Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
CBR14 Bingo: Cold (the majority of this novel is set in spaaace, which is famously very cold) It would also work for Star and Series. Official book description: Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance … [Read more]
The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher
Cannonball introduced me to T. Kingfisher, and I introduced my mom, and now she is obsessed. She’s read everything her interlibrary loan can get her, and now she’s ordering them off the internet. I stole this one from her while I was visiting this month before she’s even had a chance to read it! … [Read more]
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant
The House that Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankee Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub
Thanks to watching The Captain, I've been on a baseball kick lately. This past week, I read two really good books that deserved to be fleshed out here. Rickey I've always been fascinated with Rickey Henderson, the player. A combination of speed and power made him the best leadoff hitter and … [Read more]
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Cannonball Read Bingo: Snake I was in the middle of dragging my way through "The Three Body Problem" (good book, but woof, is it dense) and saw this one on a perusal of my library's "Hot Reads" shelf, the newest from Liane Moriarty. I greatly enjoyed the audio version of "Big Little Lies" and … [Read more]
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Cannonball Read Bingo Square: Cold I"m late to the game on this 2012 book about Ove, who I would dub the King of all Curmudgeons. Picking this book for the "cold" bingo square was a no-brainer because his character first presents as the chilliest of all cold characters, with rarely a kind word to … [Read more]
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
The Swimmers by Julia Otsuka
Nuclear Family by Joseph Han
Today I'll catch up with some reviews that have been waiting for a bit AND make a complete Bingo across the top row! First up: For the spot Monster, I offer: To Paradise by Yanagihara. I chose "monster" for this book because of its intimidating length (over 700 pages! I don't read tomes that like … [Read more]
