Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Greatest Debilitating Body

Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson

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Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: elephant. The title has an elephant in the logo mold of the symbol of the Republican Party, which is an elephant. Also, the filibuster is the elephant in the room on why our congressional body is in stasis.  Like other history/political books I read, I often judge … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:190 · Genres: History · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

A standard domestic thriller with a premise that doesn’t really deliver.

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

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Don't let the first part of this book fool you. It's not as fun as those first chapters make you think. I got SUPER into the idea of the rogue therapist, but as the book went on it was less and less about her and her questionable—sometimes illegal—methods, and more just a standard domestic thriller, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:169 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

I’m Dad

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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I really have nothing thoughtful to add to the Harrow the Ninth discourse. I tried to start it immediately after I finished Gideon, but it was difficult for my already over-stressed brain to focus on so I abandoned it. But I always intended to return. A couple of weeks ago a friend encouraged me to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:118 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Don’t mess with an angry gingerbread cookie!

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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I really adored A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher. This charming young adult fantasy novel was so much fun to read. A shout out to the YA librarian who mentioned how much she had loved this book. Mona is a 14 year old baker who has some limited magic capabilities. She can do … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Dinner

The Dinner by Herman Koch

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An unremarkable couple stand in an unremarkable pub drinking unremarkable beer. Their names are Paul and Claire. They’re bracing themselves, for they are about to go to dinner with Paul’s brother Serge and his wife Babette. Serge is a rising star in national politics, primed for the position of PM … [Read more]

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

You know, it is okay to say fat

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

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When I started reading Fat Chance, Charlie Vega I was okay. This is a thing. It is a little slow, but I can work with that. Then I started thinking I had read it before. I have concluded that I either have read the first few chapters or the two scenes that were really making me think I read before … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:538 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·


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