Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“I call it relief, though it was only the relief that a snap brings to a strain or the burst of a thunderstorm to a day of suffocation. It was at least change, and it came with a rush.”

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

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Even though after reading Henry James in school several times and then declaring him my nemesis, for he is the master triumphant of the never-ending sentence, and saying I would never read from him again, I could not then resist the pull of an audiobook narrated by Emma Thompson, and indeed I am … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:199 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

“I’m tired of being the villain in the story. I never meant to be, and I don’t want to do it any more.”

Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

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My favorite of the Magpie books. I was surprised by this! The premise turned me off a little, which is why it took me so long to pick up. I'm not really a fan of "redeeming the bad guy" stories, but of course Charles pulls it off. And, as it turns out, Jonah wasn't really a bad guy for what he did … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:198 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Excuse me while I go watch FURY ROAD for the fiftieth time.

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

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If you like Mad Max: Fury Road, you should read this book. If you are interested in the process of creating art, and filmmaking, you should read this book! If you like a little tea (but not so much that it drowns you) with your behind the scenes info, read this book! It's really good! Also, it is … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:197 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Three books that kind of played off each other accidentally

Dispatches by Michael Herr

Koko by Peter Straub

No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker

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The post title here refers to the fact that I decided to read all three of these books before any kind of consideration about how they might be tied together. In fact, only with Dispatches did I even have any idea what the books were even about. The other two just connected in unintended … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:662 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , ·

More books

Guards! Guards by Terry Pratchett

Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons

1599 by James Shapiro

Penses by Blaise Pascal

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Guards! Guards! - 4/5 One of the best titles for a book, and it reminds me a lot of the following old Onion article: So I also feel like many many many people already know this book pretty well. I am not the biggest Discworld fan (I generally like irreverence, but not whimsy and I am not … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:659 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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