Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

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In One Word: Joyful Cannonball Read Bingo Square : Home A good friend of mine was reading this book for a friend book club and I nosed my way in with a jolt, “Um, ‘scuse me? Book Club did you say? What book??” That gathering of people has yet to materialize but I am filled with utter glee that this book came into my life. What. A. Delight. If you are looking for something uplifting, fun, and funny, look no further than this charming tale […]

Ghost Lights – Lydia Millet (2011)

Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet

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I guess when I read the follow up to this book and thought, oh it’s called a trilogy but it’s NOT REALLY a trilogy, I might have been wrong? I was reading this one and the plot partially involves a 50 year old man who works for the the IRS believing that his wife, with whom he kind of does and doesn’t have an open relationship with, is cheating on him, or if they do kind of have an open relationship, then sleeping with someone […]

“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?”

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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Cbr13bingo Cityscape, bingo #4 Row 1 The Pulitzer-Prize winning novel All the Light We Cannot See, set during WWII, is the story of two teenagers who share an unusual connection. Marie-Laure Leblanc is blind and trying to survive the war in St. Malo, France. Werner Pfennig is an orphan with a genius for math and engineering in Zollverein, Germany. While they are on opposite sides of the war, they share a love of science, knowledge, and the world. Yet when we meet them, during the […]

Can’t find “the one”? Build him.

The Plus One by Sarah Archer

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Kelly needs a date to her sister’s wedding. But Kelly is terrible with men. Conversely, she’s really great with robots. So in a fit of insanity, she turns her current work project “The Conifbot” into the “perfect man”. It’s so simple, she can write a program that gives her exactly what she’s looking for in a man and make him look exactly the way she wants. A few key strokes and she has what would take her months if not years of dating in the real […]

Everyone Knows your Mother is a Witch – Rivka Galchen (2021) and 1919 by Eve Ewing (2019)

Everyone Knows your Mother is a Waitch by Rivka Galchen

1919 by Eve Ewing

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Everyone Knows your Mother is a Witch It’s fair to look at this cover, font, and image and make some assumptions about what you’re about to read. I had the joy and probably making those assumptions, but not actually looking up what this book was about. I had read Rivka Galchen’s pillow book book and really enjoyed it so I was always already going to read this one. While the presentation of the book might not match its exact subject, the tone surely does. It’s […]

I’m always down for a twist on the Hades/Persephone story…

Hot As Hades by Alisha Rai

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“Where the hell am I?” What an actress. Since he was half-enjoying the novelty of this playacting, he replied. “Yes.” “What?” “You’re in Hell. The Underworld, love. To be more specific, you’re currently in the throne room of the palace of the almighty and great ruler of said Underworld.” She swallowed, and didn’t that just conjure up all sorts of dirty thoughts? “Which would make you…?” He bowed his head in greeting. “Hades. I know you’re wildly pleased to make my acquaintance.” __________________________________________________ Persephone was […]



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