Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

New Year, New (to me) Murderbot!

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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Oh Murderbot, you charming unit, you! I enjoyed the first entry in this series, and I enjoyed it because y’all told me I would! Murderbot is a much-loved (and rightfully so) character here at CBR, and after reading the first entry back in November, I tried to pace myself. Well, I waited until a whole new YEAR *cough cough few months* before diving back in! I didn’t want to do what I did with Becky Chambers earlier last year – read through everything then spend […]

Yes, Let’s

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

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Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson is a self-described mostly-true memoir whose title is begging to be left on the shelf, and reader, I suggest you do exactly that. There are a few laugh-out-loud moments, and I use the word moment pretty loosely. It’s more like she accidentally strung a few genuinely funny words together after trying so desperately to prove to us all that she is just so weird, so funny, and so unique. There is an attempt at self-deprecation that any […]

Genghis Khan: A guy from a long time ago who was very important. I know some things about him now!

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

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Ultimately I really enjoyed this audiobook. Audiobooks as a format really help me to absorb nonfiction books, particularly ones that I would normally have trouble taking the time to concentrate on. And this was a pretty fascinating book. I knew next to nothing about Genghis Khan, the Mongols, this period in history, or the cultures of the people who lived in this area. After reading the book I know a little! Firstly, Genghis Khan wasn’t even his name! His name was Temüjin. Genghis and Khan […]

Didn’t super like this one, but also didn’t give it a fair shake.

The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) by R.F. Kuang

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I’m going to need to re-read this. About 25% in, I gave up on it emotionally and only mostly paid attention to the audio after that. Please take this as really only a review of the first 25% of the audiobook, specifically. Honestly, the reason I need to re-read is because I turned on the audiobook narrator very quickly into this listening experience. I just couldn’t take listening to her anymore. She was overacting the hell out of everything and ruining perfectly good lines, especially […]

The reviews I forgot to post, part 1!

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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Somehow I ended up reading three dystopian novels in a row. Maybe not the best choice during an actual pandemic.  Wilder Girls is set in an all-girls boarding school on an isolated island off the coast of Maine.  About a year and a half before the novel starts, something… happened.  A sort of disease that was probably already present on the island suddenly made an evolutionary jump from two species (an iris and a crab) to everything else, including people.  The disease, which they call […]

Two books I had not intended on reviewing together

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

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The Belles By Dhonielle Clayton   In this world, most people are born unattractive – they have grey skin, red eyes, and straw-like hair. There are a few who are not so, and who look like what we think of as regular people.  These people are called Belles, and they have the power, somehow, of making other people “beautiful.”  They can change someone’s skin color, eye color, hair color and texture and length, and even change bone structure and muscle.  But these changes are like […]



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