Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


He Had it Coming

The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

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George Wickham is the most notorious predator in Jane Austen's oeuvre. Have you read Courtney Milan's analysis of Pride and Prejudice, "Pride and Predators"? You should. For a non-violent person, I am sure am ok with the murder of a fictional character. When I saw the title, The Murder of Mr. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , ·

Learn about language AND cults at the same time? Yes, thanks.

Cultish: The Language of Fanatacism by Amanda Montell

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I read this book after placing it on my TBR list following a great review on this very website. It did not disappoint (to say the least). Cultish explains how language is used in cults (and 'cultish' organisations) to lure people in and keep them there. From love-bombs to thought-terminating … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

A murder mystery that wasn’t what I expected…

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

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... but then again I don't read a lot of fiction so I didn't really know what to expect. I picked this book up from the display near the library entrance. Not gonna lie, I can't remember what drove me to pick it up, but it was a good distraction for a few days. It goes like this: girl meets guy … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ·

If It Quacks Like a Duck

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

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I heard “Save the Cat” mentioned at various workshops and lectures, and I finally broke down and got a copy. The title refers to it being okay to have a bad guy be the protagonist if he saves a cat in the first act. It was originally written for playwriting and breaks down the three acts into … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , ·

“When these people say you belong to me, I own you, it is like the passing of the rain, or the setting of the sun at the end of the day.”

Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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In the late 19th century, in pre-colonial coastal East Africa, 12-year-old Yusuf is taken by a merchant to pay off his father's debts. After working as a store clerk for some years, his master takes him on a trading expedition into the rural interior of the region that lasts several months. Yusuf … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Oldies But Goodies

Futures to Infinity by Sam Moskowitz, Editor

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On my bookshelf, I have a very battered paperback copy of Futures to Infinity. Written in 1970, I’ve had to tape the cover on, and the pages have gotten pretty brown over the fifty years since it was published. But like comfort food, we have comfort books, and this is one of mine. This book is a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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