Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

CBRBingo – Science! Not new science, but new-ish to me

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

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This review was last edited on August 26th. I don’t know why it was such a long road to get here, but for those of my CBR pals who also have taken five-ever to review a book, you are not alone! So, here I go, nearly a month later, imma REVIEW THE HECK OUTTA THIS BOOK. Ahem. As I was saying. This book is probably not a typical one you’ll see in the bingo category for “science” but the science of nutrition and food is […]

Such Promise, So Disappointing

Modern Sourdough: Sweet and Savoury Recipes from Margot Bakery by Michelle Eshkeri, Patricia Niven

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I spent many years yearning to bake bread and feeling intimidated by yeast. I went to work at a bakery, I thought to make cake, but no, I made bread. Trial by fire. I am no longer intimidated by yeast and have now been baking bread professionally and at home for 15 years. Sourdough, though, remains intimidating. I have never successfully kept a starter going long enough to actually bake a loaf of bread. When I saw Michelle Eshkeri’s Modern Sourdough on NetGalley, I knew […]

A Hit and A Miss

Food Swings by Jessica Seinfeld

My Greek Table by Diane Kochilas

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CBR11 Bingo: Collection A friend got me Jessica Seinfeld’s Food Swings for Christmas. It made me seriously question our friendship at the time. My friend is very much into celebrity-adjacent, Real Housewives-type stuff; I very much am not. I decided to try out a couple of recipes this past month before giving it away, and I have to take back every uncharitable thought I had about this gift. Jessica Seinfeld must have been anticipating people like me, because she even writes a section in the […]

No mothers, no food

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

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Bingo 22 (Not My Wheelhouse) I don’t do well with contemporary fiction or modern literary fiction as a rule, but when Kitchens of the Great Midwest showed up in the 50% off bin at an indie bookstore I’m fond of, I decided to take a chance. The book then sat on my shelf for eight months. I picked it up to address the Not My Wheelhouse Bingo square. I was hoping this might be a rare exception to my bad luck with best-sellers off the […]

This is Halloween (or at least a Pumpkin Patch)

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

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I know of Rainbow Rowell, but do not think I have read them (maybe a short story). I know that if you want a good book you cannot really go wrong with Rowell. But I was not familiar with Faith Erin Hicks (though I will be looking into them). And as a First Second book? Well they really cannot do wrong in my eyes. Therefore, perhaps I expected too much out of this. Yet, I will say, even with the few “holes” for me, I […]

CBRBingo – Birthday. A Little Lagniappe

Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou by Ken Wells

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CBR Bingo – Birthday! I don’t think I’m alone in this, but at the launch of CBR Bingo I already had a few books in the queue so I am doing what I can to find space on the bingo card for them, at times having to pull off a bit of a shoehorn situation. And thus, I discovered the Ken Wells’ birthday was August 5th. BOOM. SQUARED. Also, after reading this book, I sent the following Facebook message to the author. No response yet, […]



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