Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


You should all drop whatever you are doing and join me in my current obsession (double bingo)

Lore Olympus, vol 2 by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus, vol 3 by Rachel Smythe

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4.5 stars CBR14 Bingo: Adapted (Rachel Smythe's modern take on the Greek myths - and obviously especially Hades and Persephone is so cleverly done) So, searching my blog and Goodreads to see what I wrote about Lore Olympus, my current web-comic obsession, I discovered that after finishing … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Let Down…But Not Disappointed?

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

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Have you ever read a book that was super hyped and thought it was...good but not as good as advertised? And you weren't disappointed you read it but it still didn't match the exaltations from others? Cloud Atlas is such a book for me. I appreciated what it was trying to do; I definitely got … [Read more]

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

“I know the world will survive us–and in some ways it will be more alive.”

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

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I first heard about The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (2021) by John Green in my book club. We chose to read it. However, there were problems borrowing it from the library, and some of my friends did not like it. Thus, we ended up moving on without devoting a book club … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:35 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

“A life lived in a simulation is still a life.”

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

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I've read Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, so it felt almost inevitable that I would read her latest book. Sea of Tranquility came out this year (2022), and includes a couple of characters that we first met in The Glass Hotel (although it is definitely not necessary to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: ·

“You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently.”

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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In one word: Possibility Cannonball Read Bingo: Question This book was been on my to-read list for quite a while, but I couldn't get it done! I checked it out from the library two separate times and returned it unopened. I actually opened a copy that was at our vacation house last year, but when … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Tasty bite of fantasy with fallen angels and shifters with a setting drawing from Vietnamese culture. Bingo #7!

Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murder by Aliette de Bodard

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CBR14 Bingo: "Elephant" - There's a metaphorical elephant in the room, no one seems willing to discuss how the system of repressing people's freedoms is causing the rot at the heart of the dragon empire. First of all, thank you, Emmalita, for bringing this to my attention.  You were right, I did … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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