Hello Cannonballers! I'm an occasional commenter and daily lurker on Pajiba and, being pregnant with Love Spawn #2, I figured this would be a fantastic time to attempt a cannonball as I clearly do not have my hands full with a toddler (har har). When I was pregnant with Love Spawn #1, I read … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
Let’s Start This Party with a Bang!
Flex took me a while to get into; I started reading it a chapter here, a chapter there, and then all of a sudden, wham. Had to finish the book. Couldn't put it aside. … [Read more]
The Manger’s Just the Middle of the Story
The Short Version: A book about Christmas, read just after Christmas, academically meaty by "gift book" standards—hurrah! I started reading this the last week in December because 1) it was a gift from my parents, 2) the Christmas tree and all the holiday decorations were still up, and 3) I wanted … [Read more]
In which I am outraged by a book’s audacity to be poorly written, edited, and titled
This book made me unreasonably angry, so here I am, entering the world of the Cannonball Read as an outraged reader. I really wanted to love this book, because it’s about something about which I know nothing. But I wasn’t able to learn much. The narrative is completely scattered, and there are an … [Read more]
Typing in the ’20s
I started the Other Typist at the end of December but couldn't get into it, I ended up reading Best of Enemies and Most Talkative during breaks from the Other Typist which may explain why I have no clue what I just read. I'm not great at reading multiple books at one time... Rose is a young … [Read more]
Text Me Later
Audio version for the win! Seriously, listening to Aziz Ansari read this book may have taken it from a three-star to a four-star rating for me. It’s entertaining for sure, but hearing the words delivered by Mr. Ansari made it all the better. Mr. Ansari and Mr. Klinenberg take a look at how dating … [Read more]