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About zinka

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Maybe third times the charm: I made it three months of reviews with my first cannonball, and then 6 months with my second. This year I should at least make it 9 if not all 12. Either way, I'll read the books.

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Tom Robbins re-reads #2, #3, and #4: Cowgirls, frog legs, and making love stay

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

Half-Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

May 23, 2021 by zinka 1 Comment

Even after re-reading a handful more of Tom Robbins’ books, there is not much I can say differently about why I love his writing and his stories so much that I didn’t already say in my first re-read review of Skinny Legs and All. That being said, this round of Cannonball Review Catching up includes my all-time favorite of all the Tom Robbins books, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, his work which I often perceive as the most popular amongst others (especially men), Still Life […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Magic realism (Literature), making love stay, Romance, surrealism, Tom Robbins

zinka's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Magic realism (Literature), making love stay, Romance, surrealism, Tom Robbins ·
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Witchy as hell (but there’s something about it…)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

March 3, 2021 by zinka Leave a Comment

I’ve been escaping some of the heavier research reading I am doing for work/project through fantasy/fiction audiobooks. The last one wasn’t entirely a dud but also didn’t leave me with that ecstatic, “I’m so happy I’ve consumed this story and can’t wait to read more” feeling. This one, The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, was also somewhere in the grey zone for me; somewhere between being really good and thoughtful, but also not being something I was consuming with great vigor either. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: alix e harrow, suffragettes, witches

zinka's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: alix e harrow, suffragettes, witches ·
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I like the idea that Life potentially starts in every moment, but the execution was just okay

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

February 24, 2021 by zinka 2 Comments

I wish I had written this review closer to when I actually finished the audiobook, but I wasn’t too anxious to review this one since it’s not as stellar as other books I’ve read this year so far. Checking out The Midnight Library was a direct result of cannonball reviews, both good and bad, and a certain curiosity about how I would fare with the story. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that Matt Haig’s, The Midnight Library, is about a woman who […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Matt Haig

zinka's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Matt Haig ·
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“I mourned not the loss of what I once had, but what had been taken from me before I drew my first breath…”

The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames by Justine Cowan

February 12, 2021 by zinka Leave a Comment

*Full disclosure: I know and work with Justine Cowan at the Atlanta based nonprofit, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta   I do not read a lot of straight history for fun because I tend to prefer my history with a little flourish, or through the lens of a personal experience, fictional or lived, and so far I’ve found it difficult to find history books that do that well (but if you know them please send them my way because I do actually like learning history […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Justine Cowan

zinka's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Justine Cowan ·
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Pleasure Activism

Love what you do, how you do it, and the body you do it in

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)

February 3, 2021 by zinka Leave a Comment

Woof. I have been reading a lot of really amazing critical work this year and a lot of it has been just for fun. Also, a lot of it makes me feel like my brain is exploding but in a way that feels really really good to me, and I think Adrienne Maree Brown would approve.   Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, by Adrienne Maree Brown, is a collection of essays, interviews, and other writing by Brown as well as a series of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: activism, Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor), Black Feminism, critical theory, culture, essays, feminism, interviews, pleasure, sex, somatic theory

zinka's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor), Black Feminism, critical theory, culture, essays, feminism, interviews, pleasure, sex, somatic theory ·
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More of the same, but with a bit of personal nostalgia

The Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey

January 28, 2021 by zinka Leave a Comment

The Elvenbane is written by two giants of fantasy and science fiction, Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Specifically, two female giants of fantasy. I have learned that Norton was supposedly a mentor or Lackey as were other giant names like Marion Zimmer Bradley. Norton is apparently often called the “Grand Dame” of science fiction and fantasy. Lackey may be less well known, I’m not sure, but she was a name that was more familiar to me when I first read this book. I like to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey, dragon, elvenbane, elves, wizards

zinka's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey, dragon, elvenbane, elves, wizards ·
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