Go Me! My goal this year was for one and a half Cannonballs so I have been deemed successful in my endeavors for 2015! I read Assassination Vacation a few weeks ago and it took me forever to get into it; once I got rolling I enjoyed it- for the most part. I never go into the Wordy Shipmates. I actually started reading this one around Thanksgiving (how appropriate) and had to put it down because I was going cross-eyed trying to stay focused. As […]
Life on the Internet
I think most people have tangentially heard of Felicia Day. I know her from Supernatural and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog; my husband watched The Guild (and is currently playing World of Warcraft as I write this. On a Saturday night. We’re both under 30 and have no kids but I assure you have lot of socializing planned for tomorrow.) Although, when he asked how my book was and I said “Good, it’s Felicia Day’s memoir” he responded with “Who?” Her name clicked when I mentioned […]
500 pages of fan fiction
Ok, this is a controversial opinion to have in these parts of the Internet… but I did not like Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On but I would like to explain myself. 1. The Simon and Baz interludes were the worst parts of the, otherwise amazing, Fangirl. I skipped over half of them. 2. Despite skipping over half the Simon and Baz parts I’m 99% sure the gay thing was an invention of Cath’s fan-fic. So (spoiler?) the romance in Carry On felt like bad fan fiction. […]
More Moyes
So tomorrow is Thanksgiving but instead of getting a head-start on making pumpkin pie or peeling potatoes I opted to finish Jojo Moyes’ debut novel. In my defense, badkittyuno asked to borrow my copy before I returned it to the library and my mother’s house is the best place for a dead drop. Sheltering Rain, like Silver Bay, was a bit slow moving but once the plot was established the pace picked up and became another enjoyable read from Moyes. Hence the current lack of […]
Celebrating Someone Else’s Cannonball
Perhaps my title is misleading; Andy Miller really only read 51 books, he suggests you cross out the subtitle, and his List of Betterment only includes the 50 Great books. Also, his Cannonball took place in 365 not a calendar year for those CBR members who may or may not be purists. Andy Miller loves books, he has spent much of his life reading and an equal amount of time lying about what he has and has not read. He decides to embark on a […]
Another politically charged road trip
I know Sarah Vowell from her numerous appearances on the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; after various reviews of Vowell’s work, many in the last month, I figured I’d give her a shot. “History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.” It took me a while to get interested in this one. I think my primary problem was leading with Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. In history class you hear about Lincoln and Kennedy’s assassinations ad naseum; while […]
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