Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Romance in NYC

Best Men by Sidney Karger

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Best Men (2023) by Sidney Karger is another audiobook I stumbled upon when I was looking for some commuting entertainment. Best Men is a romance novel that is told from the point of view of Max Moody–a thirty-something gay men who lives in New York City. Max’s childhood best friend Paige just told him that she’s engaged to her boyfriend, Austin, and she wants Max to be her best man. Max isn’t in the best place in his life. He works in human resources at a dead end […]

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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I have sh*t to say, so I am going to try a different format here and bold the points I am trying to make. I read Atlas Shrugged because I believe in reading all sorts of influential works, even though I know the direction in which the book has been influential and I know that it does not reflect my philosophy nor my views on society. All the same, I’ve found that reading things like this helps me form better arguments for my own points. […]

Twist and Shout

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

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Rowan works at a London daycare with the suitably horrible name Little Nippers. Though she likes the children, she dislikes her coworkers and the put-upon, complaining parents that she has to deal with. She lives in a cramped, run-down apartment, which she shares with a coworker who is now on Sabbatical. So when she finds a job ad for a live-in nanny on a country estate in the Scottish Highlands, she does whatever she can to get the job. It doesn’t go well; the book […]

Adventures, Both Realistic and Fantastical

The Book of Road and Kingdoms by Richard Fidler

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Richard Fidler’s Conversations on ABC Radio has been a reliable source of book recommendations in the past. His own writing makes for a some excellent reads as well. His main area of interest is the rise and fall of long ago civilizations –  I have previously reviewed Ghost Empire, whose focus was Constantinople and the Byzantium. This time his focus is Central Asia, and the travelers that crossed the region during Islam’s Golden Age. The Book of Road and Kingdoms is also the name of […]

Anthem

Anthem by Ayn Rand

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I’m not going to say much about this one, because I think tomorrow I’m going to finally write my Atlas Shrugged review, and for that one I have OPINIONS. They will largely cover my thoughts on Anthem as well so I’ll take the opportunity to be lazy because it will keep me from being redundant. Anthem plus low-quality 1970s acid equals the movie Zardoz with Sean Connery. Take from that what you will. I do not recommend this book.

“All I’ve ever tried to do is the right thing. If that’s so very different from how things have been done before, then what’s done before was wrong.”

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

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CBR16 Bingo: Smash – This book combines elements of fantasy (dragons) and science fiction (steampunk). The cultures depicted also smash and clash together throughout the book. All Anequs wants to do is live in peace with her tribe, content to be ignored by the Anglish conquerers who’ve taken over most of the continent. However, when she bonds with the first dragon to hatch on their island in generations, she must attend their academy and adapt to their ways if she hopes to keep her dragon. This […]



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