Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light!

Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Daniel Mark Epstein (Editor)

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Starting in 1907 as a teenager, Edna St Vincent Millay began documenting her life in a series of diaries, ending in 1949. These diaries chart her early hopes and dreams, her rise to fame as one of the most prominent American contemporary poets, her farm life with her husband Eugen, and her struggles … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:41 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Getting better but not by much

Kaguya-sama Love is War vols. 2-3 by Aka Akasaka

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Last time I continued a few volumes of a series I wasn’t sure about, it didn’t go that well; this time, with Kaguya-sama, Love is War (vols. 2-3), things actually improved. I still don’t like Kaguya herself, but everyone else gets a little more interesting and relatable. The basic gist is that … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

Abandoned in Death

Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb

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So. I went back and forth on the rating on this one because there were some bright spots, and then something would happen which would work my nerves. Bright spots were we finally have a  Louise/Charles interaction after like 20 books. We have Mira actually doing her job and we don't have Eve in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ·

Pale Fire and Invitation to a Beheading

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

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Pale Fire Pale Fire remains one of the funniest and most impressive books I've ever read, and for me is Nabokov's absolute masterpiece, especially in English. The book begins with a brief introduction from one of our two narrators, Charles Kinbote. Charles Kinbote is a professor and in this book … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:105 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Comfy Tropes Galore, But Not Particularly Trope-y

First Comes Baby... by Christine Rimmer

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Josie has given up on finding a partner after being unlucky in love and chooses to have a baby on her own. But when she gives birth with the help of her neighbor Miles, a connection is formed between the two, and they decide to get married to form a comfortable family unit. But of course, the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Bees like to gossip

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone is the ninth book in the main Outlander storyline - the action picks up pretty much immediately where the previous book left off, with the MacKenzies return to the Ridge. I've been stuck on what to say about this book - it's not as if anyone is going to pick it up … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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