I'll admit, I've been teaching high school English for four years and it wasn't until this January that I had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. … [Read more]
The Valley of Mild Appreciation
My review of The Valley of Amazement is now up on my blog. I seem to be off to a slow start; in my defence I've been playing a lot of Skyrim - er, I mean, reading a footnoted non-fiction book which has slowed my reading down a lot but which I will review when I am finished. (Mainly Skyrim though. If … [Read more]
Brought to you in living color
You’ve probably already seen a review of Hyperbole and a Half. Cannonball Read 6 already has four, and Cannonball Read 5 had a few as well. But, from what I can tell, I’m the first to review it who only has a passing knowledge of Allie Brosh’s blog of the same name. I mean, I was aware of it. I … [Read more]
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford’s Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet was my book club’s selection for January and I was pretty excited to read it. With a World War II setting, Asian cultures, and forbidden love, I assumed it would be right up my alley. Well, you know what they say about assumptions… The novel … [Read more]
Robert Galbraith’s Breakout Novel?
We all know that once you see something, it's not only burned into your retina, but also your mind. And by trying to not imagine a pink elephant, what the first thing is that comes to mind. Is it also possible then, that once I know a book is written by J. K. Rowling, I will always compare it to … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Fiction, Mystery ·
Tags: genericwhitegirl, J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling ·