley is probably my favorite living poet. I’ve been a fan since first seeing Youtube clips of her performing her work live, and I own both of her previous books. I pre-ordered Revenge Body as soon as it was announced and read it the day after it arrived. Revenge Body feels less relatable to me overall since it seems like a much more personal journey for Wiley. She writes more about her relationship with her family–about recognizing and working […]

“Are you there, Satan? It’s me, Madison…”

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk

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Thirteen-year-old Madison Spencer–the chubby,  precocious, pampered daughter of two of Hollywood’s brightest stars–discovers one day that she has died (of a marijuana overdose, of all things!) and is now in Hell. Hell, as it turns out, is just as gross as one would expect but significantly more boring. Determined to make the best of it, Madison finds some equally damned friends and begins her quest for something that perhaps resembles meaning? As with all Chuck Palahniuk books, I’m not entirely sure whether I liked it. […]

CBR13 #2: A Book of Luminous Things – Edited by Czesław Miłosz

A Book of Luminous Things by Czesław Miłosz

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I don’t think I’ve read a poetry anthology since college — and even then, I mostly just read the poems we were studying and ignored both the commentary and all the other poems. A Norton Anthology of Poetry can be a very intimidating book, after all. I didn’t actually intend to read one this time, either. However, I happened to come across a poem by Eastern European poet Czesław Miłosz which I liked, and when I googled him I discovered he’d edited this anthology. I figured […]

CBR13 #1 – Psychedelicate: The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

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So it’s been a while, but it’s never too late to try and get back into the swing of things. Every year is a new opportunity to try and do the Cannonball Read. I started out with a book by British poet John Cooper Clarke. I’ve seen Clarke several times as the Dictionary Corner guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and I always really enjoy him. It took me a while to get one of his books, though, since it seems that his […]

CBR11 #5: The Darkness on the Edge of Town

You Might Forget The Sky Was Ever Blue by Michael Chin

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First of all, I have to admit that this review is probably going to be a little biased because the author happens to be a friend of mine. I’ve known Mike for twenty-three years (Jesus, really?) since I was fourteen. We went to nerd camp together — a total of nine weeks over the course of three years. We took writing classes together and wrote letters during the off-season (yes letters! On paper!) A character in his first published work was based on and named […]

CBR11 #4: Pretending to Care

The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1) by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden

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I wanted to like this, but…I just didn’t. I don’t know if it was too short, or whether it would have more appeal for a YA audience, but I was just kind of bored. Calexa Rose finds herself dumped in a graveyard, with no memory of her identity, and only the knowledge that someone tried to kill her. She can also see ghosts. She makes herself at home in the cemetery, trying to hide out from whomever tried to kill her, while attempting to find […]



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