Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Seldom has so much stupidity been written by such a smart man.

Rising Sun by Michael Crichton

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I’ll start this review by briefly describing the story. I’m only doing this to get it out of the way, because I’m not going to talk much about it in the rest of the review. Celebrating the opening of its new headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, the Nakamoto Corporation throws a lavish party filled with businessmen, celebrities, and politicians. During the party, a young woman, Cheryl Austin, is murdered. Police Lt Peter Smith, Japanese liaison with the LAPD, and Cpt. John Connor are given the task of investigating what appears to be a complex conspiracy connecting Washington, DC, and a […]

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8/20/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:58 |

Sporting Chance by Elizabeth Moon

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This one was a little confusing, but that’s entirely my own fault. I did not notice when I got it (used bookstore) that this was the sequel to a book that sounded even more interesting. The blurb sounded great, but I missed the “continuing adventures of” piece, so I spent a lot of the book being a little lost. However, I could still follow and enjoy the main plot. Captain Heris runs her ship in service of her employer, the cranky and delightful Lady Cecilia. There’s a political plot involving a possibly cloned/possibly damaged prince, and Lady Cecilia is poisoned […]

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8/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:17 |

Han Solo Han Soloing About

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure (Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: the Force Awakens) by Greg Rucka, Phil Noto

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The title is long and unwieldy, but the story is short and tight. Shortly after Star Wars: A New Hope ends, the Rebel Alliance is abandoning Yavin IV, scattering, and will end up meeting at a new destination. One of the recon teams has been ambushed by the Empire’s Intelligence Service and all are dead but one. That one operative knows too much to fall into Imperial hands. Princess Dr. Leia* asks Han Solo and Chewbacca to retrieve the operative and get him back to the Aliance safely. Han refuses. Chewie agrees. Guess who wins? This short adventure story is […]

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8/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:83 |

Some moments are beyond imagination.

The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower VII) by Stephen King

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Okay, I’m back. I haven’t lost my mind, or my grip on reality. Everything’s fine. It took me a long time to read this final installment of “The Dark Tower” series. Sure, it’s super long, but it’s shorter than a few of the other installments. I just truly didn’t want it to end, so I stretched it out, found distractions and procrastinations, and delayed the inevitable. This final chapter is less full of revelation, and doesn’t so closely ressemble a conspiracy theorist’s corkboard with pushpins and yarn (see also: Charlie’s Pepe Silvia wall in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”). Though […]

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8/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:32 |

“Civilization is the way one’s own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.”

Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

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How to begin? I have wanted to read books by Octavia Butler for years and somehow never picked one up until now. Wild Seed wasn’t’ an easy read, although the language is beautiful, the characters are compelling and change over time (in many ways!), and the plot is complex and interesting. The story takes place over several hundred years and the characters mostly live day-to-day having children, falling sick, getting married, eating food – with powerful ancient beings living day-to-day next to more “ordinary” psychic humans. Anyanwu has lived for hundreds of years near her village in Africa when she […]

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8/4/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:5 |

Sacrifices understanding for looking real smart. Mistakes complexity for depth.

Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

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What it comes down to with this book is that the barriers to entry were too high. (I shouldn’t have to add the “for me” to that statement, but I will because other people are losing their mind over this book and it was nominated for a bunch of awards, so clearly SOMEONE gets it.) With science fiction and fantasy as a genre, certain barriers to entry are expected, even looked forward to. I always relish that feeling of confusion and displacement I get when entering a new fictional world for the first time, before I learn its intricacies and […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:53 |

I’m behind on this Animorphs re-read, and all my reviews, and my entire life.

The Unknown & The Escape (Animorphs, #14-15) by K.A. Applegate

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The Unknown, #14 Ugh, this one was a dud. Just, a silly, silly premise. And worse, a silly premise that isn’t backed up by anything substantial at all. Just empty jokes and no stakes. I mean, literally it starts with a joke (horses that are acting weird, and that are secretly Controllers, and why???) and ends with a joke (all of this over an SPOILERS Andalite toilet!) It’s all harmless enough, but compared with the best books in this series, it’s just not satisfying at all. And it has Cassie as a narrator because she likes horses??? I don’t know, […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

It makes sense in the book, I swear (ft. Greg Davies)

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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A classic in fantasy. You’ve probably already read this, right? If not, lucky you! You get to read it now. Like right now. Stop reading this and go find the book! Still here? Eh, I tried. If you’d like to know the book takes place in a universe where the world is a flat disc and balancing on the back of four elephants who in turn rest on the back of A’Tuin, the giant turtle. This is where Rincewood lives. In a chaotic, warm and smelling city where he one day happens upon the tourist called Twoflower with magic selfwalking […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:20 |

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