Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Arthurian Legend, Feminist Perspective

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian

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It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of re-imagined classics: Achilles, Circe, the Trojan women — I love a take on a well known tale from a marginalized perspective. Of course, all of those that I mentioned are Greek myths, with which I have quite a bit of familiarity. On a recent trip to the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“There’s a Lid for Every Pot”

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

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I have been a fan of Lynda Cohen Loigman's books for several years. I was looking forward to The Matchmaker's Gift and it did not disappoint. Loigman writes historical fiction centering around the Jewish immigrant community in New York City. Her books are well researched and she captures their … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History · Tags: , , , ·

Wake: to transition from sleep; a gathering before the funeral, the track left by a moving body

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

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2022 continues to be the reading year of grief and trauma, which is no surprise giving everything that has been going on in the world for, well, a really long time. I can see how the generational trauma of colonialism has informed this universe. As I read, it became clear that Aliette de Bodard … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:123 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

This Series Is Growing On Me

The Private Patient by P. D. James

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cbr14 series This is the second Adam Dalgleish mystery by James I’ve read now, and I do enjoy the set-up.  Essentially, it’s a closed box mystery, a la Agatha Christie, where you know that the perpetrator is one of a certain set of suspects, and the fun is figuring out who.  The Commander in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

WTF cliffhanger. #CBRBINGO – Heart

Fool's Assassin (Fitz and the Fool, #1) by Robin Hobb

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Been putting off writing this review because with each book in this series, my emotions get more and more entangled and it's basically agony to write about them because it makes me feel them all over again. Luckily, until about the last hundred pages, this book wasn't as agony-filled as the rest of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:183 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Bleak House

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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Sometimes I can write a 1000 word post on a short story or even a poem, but taking a 1000 page novel and figuring out what to do with it is too big a task. This novel begins with one of the absolute best opening chapters in all of English literature. The slow, meandering walk down the street outside … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:636 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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