Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.”

The Stranger by Albert Camus

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Or as I'd call it, "Bartleby the Scrivener, only with murder". Years ago, I read Albert Camus' The Plague (frighteningly enough, during Covid, which is a perfect time to read a book about the mass deaths and utter hopelessness an epidemic can cause) and had always been curious about reading this. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

29 Minutes to Yummy

The 29-Minute Vegan by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

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Isa Chandra Moskowitz is probably my favorite cookbook author; the recipes are good, not boring, not too fussy, and you don’t have to wade through pages of narrative to get to each recipe. The 29-Minute Vegan is so titled because “thirty was already taken, and everyone could use an extra minute in … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:25 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: , , , ·

This was how Trey was going to die, a speck of a man flung from a cardboard box flap like a booger.

Shrunkation by Janine Amesta

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Oh no! Shrunkation awakened my inner nerd. Let me do a quick tldr before I dive into my appreciation for Janine Amesta’s craft. Shrunkation is fun and funny. One of my favorite things in romance is when an author takes a bananas plot and uses it to dive into very real relationship dynamics. This is … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , ·

For the discerning reader who prefers books that are neither too literary nor too commercial

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

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Recounting one very full and unusual day in the life of a 40-year old governess, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a charming tale that drops the reader straight into the 1930s, where martinis are flowing and beautiful young ladies have scads of evening gowns and even more beaus. When a mix-up at … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

Maybe I’m not capable of forgiving and forgetting

Here's Looking At You by Mhairi McFarlane

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After finishing Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane, I wanted more and started looking through McFarlane's novels to see if I'd missed any. I was happy to find Looking At You (2014), an older McFarlane novel that I hadn't read before. Looking At You was fine, but it did feel a little dated and is not on … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·

Quilt of love

A Language of Stitches: The Radical Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins by Constance Moore

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When I need a quick read I look through my online reader saves and find all sorts of goodies. One of those was A Language of Stitches: The Radical Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins by Constance Moore. Read (obviously) via an online reader, this book is due end of July-early August 2026. Rosie Lee … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:150 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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