These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.
Murder on Canvas by Aaron Ben-Shahar
Normally, I like reading. Curling up with a book and a strong cup of tea is how I like to end my days usually. Reading makes me happy. This book, however, made me regret not only learning how to read, but that there are light sources in the world that I can read by. My mother once hurled a book across a room she was so disgusted by it; I want to hurl this one into the sun, a black hole, or the abyss, whichever […]
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Best for: No one. Seriously. The concept – the very very basic, simple, concept, is something I think many people could find helpful. But the other 299 pages of this 300 page book don’t make up for it. In a nutshell: Professional self-help writer Mel Robbins claims to have discovered a concept that her daughter is responsible for specifically (and that various philosophical and religious groups have been pitching for centuries) and then spends a lot of time providing some okay and some awful examples […]
The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic
I read the ‘All For The Game’ series at the end of 2024, and instantly became captivated by the world within. Messy, full of gaping plot holes, and in some parts entirely nonsensical, and yet you cannot look away. Or stop thinking about it. Or stop loving the characters and their love for each other. The Sunshine Court – the first book in a second trilogy – is more polished and thought-out, but loses none of the charm and dramatics that make ‘All For The […]
Revenge Puck by L. A. Hart
2024 was a rough year for me and 2025 is not off to a good start. For the last month or so I have been re-reading (again) Shelley Laurensten’s shifter series. It’s a comfort read, and my brain and heart didn’t feel like it could take anything new. But, I needed to get my first Cannonball read review out and I was feeling the pressure. So, I made myself browse Netgalley* to try and find something to get me started and the only book that […]
Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan
I started a dishwashing job late last year, and it’s been one of my favorite jobs. I was curious to see what Pete Jordan liked about dishwashing so much that he decided to do it in all fifty states. The book is written as part travelogue, part memoir, with some history of labor movements along the way. Pete’s writing comes alive when he’s describing the working-class struggle and triumph. The best chapter of the book is in New Orleans and Pete learns that restaurants there […]
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Many thanks to esmemoria for setting the example of how to review a philosophy book in this review of Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus. It inspired me to review Russell. Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy starts simply. As a thought experiment, Russell asks the reader to picture a table. What do you see? What can you really know about what you see? Do you know there is table, or do you know your sense-data, which makes you think “table”? In this way, the book is […]
