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a fine final read of 2019

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

December 31, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

I first came across Little Women as a child, and I came across it out of order; we had an old cloth-bound copy of Jo’s Boys on the bookshelf in my childhood home. It was next to Treasure Island, which I had devoured, and being a child I assumed that since books were next to each other they must be related. Ooops! I quickly learned the error of my ways (thanks Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library!) and settled down with an old illustrated tome. I was Jo. Who wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: 150th anniversay, American classic, Anne Boyd Rioux, cbr11, coming-of-age, female author, genre-bending, half-cannonball, louisa may alcott, New England Renaissance, patti smith, penguin classics

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: 150th anniversay, American classic, Anne Boyd Rioux, cbr11, coming-of-age, female author, genre-bending, half-cannonball, louisa may alcott, New England Renaissance, patti smith, penguin classics ·
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Books about murders that aren’t about murders at all

In the Woods by Tana French

The Likeness by Tana French

Faithful Place by Tana French

Broken Harbor by Tana French

The Secret Place by Tana French

December 9, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 2 Comments

I feel a little bad this review, because these are excellent novels that deserve more than the fly-by treatment I’m about to give them. But I read these months ago, and I’m barely managing to accomplish a half Cannonball this year because writing reviews just isn’t happening for me lately. I have had the Dublin Murder Squad books on my TBR for some time, prompted by the positive reviews of many Cannonballers. Amusingly (to myself), putting the series out of mind for several years led […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: dublin murder squad, female author, Tana French

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: dublin murder squad, female author, Tana French ·
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(bad “Electric Feel” joke)

The Power by Naomi Alderman

October 4, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

The Power is horrifying in a lot of ways, one of which is how parts of it are also rather cathartic, which it shouldn’t be on the whole. If that opening sentence sounded a little confused and contradictory, that’s because it reflects my feelings about the thing. On the one hand, it’s about women getting to win, but on the other hand, the violence and abuses of power by men and women make it hard to feel good about anything, because it comes off as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction ·
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This was very smouldery but I am being picky

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons #6) by Julia Quinn

September 18, 2019 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

So, this one was kind of weird! 3.5 stars, I’ll say, from the exact average of the first (great) half and the second (weird) half. Spoilers. But first, Goodreads summary: “In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: female author, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Regency Romance

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: female author, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Regency Romance ·
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A Court of Fun and Nonsense

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

August 28, 2019 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

I waited way, way too long to review these properly (my MO for this entire Cannonball), so my scattered impressions are these: º Sarah J Maas has a real talent for world-building and concepts. Her depictions of the fae in this book and in her other series are rooted in just enough common fae lore that she doesn’t have to get bogged down filling in lots of backward detail, but she of course contributes enough of her own unique features that they aren’t interchangeable across […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: A Court of Thorns and Roses, fae, female author, female protagonist;, sarah j maas

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: A Court of Thorns and Roses, fae, female author, female protagonist;, sarah j maas ·
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Even worse now than it was when it was first published

Iced (Fever #6) by Karen Marie Moning

August 26, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 3 Comments

Re-Read – August 2019: I first read and reviewed this 6 years ago and didn’t really enjoy it. But this summer, I wanted to revisit all of the Fever books, having been a big fan of the initial run of 5 in the series. And although my general feeling going into Iced was that this and the follow-up Burned were the weakest among them, I was actually a little cautiously optimistic that I might enjoy them more this time. A big part of that comes […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: female author, female protagonist;, fever series, inappropriate, Karen Marie Moning, paranormal romance, pedobear, Urban Fantasy

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: female author, female protagonist;, fever series, inappropriate, Karen Marie Moning, paranormal romance, pedobear, Urban Fantasy ·
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