When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
This is the ultimate 3 vs. 4 star test for me. In a rare instance of compromise, I decided to sleep on the review, rather than post right away as is my habit. I finished it late last night and didn’t want to stare at the computer before bed. When I went to bed, it was a 4. I woke up (heh), thinking it was a 3. And now, as I sit down, nearly 24 hours after finishing it…I’m giving it a 4. With major […]
Proxima by Stephen Baxter
If you ever wanted to know how humanity should not go about spreading away from Earth and colonizing the universe than oooo boy does Stephen Baxter have an example for you in his 2012 book, Proxima. In a nutshell: don’t do it until we’re a united planet. Otherwise, we’re just gonna space race our asses all over the universe and probably screw over everyone involved, from the remaining earthlings, to the residents of Sol planets, and to the newbie colonizers of distant planets in far […]
The Good News Bible by God/ Anonymous
It feels very wrong to write a book review of The Bible, but it would also feel wrong to not get the Cannonball Reads credit for reading it- so here we are! I’m splitting this review into two, one review for the Old Testament and one review for the New Testament- not only does this make sense thematically, but this way I also get double the book reading credit! Although my hesitations in writing this review are also many, I’m also hopeful that God, if […]
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Complaint 1: They Both Die At The End has a misleading title. Several people do die as forecasted but not necessarily the expected ‘they’ at the expected time. More than this would be spoilers. The idea is that in this world, there is a company that calls you on the day you die to tell you that you’ll die that die. They have a script, and then it’s up to you to do what you need/want to do on your last day of life. The […]
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Last year was really the first time I read any YA books as an adult, aside from the first Harry Potter book my dad bought me for Christmas twenty years ago. Maybe I’ve just had a string of bad luck. Maybe I’m too much of a literary fiction snob (GAC) to get the same kind of enjoyment out of YA. Or maybe Rainbow Rowell, and to a lesser degree, Becky Albertalli, spoiled me for everyone else since their books resonated so deeply with me. I […]
The Crow-Special Edition by James O'Barr
Have you ever lost someone you loved? I don’t mean a friend or a relative, I mean losing someone so deeply ingrained into you that when they are gone, you have no idea how you are able to function? For those of us who have, James O’Barr has taken those feelings of rage, of dis-empowerment, and allowed us some catharsis through his seminal work The Crow. For those unfamiliar with the tale from either the movie or the graphic novel, The Crow tells the story […]
