Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Everybody is sleeping on this one, and they shouldn’t be!!

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

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This book was incredibly imaginative but also sometimes confusing, but overall a very good time. I was going to Review Amnesty this book but it hasn't broken out like I hoped it would do, and I would like to see more people reading it, so I am going to say some stuff. This is an extremely … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:220 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , ·

“They were supposed to grow up with their hands in each other’s pockets, compensating for one another’s weaknesses, encouraging one another’s strengths.”

Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1) by Seanan McGuire

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This was my first Seanan McGuire book, which is a little unbelievable, both because she writes in genres I love, and because she writes so very prolifically. And I started with a really good one. I'm not against spoilers and frequently spoil myself for things, but I went into this book almost … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:219 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

“I was born with a different kind of morality. The morality of an animal—of a crow or a fox or an owl—and not of a normal human being”

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

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This was extremely entertaining. I can see why people keep publishing and reading Peter Swanson books, if they are only chasing the high they got from this book. The other book I've read from him was also really great, but if this and Eight Perfect Murders are his best books, and some of the others … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:218 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Romantically imaginative

This is a Poem That Heals Fish by Jean-Pierre Simeon

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A perk of my job is to see the books ordered by customers as I process them. I had seen the title This is a Poem That Heals Fish on the list to be ordered and was thinking it was going to be odd.  And when it came in, I gave it a small peek. Yes, it is odd. But Jean-Pierre Simeon’s work is more than … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:624 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

“Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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Look at me, reviewing a book I just finished yesterday*. I am determined to review all my October books in a timely fashion** so as not to make my backlog problem worse than it already is. (Sigh.) This was sort of a bummer one to start my October spooky reads on because it was all serious and stuff, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:217 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Dan is a good kid, and this is a good book

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

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A First Time for Everything is a delightful read about one summer and the trip of a lifetime. Some people dream of a trip like Dan's, others have nightmares, but regardless this is a great coming of age book that we all can relate to (a modern reader will love seeing the late 1980s) and enjoy. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:623 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , ·


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