Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Rise of Sanctuary Noodles

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

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There are many reasons that Annalee Newitz’ Automatic Noodle felt like it was written for me specifically. It has cooking, which is one of my great loves and is a way I show love and feel worth when I am anxious. It has characters trying to live and be in control of their lives in a country with laws that don’t grant them full autonomy. Every one of these characters, whether we get their backstory or not, is a weirdo with enormous trauma just doing […]

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

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CBR Bingo: Family For a short period during Covid restrictions, my municipality allowed stores to be open, but only if they were outdoors. A local bookstore had a bunch of outdoor sales at the time, and since I was bored and running out of things to do and places to go, a friend and I used to visit on a weekly basis and get a dopamine hit from finding cheap books. All that is to say, almost five years later, I still have a huge backlog […]

the lower limit does not exist of how few new pages of Murderbot I will read and tell myself I’m satisfied

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

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BINGO: definitely “Favorite” I loved all parts of this, and I’m smart enough to understand that I’m being emotionally manipulated on this Day, the Day of the Last Episode of Murderbot on TV. Whatever, manipulate away, it’s difficult being so much smarter than everyone anyhow (as ART/Peri must inevitably feel). Side note, every time someone said Peri I thought about Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs, who honestly has as similar prickly vibe. SO here we have a small little ficlet, a teeny tiny wee bit […]

And you thought your Nanny was a strict monster!

The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina

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cbr17bingo Black (the cover is mostly black and dark colors) The graphic novel, The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina, reminds me of the RL Stine Goosebumps series or the Are You Afraid of the Dark? Series (or something similar as I know there are several thriller/horror reads out there).  Things are spooky, but not necessarily over the top, but also things are not for the sensitive reader. It deals with grief (death of a caregiver who was like a grandmother to the family), […]

Read about Cabin Head and Tree Head along with Automobile Head, Volcano Head, Library Head, Trash Can Head, Pool Head and more

Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1 by Scott Campbell

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cbr17bingo Review Don’t judge a book by its cover does not apply to Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1 by Scott Campbell. You see this cover and you know exactly what you will be getting into. It is odd, not necessarily a good quirky, and really off beat. And if that is your thing, then go for it. Even though everyone at work seemed to be reading and enjoying it a lot, I kept passing it by. The whole look turned me off to […]

The Path to Eo’s Dream

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

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Bingo Squares: School (Red Rising is set at the Institution, a school of sorts) Black (Golden Son but all of them have mostly black covers) Citizen (Morning Star but all of them deal with the idea of class and status and citizens’ rights/place in society) I’m not generally a big re-reader though I have been doing so more over the years than I used to when I was trying to read all the books. Yet, somehow this is now my third time reading the original Red […]



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