Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“When you get older, you may never have anyone sing to you personally again, but go all over the world and I bet you can’t find one baby that has never been sung to.”

The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry's other near-perfect YA novel, The Good Times Are Killing Me, marks my completing re-reading her non comics work, as I read and reviewed Cruddy last year. I do think Cruddy is a singular work of genius, but this novel is a close second and one that I find deeply moving and beautiful. … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Very Dumb Name for a Not-So Dumb Character

My Gently Raised Beast vol. 1 by Yeosulki, Teava, Early Flower

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So random mindless entertainment impulse buy at WalMart turns out to be slightly less mindless than I’d assumed. My Gently Raised Beast v.1 is about an orphan girl discovering she’s a princess when her emperor father has her brought to the palace, but given her peasant upbringing and non-noble … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Spain and Not Plain

The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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I've been slumping lately due to stress at work and have mostly been hewing to light fiction (see Daisy Darker). I didn't expect to connect with Arturo Pérez-Reverte's literary crime novel when cycling through what I wanted to read next but the writing hooked me from page one and away we … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Lots of Facts I Never Realized I Wanted to Know

Why is This a Question? Everything about the origins & oddities of language you never thought to ask by Paul Anthony Jones

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Best for: Those interested in learning more about language (mostly English, but other languages as well). In a nutshell: Author Jones looks to answer 20 different questions about language. Worth quoting: “No matter what we say or how we say it, communication is fundamentally a demand for a … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

Bored in the House, Bored in the House

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

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A review of another book summed this one up perfectly for me: this is a rebound book. You’re kind of interested but not really. You’re not ready for anything heavy so you pick it in an I-guess-it’s-you kinda way. You have some mildly entertaining dates but you feel like you’re just passing the time. … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , ·

Good, Old-Fashioned Excitement

Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford

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Before getting into the review proper, I’d like to mention that my buddy L gave me Radio Girls at book swap we had at my former office. It was pretty fun – everyone at our place of business brought in some books to swap or give away during a random lunch break. It’s special to have your friends’ … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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