Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

READ. THIS. BOOK. (Johnny Appleseed)

Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

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I’m using this as my “They/She/He” square in CBR13Bingo. The thesis of this review is: read this book! I’m going to do my best to describe it to you, but Joshua Whitehead’s words are so much more beautiful than anything I can come up with.  This novel is gorgeous!  Johnny is a young, Two-Spirit teenager living on the “rez” near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. And throughout the novel, Johnny tells of his experiences with becoming. With his supportive mother and his beloved kokum (grandmother), he explores […]

“You ladies read a strange assortment of books,” James Harris said. “We’re a strange assortment of broads,” Kitty replied.”

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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In one word: Disappointing Cannonball Read Bingo: Libations Alright y’all. I am here with a story of heartbreak. I absolutely ADORED Grady Hendrix’s 2016 “My Best Friend’s Exorcism.” I judged it by its cover immediately as it was styled to look like an old VHS tape, so I was sold from jump. Set in the 80s, it was a seamless blend of horror, humor, and coming of age, a book that I fell into completely and had on my best of the year list. I […]

The Dream Chooses the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

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CBR Bingo square: Mythic (in the universe of this book the city of Weep is a mythical place inhabited by gods, that no one is sure really exists) I adored the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy and have read it multiple times, but for some reason I was always hesitant to read Strange the Dreamer, I think because I didn’t really think Laini Taylor could write another series that would be as gripping and original as that trilogy. Obviously, I was incorrect. Lazlo Strange has grown up […]

Messy Lives Stay Messy on Holiday

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

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BINGO: Travel Best for: Fans of Liane Moriarty-style books. In a nutshell: In 1947 in Cornwall, England, a very small hotel has welcomed a variety of guests for the week. At the start, we learn that a cliff-side collapse has completely destroyed the hotel, burying and killing at least some of the guests. We then return to the start of the week to learn about the guests themselves, ultimately discovering who has survived. Worth quoting: “You don’t want to face facts.” “Not in story books, […]

Another story I didn’t know existed, a perfect author for the Gateway square

A Good Heretic (Wayfarers #0.5) by Becky Chambers

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There are a handful of authors that I am simply delighted Cannonball Read has put on my reading radar. Becky Chambers is absolutely one of those. Her The Wayfarers series helped to cement for me my enjoyment of space based science fiction, while simultaneously reaffirming that one doesn’t need to rely on the hero’s journey in order to write excellent genre fiction. My favorite genre books are all character driven, and that is just the kind of exploration and survival stories at which Chambers excels. […]

Romance’s Big Mama

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The ultimate romantic novel, now read by Indira Varma. I don’t think I really need to write a summary for this, we all know the story, be it from reading the book or watching one of the gazillion adaptations. (Or, you know, trying to read the novel all ambitiously as a teen, but failing spectacularly because English no good yet, watching the 1995 BBC production at 20 and being obsessed with Colin Firth for 2 years, then reading the novel again to somewhat greater success). […]



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