Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“Life isn’t easy, no matter where you are. You’ll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them.”

The Assassin’s Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas by Sarah J. Maas

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And mine was reading this book. Years and years ago, I saw I saw a copy of A Throne of Glass in a bookstore. I didn't buy it then, but I remembered that I wanted to get it sometime, so I (foolishly) asked for the box set of the complete series a while ago. And then I discovered that this was the … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Crimes Against Our Own Humanity

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven R. Scott

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I've spent a career at the margins of politics, learning a lot about how people interact and how the most insignificant seeming interaction can have massive ripple effects and how political discourse flows in certain directions, mainly towards fear. It's a world of real-politik which can best … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:39 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

MI-5 with monsters!

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

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Just last week I confessed that espionage is not my jam. This week I'm saying that espionage can be my jam if it contains vampires, flesh-absorbing monsters, and a kick-ass female protagonist. Shout out to MsWas for the recommendation. This book saved me when I was in a mini-slump! A woman … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Sure, But Who’s Really the Animal?

Animal by Lisa Taddeo

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Animal, by Lisa Taddeo, is a story about Joan. Joan will tell you herself that she is depraved. She will also remind you that she is a survivor and that she’s been judged not only by what she’s done to others, but by the things that have happened to her. For years, Joan’s rage was dormant, but now, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Two brothers spiraling, pinwheeling in their grief

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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The first thing I noticed about Intermezzo is there are no quotation marks. So the reader is just plunged into an almost stream-of-consciousness-like trance that could work as either inner dialogue or actual dialogue. It was so bewildering to me in the beginning that I had to reread the first few … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: , ·

“Just because a lady shared a deep, smoldering kiss with a gentleman didn’t mean that gentleman need be privy to all that lady’s business.”

Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthews

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Monthly Keyword 26: Ruin Official plot summary (because I read this in February): On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful politician’s systematic attack on … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·


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