Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Humans Are Monsters

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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  Public figures like Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein and our (not my) president make the news for being men who use their positions of power and privilege to abuse women; to demean them, to call them sluts and whores, to make them feel weak. The sad state of things though is this isn’t a privilege reserved for men of wealth and power.  All men can wield this power, if they choose to (in some circumstances).   I think most women can think of a time where a man who wasn’t rich and famous made us feel powerless in some way it […]

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10/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:21 |

Would You Know if You Lived in Captivity?

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

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Trigger warning: Rape/captivity Helena Pelletier is just about as happy and at peace in her life as she can be.  She has a loving husband, two daughters whom she loves, a jam making business and strong connection to nature and the world around her.  In the first chapter or two, I was seriously envious, then the other shoe drops and we learn that Helena has been keeping secrets about her past.  Now, due to her father escaping from prison (after fashioning a shiv out of toilet paper and toothpaste, say whaaaaaa???) not far from her house that her past is […]

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8/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

You Keep Telling Yourself That, Pal…

I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

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John Wayne Cleaver has some (most) indicators that he’ll probably be a serial killer one day: The superficial/not actual indicators:  His middle name is Wayne, his dad is named Sam (which makes him the Son of Sam), his last name’s Cleaver, he’s obsessed with serial killers. The real:  The “triad”–bedwetting, animal cruelty, and a compunction towards arson.  Oh yeah, and he’s a sociopath. But as much as John studies serial killers, he keeps telling us and his therapist that he’s studying them so that he knows what not to do.  He creates rules for himself (much like Dexter), and much like […]

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6/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:20 |

Truth Time: Victor Frankenstein is a Dick

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Hollywood can’t get Frankenstein right.  We all grew up thinking that the Frankenstein monster was this green, groaning thing was stupid and aimlessly looking for people to murder.  The reason why Hollywood can’t get it right is because while people do die in the book, it’s not a traditional horror novel.  Instead, it’s a quiet study of what makes us human and what happens when our basic needs aren’t met.  It’s a gentle argument that we are shaped into the people we are rather than born bad or good.  It’s a really good book…for the most part. So one of Romantic […]

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4/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:19 |

I Wasn’t As Attached As I Wanted to be…but as I wrote the review, I found that I was

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

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  I’ve realized that I’m an odd sort of Rainbow Rowell fan.  I liked Eleanor and Park ok-enough. I think I liked the idea of it more than the execution of it.  I embraced the nostalgia of the time and of first love but it’s not really a book that I’ll revisit…nor do I ever recommend it to my friends (that’s telling to me).  I know that this is blasphemy in these parts and I apologize.  But I liked Eleanor and Park enough to read Landline…and you know what? I LOVED Landline (which I think is also blasphemy around here, but […]

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4/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:18 |

Greatest Hits of Teaching…

Beowulf by Unknown (Translated: Seamus Heaney)

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Because I teach the same books each year (sometimes twice a year because I teach different courses with some books that intermingle between the two), I write the same reviews for those books each year for CBR.  I don’t feel like writing reviews for the same books that I read over and over again, I present to you a literary clip show.  Kick back, relax and experience rehashed posts from the past! I promise I have other reviews to finish but here’s what I’ve been teaching these past few months in my three different courses.  I’m currently teaching Othello for […]

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4/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:16 |

They Could Break the Ice by Talking About What He Liked in Bed???

Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand

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Deacon Thorpe, the first celebrity  television bad boy chef is dead.  Surviving him is his first wife Laurel (a social worker) and their son Hayes…and his second wife (Oscar winning movie star) Belinda and their adopted daughter Angie…oh and his third wife Scarlett (failed photographer and successful anorexic) and their young daughter (a little girl whose name I can’t remember).  His last request is that all three women and all of his children gather together in their summer home American Dream on Nantucket to spread his ashes.  There, they will find out that each woman has inherited 1/3 of the […]

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3/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:12 |

Everyone Loves Gossip…Until It’s About Them #truth

The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand

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Set on the idyllic Nantucket island, The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand follows two best friends Madeline and Grace and their families.  From afar, their friendship, their children, their husbands and their talents (Madeline is an author and Grace is a gardener/cook/homemaker extraordinaire) are completely enviable by all around them.  However,  Madeline is having difficulty starting her new book, the advance is already spent and yet she’s completely blocked.  Luckily, she has a wonderful supportive husband who agrees with her that getting a “room of one’s own” may be just the thing for her to focus.  When she rents a small […]

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3/3/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:12 |


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