First, I have to say how EXCITED I was to realize that this was a choose-your-own adventure story! They didn't have these when I was a kid, but I remember reading them with my son in the 90s when he was small. I really liked the premise of choosing how the story would go, rather than just what the … [Read more]
Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #2: The Love Song of Brian J. Prisco
A good coming-of-age novel is interesting in that, even if the main character's experience is vastly different from the reader's, the reader still feels the nostalgia. … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Fantasy ·
Tags: brian prisco, coming-of-age, D&D, dungeons & dragons, fantasy, jelinas, twenty-sided die ·
The Dig is a brutal book - both physically and emotionally. It's also a constantly gripping and involving story that will stay with you long after you put the pages down. At its heart, the story centres around two very different people, and how they react to the land and animals around them. One … [Read more]
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius, a prominent statesmen in Italy (after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire), wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while imprisoned for treason after having been one of the most important advisors to the king of Italy. He declares himself innocent of the charges, and as this … [Read more]
I’m so glad that these vampires don’t sparkle.
Holly Black is an author who … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Holly Black, Scootsa1000, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown ·
“We’re all dead, son. Some of us are just a little further along than others.”
For my fourth cannonball read review, I decided to read some Young Adult fiction. YA is the ultimate mind escape for me, and a really good one can be an effective mini brain vacation. A lot of buzz was generated by Rick Yancey's novel The 5th Wave, and I decided to jump on the reading bandwagon. … [Read more]