Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Still gobbling up books, but not so great at writing reviews. Mostly doing design projects for Cannonball and leaving bare bones reviews on Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17113957-jen (Learn more about this Cannonballer: yesknopemaybe's Quick Questions interview.)

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“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible”

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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Reading Jane Austen feels like coming home. Every year I tell myself I’m going to reread more, but this year I decided to be more honest about that goal and acknowledge that what I really mean is I’m going to reread Austen. She’s just the literal best. Like actually. The best. Full stop. Every time I go back, I’m just like holy shit Jane, you’re a fucking genius. Northanger Abbey falls in the middle for me in terms of favorites. Probably 4th favorite? I haven’t […]

Even better than the first

Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

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I don’t usually go 4 years between reading a book and its sequel. Sometimes I’ll try and keep up as the books come out and more often, I’ll just wait until they all come out so I don’t forget what happened previously while waiting for the new book. However, this was available through my library right away while I was looking for something to read so I decided to give it a go, hoping the story would come back to me. I’m so glad I […]

Who knew fly-tyers were kind of the worst?

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

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This was kind of an odd read. I’m glad I picked it up and would recommend it in a heartbeat, but it’s not what I was expecting. It was billed to me as a non-violent art heist true crime type book (I can never resist an art heist!). And sure, that’s mostly technically true. However, the reality is a lot darker than that description implies. The whole book is basically a journey from the famous 18th century British naturalists cataloguing species of all kinds throughout […]

Don’t read this book!

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

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Normally I wouldn’t review a book I’d only read 22% of, but when that 22% is the size of a normal book, I feel pretty comfortable counting it. Also, nothing better than getting to pick out fuck off gifs for a book you hated, so there’s that I guess. I was so jazzed to tackle this behemoth as one of my first books in 2019. I’ve heard so many people talk about how this is the place to start with World War 2 history and […]

Jane sees dead people

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

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I completely ADORED My Lady Jane a few years ago. It was so refreshing and funny and unique, with such a great audio narrator. I had high hopes for this next book in the series and HALLELUJAH it delivered. It’s not quite as shockingly quirky as My Lady Jane (nobody’s fiance regularly turns into a horse for one), but what it lacked in quirk, it made up in literary references and jokes. Most of the Bronte family gets roped into the narrative here and it’s […]

Disturbing parallels to modern-day society

The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye

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I liked this one well enough, but I can’t say it wasn’t a little bit of a disappointment after liking Faye’s other books so much. The pacing was very uneven here and I wonder if cutting some of the material (the book is about 400 pages) would have helped. There’s a great book in here somewhere, surrounded by too much extra. One thing I really loved? The setting. I don’t think I’ve ever read pre-civil war historical fiction that isn’t pioneer-ish before. This takes place […]



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