Cannonball Read 18

Unpretentious Mexican food book

Provecho by Edgar Castrejon

June 4, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have cooked my way through a lot of international cuisine cookbooks, including India, Japan, Italy, Thailand, the UK. I think I may have found one for Mexico. Provecho has been on several “best of” lists, so I figured that it might be worth checking out. It’s surprisingly straightforward in terms … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: cookbook, edgar casterjon, Edgar Castrejon, mexican food, provecho, vegan ·

“… without a story, it’s all just information.”

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

June 4, 2022 by booktrovert 4 Comments

I have to start by saying I never did get around to reading A Visit From the Goon Squad, I can't really say why - I think it came out at a time when I was not really able to prioritize reading, given little kids and jobs - there were some years when my children were quite little that I did read, but … [Read more]

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jennifer Egan ·

Something old and something new

Drrr!! SH x1 by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda

June 4, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve been away from the Drrr!! series for a little while; I honestly thought it was over. Apparently, the novels at least keep going and I just found the first one of the next sequence of the story. The original premise is still kind of there, but with some tweaks: there’s a series of interconnected … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:43 · Genres: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: anime, Drrr!! SH, ikebukuro, light novel, manga, ryohgo narita, Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, Suzuhito Yasuda ·

The Circumscription of Women and Men

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

June 4, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is a compelling look at the mores of the upper class in 1800’s New York City and … [Read more]

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Edith Wharton ·

Six Cases, Seven Deaths

The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan

June 4, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

Steve Ryan, a veteran of the Toronto homicide squad, tells the tales of six murder investigations among the many that have stuck with him from his time on the force. I enjoy true crime, and morbid as it is, I really enjoy true crime memoirs - there's something very visceral about it, when the … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARC, Canada, murder, NetGalley, Steve Ryan, true crime ·

Long days, short years

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

June 3, 2022 by booktrovert Leave a Comment

I read this book on recommendation from Modern Mrs. Darcy, whose book recs I usually enjoy quite a bit. I found this book to be both enjoyable, and it carried an important message. It was well written, and there were plenty of things about it that were thought provoking. You might sense a BUT here … [Read more]

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Laurie Frankel ·

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