Non-Fiction – Page 97 – Cannonball Read 17

June 2024 Leftovers

The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City by Adam J. Criblez

Out On The Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nevada by Imogene Binnie

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary by Simon Winchester

Exalted by Anna Dorn

July 5, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Pride to all who celebrate! The First Quarry**** I was disappointed in the quality of the last couple of Quarry novels so I wasn’t expecting much…but this was good. One of his best plots and I really enjoyed it. Could’ve done without the racism. Big believer that you can show the casual racism of the past (1970s) without wallowing in it and the book does that. Otherwise, it’s good. Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City**** Stretching a four star […]

“Whatever that story meant, it was mine to tell.”

Adult Drama: And Other Essays by Natalie Beach

July 5, 2024 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR16 Bingo – Liberate: In this exploration of her early adulthood, Beach liberates herself from the petty dramas of her past – especially when it comes to closing the chapter of her toxic friendship with Caroline Calloway. Natalie Beach might have shot to viral fame with her confession to being the ex-best friend and ghost-writer for an infamous influencer, but in this book she takes us on a tour of various other facets of her coming of age, from working in a pencil store to living […]

“You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for who you become and how happy you are” – allegedly, at least.

Girl, Wash your Face by Rachel Hollis

June 30, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

To reach a happier and more fulfilling life, Rachel Hollis advises you must unlearn the lies you’ve been telling yourself and push yourself beyond whatever limits you assume are there. I am not at all a self-help book reader, though I have plenty of friends who enjoy consume this genre in books and podcasts and social media posts. To each their own, I suppose. But listening to true crime podcasts while walking my dog made me start wondering if we’d ever run across a body […]

“No one could possess a shred of doubt that Olalla’s most famous institution was the sanitarium up on the heights.”

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olson

June 30, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I added Starvation Heights to my list of books to read back in 2017 but it wasn’t until my current run of true crime reads that it made its way in front of my eyeballs. Part of me, a not insignificant part of me, wishes that I had picked this book up seven years ago and read it then, I think I might have enjoyed it more if I had. Or if I had not read it immediately following The League of Lady Poisoners. The […]

An Illustrated True Crime Book for Grown-ups

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin

June 29, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I came to this book via the podcast Criminalia. I started listening to the podcast last year and spent about 3 months blasting through all available episodes whenever I was in a car. The hosts, Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi did their entire first season on lady poisoners, and they had Lisa Perrin on for an interview to highlight her book of the same topic when it published last year (of which they also wrote the introduction). I had loved the interview and been intrigued […]

Sky things

Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews

Little Cloud's Big Dream by Ixtzel Arreola

June 25, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Booktalk ain’t got nothing on me! It only has to open its mouth and insert words into the air! But I must take my fingers to the computer keyboard and type! Now, granted, I type fairly quickly, but that old school click click tells me I’m having an overload of words! Therefore, I will just let you dive into the reviews I am giving you today. Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews is pretty straight forward. There is a peacock; his name is Paul; and […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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