Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Raise a Glass

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

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"All drinks are girly drinks." This sentence closes Mallory O'Meara's book and also serves a sort of double-pronged thesis. All drinks are girly drinks in the sense that women can drink what they want. Historically, all drinks are "girly" drinks in the sense that women around the globe were … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

The Moth Joke Writ Large

Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald

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As the subtitle proclaims, this is "Not a Memoir." What it is, exactly, is harder to pin down. Purporting to be a book written by comedian Norm Macdonald to pay off his gambling debts, it centers on a comedian named Norm Macdonald trying to pay off his gambling debts. At times, Based on a True Story … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: ·

“I’d possibly started down the road of caring about him differently. Albeit in a very slow, easily spooked car.”

I You Want Me Close by Skye Kilaen

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If it’s a new Skye Kilaen, you know I’m going to read it! While this is set in Austin (and there’s a brief mention of Knockdown), it’s not part of that series. What it is is lovely and emotional friends-to-lovers romance. Look, it says hurt/comfort on the tin and holy crap that’s exactly what you … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , ·

The Near Perfect Read Does Exist

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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I have not had the best of luck when authors whose work I enjoy recommend other stuff; I was definitely uncertain about Seanan McGuire’s recent recommendation since some of her tastes (inclination towards horror specifically) do not match my own. However, Legends and Lattes went on $1 sale for … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , ·

Come for the Recipes, but maybe not the Puns

Husbands That Cook by Ryan Alvarez, Adam Merrin

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Husbands That Cook caught my attention first with the title, and then with the notice that it was a vegetarian cookbook. The husbands of the title are Ryan and Matt (apparently they have a blog but that’s outside my pop culture knowledge) who pre-pandemic seem to have been big into trying out all … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:37 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Cool premise, questionable tone

Midnight Riot / Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

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The “Rivers of London” series has been on my TBR for a long time. It’s billed as X-Files meets Harry Potter in London, and you might as well call it RaRa Catnip and be done. A work assignment relating to Mysteries in May finally gave me the push to read it – well, to listen to the audio on … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ·


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