Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“This is a love story to its blade-dented bone.”

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

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I have made a beautiful mistake. I stayed up waaaaay past my bedtime to finish this and my middle-aged body is so mad rn, but this book was so very good. [4 months later] I’m REVIEW AMNESTYing a bunch of books right now, but I really want to write a review for this one, because a) I loved it so much, and b) I want more people to read it so I should say some stuff to convince them, and c) I think it will […]

Beware the . . .What? Were-Cat?

Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints by Teffi

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cbr15bingo strange worlds If, one fine morning in Old Mother Russia, you are out for a ramble through the countryside, and you happen upon a beautiful but sad young woman sitting in a steam looking piteously in your direction, do not attempt to render her aid. The tears are a device to lure you to her, the reason she is sitting in the stream is because her bottom half is a fish, and it will not go well for you at all. Water spirits are […]

Craybi Craynobi and Crayski Craynobi on a crazy cartoon trip

YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales by Art Baltazar

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YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales by Art Baltazar is an odd little graphic novel. There are stories within stories (mostly as flashbacks), but there are things that are missing or at least feels like they are missing, making it hard to understand the why of things. And while this looks like the first of a series, there are (as said at the end) characters with history and part of what is missing is that history. We get some of it such as the narrator is talking […]

DNF Part 1: Crossing these off my list

The Greek Myths by Robert Graves

Troy by Stephen Fry

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

Paris Dallencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

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Here is the first batch of “did not finish” for CBR 15. Troy by Stephen Fry The audio book was 11 hours. Listened to about half of it. Skipped quite a bit. Still didn’t finish it. I read Mythos and thought that the audiobook version of Troy would be easier to digest. It was not. Greek Myths by Robert Graves This is basically an encyclopedia of Greek myths. Maybe you can use this as some sort of reference material. But I could not get through […]

A Poignant Blend of Myth and Survival

Dear Medusa by Olivia A Cole

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This is the kind of story that burrows into your heart and scrapes you raw in the best way. Alicia’s story is relatable in the worst ways, but I love the community and friendships she’s able to develop and the strength she finds over the course of her journey. Last year, the school’s beloved science teacher raped Alicia, but she hasn’t been able to tell anyone, especially because he is so beloved by the entirety of the school. But holding her pain and rage and […]

My first DNF of the year

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

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I love mythology. I am the stereotypical gay boy who grew up devouring every piece of mythology I could get my hands on as a kid. So when I heard about a retelling of the Trojan War from the point of view of the women involved, I was amped! But, dear reader, I made it 40% and then decided that I could not do any more. My first DNF of the year. The structure of the book is that the muse of poetry is helping […]



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