Welcome to the Cannonball Read volunteer team! What’s your area of expertise going to be? I am hoping to help out with the 15th anniversary activities this year. I am really excited about all the possible fun things we can do to celebrate 15 years. That being said, I will help out wherever it is … [Read more]
Ada Palmer (1)
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
"You will criticize me, reader, for writing in a style six hundred year removed from the events I describe, but you came to me for explanation of those days of transformation which left your world the world it is, and since it was the philosophy of the Eighteenth Century, heavy with optimism and … [Read more]
“I didn’t smuggle the dog into the country; I merely caused him to be smuggled out of Baluchistan.”
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different (sub)genres #2 The Marquis of Alverstoke, wealthy, vain, and immensely bored, sees no reason why he must put himself to any trouble for anyone at all. But when he agrees to sponsor a beautiful young woman's debut in society, he can't help but become tangled up … [Read more]
's CBR15 Review No:11 ·
Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Romance ·
Tags: ARC, CBR15Passport, comedy, family, georgette heyer, historical, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
Devil House by John Darnielle
John Darnielle is best known for being the creative force behind The Mountain Goats, a band I've gotten into in the last few years after seeing them open for one of my favorite artists. I remember when each of his first two novels came out I considered picking them up because I thought it was cool … [Read more]
“… sometimes a woman has to be a bitch to survive, but bein’ a bitch is hard work….”
Dolores Claiborne: A Novel by Stephen King
This was another holiday book exchange gift from Black Raven — a book I requested thanks to the recommendations of other Cannonballers [EDIT: Narfna!! I think it was you again! It’s like I’m your literary stalker.]. I don’t generally read in the horror category (although I did review King’s Carrie a … [Read more]
's CBR15 Review No:4 ·
Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense ·
Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, dolores claiborne, ElCicco, Fiction, horror, psychological thriller, Stephen King ·
“No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one.”
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
I have been reading Fredrik Backman since A Man Called Ove. I mean reading everything he has ever written (including the novellas). So, when a friend suggested we go see him at a local library, I jumped at the chance. I have seen lots of author presentations (I call myself a bit of an author … [Read more]
's CBR15 Review No:1 ·
Genres: Book Club, Fiction ·
Tags: Beartown, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Fredrik Backman, the winners ·