In addition to being my 52nd book for CBR10, this is the perfect selection for bingo – for god’s sake, my Brain Candy choice has an exploding lollipop on the front cover. I’m so happy this one’s my cannonball book, I just adore Liane Moriarty’s writing. I’ll read pretty much anything she’s written, and I’m reaching the end of that list, so soliciting recommendations from my fellow cannonballers in this wheelhouse. Her books are saucy without being trashy, serious without being grave, and always a […]
Well it felt like a chore
This is for my backlog CBR square because I bought it at the same time as my white whale about three years ago, and despite being a tenth of the size it took me about as long to finish. This was such a letdown; this book was booooooring. I really wanted a fun book with an “Ask a Manager” vibe, as I enjoy true life tales of mundane absurdity from the hoi polloi. A few contributors have since gone on to bigger things, there are […]
Wizard! You shall not pass!
This one is my listicle space for CBR bingo; I’m counting my last review of the short story collection The Time Traveler’s Almanac a list of authors to read into further because I love sci-fi but MAN am I picky about sci-fi and fantasy, and DAMN did I love that collection. Ursula K LeGuin has been on my to-read list for a while, (not to mention a ton of women in sci-if lists) and I really enjoyed her contribution to the almanac even if it […]
From multiple attempts, I stab at thee!
This is my CBR White Whale for two reasons. One: I don’t remember when I bought this book, but I’m certain I wasn’t pregnant and the kid is one and a half, so it’s been a minute; two: this beast is nearly 1000 pages. I’m a sucker for cheap books and this was dozens of short stories about time travel – my favorite sci-fi variation – for 2.50 at a local bookstore. I had to buy it, especially because the authors included in this short […]
Well, I got my center square
Well, that was a book. I really wanted to like this. I like Craig Ferguson, even if for some damn reason my addled brain kept getting confused and thinking “this doesn’t read like it was written by Stephen Fry” when they’re really not terribly alike. I guess European men who vaguely remind me of my erudite and shameless father all just get lumped into one, so pay attention if I review anything by John Cleese to make sure it’s him, I guess. I bought this […]
My Six Hours Back
This is my Alabama Pink Bingo Square, chosen for being the cheapest book not about politics on the list. If I could get away with a musical review it would be the first three bars of “nobody but me” by the human beanz (a band name almost as stupid and ugly as this book) looped for ten straight minutes, just a cavalcade of NO. This book is so reductive I think it gives me negative credit for my underrepresented square. Handler is the worst kind […]
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