Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Archetypecasting

In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians by Michael Cart, ed.

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There’s a mystique to the worlds of libraries and librarians that pops like a soap bubble after you’ve worked in one for a while. Libraries and librarians are magic, it’s true; what most people don’t understand is that it’s blood magic. “Unsorted books make librarians sad” by quinn.anya is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 . In the Stacks bills itself as a collection of stories about libraries and librarians, but it’s really more about the fantasy of libraries and librarians. To be fair, it was published […]

Disasters indeed!

The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev A.C. Rosen

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I received an advance copy from the publisher via Netgalley for review purposes; this in no way influences my review. I’ve loved Lev AC Rosen’s books for a while now, and seeing he had a new contemporary mystery I knew I needed to get my hands on it. And this does not disappoint! It’s such a delightful, chaotic mess of a book, and I love the main characters so much. Brandon is a gay Jewish man living in New York and working for a hotel […]

“To call them the weaker sex is to utter a hideous mockery. They are the stronger sex, the nosier, the more persevering, the most self-assertive sex.”

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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The lovely second Lady Audley is most fortunate, having been elevated in the world from governess to peeress by her marriage to the rich and doting Sir Audley. But, as Sir Audley’s nephew Robert will soon learn, she has a dangerous secret which she will go to any lengths to conceal. Lady Audley’s Secret belongs to the genre of  Victorian ‘sensation novels’ be, which ar a precursor to the more openly violent pulp novels which were popular in the 20th century. Previously I’ve read a […]

Fathers, sons and found families

Golden Fool: The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 2 by Robin Hobb

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This second book in The Tawny Man Trilogy was every bit as excellent as the first. Most of the action takes place at Buckkeep castle, where Fitz and the Fool grew up and first got drawn into court intrigue. Given the years that have passed and the changes in their appearances, the two men are not recognized by any who would have known them before, and the fact that Fitz is masquerading as Tom, the servant to the Fool’s Lord Golden, gives him further anonymity. […]

“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson

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Raoul Duke and his attorney go on a mad, drug-fueled tear through late 1960s Las Vegas, where they haphazardly cover a desert motorcycle race and attend a police convention. The whole time I was reading this book I could not help but keep thinking about how very annoyed I would be if I were on this trip with Duke & the Doc. Not that anyone I know’s ever gone on so wild a tear, but I could certainly see the echoes of herding around friends […]

Lucky Loser

Lucky Loser by Susanne Craig & Russ Buettner

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If you are a frequent reader of the news, very little of Lucky Loser will be new to you, however the organization of the content makes this book worth it. It is the story of how Donald Trump (twice impeached, 34 count felon, convicted r*pist, attempted dictator, current dictator in process, Nazi) never let being the world’s most pathetic failure and fucking loser stop him from being rich. Sorry, don’t know what came over me there. This book is organized into a timeline, broadly, starting with […]



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