If you haven't read Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - go do it! It's a classic of children's literature, and one of those elevated children's texts that reads well as an adult - but also it's short and sweet, which busy adults can appreciate. Not to mention the story is about life and death, and … [Read more]
The Stepford Pioneer
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Yesteryear is the debut novel of Caro Claire Burke, and is centred on a delightfully fiendish "what if". What if a popular American tradwife influencer one day found herself living in actual pioneer times? Such a simple conceit, and yet so thoroughly engaging. So it pains me to say: this book … [Read more]
Class and Murder in England
The Good Liar by Denise Mina
I'm not sure how I first heard of The Good Liar (2025) by Denise Mina, but I probably saw it on some end-of-the-year-best-novels list. Mina seems to be a pretty prolific writer, but she was new to me. The Good Liar is a thriller/murder mystery that takes place in London. On the whole, I found this … [Read more]
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Not too much to say on this outside of the fact that the it went on just way too long. And I thought the one daughter, Emily, was insufferable throughout. I think if Patchett had shortened things a bit that the book would have been perfect. Tom Lake follows Lara Nelson as she and her family … [Read more]
I couldn’t put it down
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Many Cannonballers have already reviewed Homegoing, and I doubt I'm going to add any profound insights with my own review. Long story short, I thought this book was amazing. I wish I'd read it much sooner. Homegoing is a family saga, starting with two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, in 18th-century … [Read more]
's CBR18 Review No:8 ·
Genres: Featured, Fiction, History ·
Tags: family saga, ghana, Jim Crow, Reconstruction, slave trade, Yaa Gyasi ·
Locker Room Talk
The Game by Ken Dryden
Hockey occupies a precarious position in the hierarchy of my sports fandom. I watch a fair amount of my local team's games (Go Devils!) but I don't really know anything about the sport itself, outside a few big names from its history and a general comprehension of the rules. … [Read more]
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