Cannonball Read 15

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • Rules of Respect
    • CBR15 Passport Book Challenge
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Sign Up
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media
> FAQ Home
> Tag: sarai walker

Fiction Reviews Dump

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chain

Another Place You've Never Been by Rebecca Kauffman

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See by Juliann Garey

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Dietland by Sarai Walker

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

December 30, 2021 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

Apologies in advance, and I hope I can be forgiven for the end-of-the-year review dump. I’ve had bits and pieces to say about the books I read but it never felt well-formed enough to tell others about them. So, here we go, a review dump of some of the fiction I read this year.  A Good Neighborhood |  Therese Anne Fowler We’ve all been reading long enough to know that a book titled A Good Neighborhood is not actually about a good neighborhood. It’s about […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: Detransition Baby, dietland, elif batuman, Good Neighborhood, Juliann Garey, multiple reviews, ocean vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, Rebecca Kauffman, sarai walker, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chain, the idiot, Therese Anne Fowler, Torrey Peters

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: Detransition Baby, dietland, elif batuman, Good Neighborhood, Juliann Garey, multiple reviews, ocean vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, Rebecca Kauffman, sarai walker, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chain, the idiot, Therese Anne Fowler, Torrey Peters ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

Problematic Revolution

Dietland by Sarai Walker

July 18, 2016 by ASKReviews 3 Comments

Okay, there are parts of this book that I absolutely loved. And I loved most of the message, of empowerment and living your life as it is now – not waiting until you’re thinner / have a partner / have the perfect job. But man, were there some parts that I found to be ill advised at least. Plum works for a major magazine aimed at teen girls, responding to “Dear Kitty” letters, offering advice. Plum is also around 300 pounds, and will be having […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: feminism, sarai walker

ASKReviews's CBR8 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: feminism, sarai walker ·
Rating:
· 3 Comments

The diet revolution is here. And it’s armed.

Dietland by Sarai Walker

July 12, 2016 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Thank you, yesknopemaybe, for your review on this one. I certainly wouldn’t have read it without your recommendation. The description “Fight Club meets Margaret Atwood” could not be more accurate. “We can’t hide it or fake it. We’ll never fit society’s idea for how women should look and behave, but why is that a tragedy? We’re free to live how we want. It’s liberating, if you choose to see it that way.” Dietland stars Plum Kettle, a woman who has struggled with her weight her whole […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, sarai walker

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:130 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, sarai walker ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

Don’t be deceived by the cover. This book will kick your ass.

Dietland by Sarai Walker

July 3, 2016 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

The title and cover of this book are incredibly misleading. I knew to expect something a little different based on a few reviews, but if I had been going off first impressions, I would have expected a lighthearted beachy read. Something fluffy and deliciously fun. Dietland was fun, but not in fluffy way. One of the blurbs for it described it as Fight Club meets Margaret Atwood which is pretty spot on. The main character, Plum, tries her hardest to go unnoticed. She spends her […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: dietland, feminism, Fiction, sarai walker

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dietland, feminism, Fiction, sarai walker ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments


Recent Comments

  • GentleRain on The series ended with the softest and boringest of whimpersHow frustrating! I do always wonder what's going on when someone's writing suddenly takes a huge nosedive -- AI writing is a good theory!
  • Emmalita on Bachelor In Spaaaace!100% And, I do the "...in spaaaace" joke as often as possible. [wpd-giphy id='yPLrPpSPHGMhy' subdomain='media3' width='480' height='320']
  • finnyfinfinn on Bachelor In Spaaaace!Every one of their series are total comfort reads for me.
  • WellThen on A missed opportunity in a creepy, engaging storyMy family and I just finished listening to the audiobook of this last night. I wasn't enthused about the surprise sexual violence -- I usually...
  • Emmalita on Bachelor In Spaaaace!I love this series! I binged it in like 4 days this year.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2023 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in