Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Archives for December 2021

“Love and Fear. The most destructive forces on Earth.”

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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My brother gave me The Great Alone (2018) by Kristin Hannah at least two or three years ago. It looked interesting, but I have a hard time starting books I already own. I’m always distracted by new library books with due dates, as the books on my shelf sit forlorn and neglected. I finally grabbed The Great Alone when I was heading out on a solo road trip/backpacking trip, and it was the perfect choice. It had adventure, suspense, grittiness, and well-written characters. I can’t believe it took me […]

Maybe a little too close to home

Let's Never Talk About This Again by Sara Faith Alterman

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Amazon describes Let’s Never Talk About This Again (2020) by Sara Faith Alterman as a “darkly funny and poignant memoir about love, loss, Alzheimer’s, and reviving her father’s pornographic writing career.” I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting after reading that, but I picked up the audiobook for two reasons. First, it sounded genuinely odd and funny, and I was curious how a daughter revives her father’s pornographic writing. Second, my father has been suffering from Alzheimer’s and a traumatic brain injury for some years now. […]

Bodily Harm

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

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I meant to cobble this together along with some other books I’ve been reading the last few days into one review. But I couldn’t with this one. From the first few pages, I knew it would grab me. And it had the energy to carry to the end. I’m a gracious grader when it comes to reviews. I don’t mind that. A four star book for me is a good book. A three star one is a good book with nebulous flaws. I don’t give […]

Endangered birds and adventure

Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght

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I’m big on birds at the moment, and I was looking for a good audiobook for a road trip I was taking. Somehow I found Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020) by Jonathan C. Slaght. I’m sure I would have done a better job in remembering names and details if I’d read the book, because I can never pay as close attention with audiobooks. I liked this book. I learned a lot about wildlife biology, conservation efforts, and an owl I’d never heard of before. I […]

Got brass in pocket Got bottle I’m gonna use it Intention I feel inventive

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

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Wow, that was a tremendous letdown. I really ate up the first, say, third, of the City of Brass, and then slowly watched the wheels come off. The premise is terrific. Nahri is a conwoman and healer living in Cairo and scraping by because of her skill at picking up languages and her remarkable healing (both herself and others) prowess. Little bits of backstory emerge in a fairly organic way: she is an orphan who grew up on the streets, she is ‘odd’ in some way […]



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