Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Songs for Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan

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Wow this was bad. I don't even know what to say. This did not need to be 301 pages. I started this book last year and it became my bathtub book because hey at least it didn't make me sleepy, I was too busy raging and soaking. The entire concept of this book is that a man does not listen to his … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , ·

I don’t know why I love epistolary novels so much

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

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I've always enjoyed a good epistolary novel, and The Correspondent (2025) by Virginia Evans is no different. I saw The Correspondent on a number of year-end, best-of lists and decided to give it a try. I figured an old lady writing a bunch of letters would be a slow, contemplative novel. I was … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Tick Follows Tock Follows Tick Follows Tock: Late Stage Rushdie

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie

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  Salman Rushdie has always played with time, but as his own clock starts to wind down it sees him more reflective than before. There are 5 stories in all, 3 novellas, and 2 short stories and 2 of these have already appeared in print in the New Yorker. Most of these stories were written … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , ·

It’s a Not So Wonderful Life

Vigil by George Saunders

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In a sprawling Dallas mansion, 87-year-old oil company executive K.J. Boone is dying. In addition to his wife and staff, there are some unseen attendants in the room for his final hours. One is Jill "Doll" Blaine. Since dying herself years ago, Jill has been elevated in the afterlife, and now is … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Where Lovecraft Meets Tradecraft

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

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Charlie Stross finished up The Laundry Files series earlier this year, so I decided I should do a bit of a re-read.  It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve read some of these, so I thought a little brush up couldn’t hurt.  But I have to mention something weird about my friends first; when I did a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Through a wizened glass

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

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Wizard and Glass is number four in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, and this is my second trip to the Tower. As a long Constant Reader, I always had mixed feelings about this book when I thought back on it. Most of the story takes place with Roland telling his ka-tet about his childhood and his … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ·


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