Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Wheel Keeps on Turning

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

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In the last year, I've made it a point staying on top of the hot book du jour that caught my fancy. Most of the time, the hype is so suffocating, I have to put it down and come back to it. There's nothing wrong with the book, but after hearing for months about how life altering it is, the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

When an Endearment is a Turn Off

Before Girl by Kate Canterbary

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This one definitely wasn’t for me. A few weeks ago, someone mentioned The Worst Guy on Twitter and said that the hero in that one had falsely been classified as an asshole when he was grumpy. Of course, I went to Goodreads quickly to see if any of my friends had read it, and saw Emmalita had given … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , ·

“We are dreamers and makers because that is how we forged ourselves.”

All the Things They Said We Couldn’t Have by T.C. Oakes-Monger

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All the Things They Said We Couldn’t Have  is a gorgeous collection of essays and stories centering the joy of being trans. Tash Oakes-monger is a trans, nonbinary British writer. They don’t sidestep the difficulties of being trans in a hostile world, but illuminate the joy and life that comes with … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

What’s a tortilla? And what to put in it?

Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria

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I’ve started trying to have a new cookbook at the beginning of the year and try to work my way through all or most of it; there’s a bit of a backlog on this and I’m finally getting into a Mexican vegan book I got (and reviewed) last year. Before starting into it, I saw Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

“Sometimes, one person’s death is another person’s parole papers.”

I'm Glad My Mother Died by Jeannette McCurdy

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The title quote is actually from the book I'm reading next - The Book of Goose, by Yiyun Li - but it felt really apt for a title for the review of this book so I went with it. I think, at this point, most of us know what this book is about - Jeanette McCurdy, former star of shows like iCarly and Sam … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: , ·

A Picture Worth an Entire Book

A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

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  “Over the years, certain stories in the history of a family take hold. They’re passed from generation to generation, gaining substance and meaning along the way. You have to learn to sift through them, separating fact from conjecture, the likely from the implausible. Here is what I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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