Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
This was a beautiful tribute to a mother, written by a grieving daughter. You might be a fan of Japanese Breakfast - but even if you haven't enjoyed the indie-pop band, you could still get a great deal of pleasure from reading this memoir. I say pleasure with an asterisk - as suggested in the title, … [Read more]
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
Joining Cannonball Read has meant that I'm now part of the group of people reviewing books. Here's a very obvious statement - reviewing something is quite different from simply enjoying that thing, even if you naturally have thoughts about it, maybe even sometimes discuss it with other people. To … [Read more]
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Do you think much about life in Iowa? I actually think I DO think about life in Iowa more than might be assumed - I don't live that far from Iowa, and I used to do some pretty regular work traveling from St. Louis to Lincoln and Omaha and other small towns scattered around Nebraska. Sometimes, … [Read more]
Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
I loooooved the Broken Earth trilogy, but did not love The City We Became, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked up the first in Jemisin's Dreamblood ‘duology.’ I am happy to report that it’s great. I think I just prefer my fantasy novels to be wholly fantastic, with none of that pesky … [Read more]
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
I really enjoyed this one. I think it was because the mystery in this one at least made better sense than the last one. It wasn't great either, but there were clues there that you could follow in retrospect after you got to the end. "Thin Air" takes place 6 months after the events in the last … [Read more]
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
So, we are back here again. I almost passed on reading this since I am still super ticked about the events in the last book. But this came up after being on hold for about 2 months so I decided to read. And then the next book in the series came up for me about 2 hours later. Apparently the Book Gods … [Read more]
