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Preparatory Greek Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson

February 6, 2024 by Marcella Leave a Comment

This is a pretty self-explanatory book, at least I thought it would be. I picked this book up because the cover I own is incredibly pretty. I ended up staying for the writing. This book is about Greek literature, I think. It’s a little unclear on the purpose, and sometimes makes my eyes glaze over. It is a wonderful book though, especially the prose. The prose is amazing. It just makes me happy. I love a 19th century prose, and this is 1882, and a […]

Stats round-up for 2023!

January 14, 2024 by ingres77 12 Comments

It’s that time of year again! The database is mostly automated at this point, so some of my counts may be a little off. And, as always, the database is incomplete for Cannonball Reads 1 and 2, back before there was a dedicated space for reviews. Some blogs are now offline and aren’t available through Internet Archive or other means. I don’t think I’ll ever recover those reviews. In total, there are 53,038 reviews catalogued in the database of 30,320 individual books reviewed by a […]

Charming – Another Great Plane Read

Weyward by Emilia Hart

December 31, 2023 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

This was actually recommended by Sarah Addison Allen in a newsletter. Since I love all of her novels, without exception, I took her recommendations as gospel. This was another plane read from The Great Hawaii Odyssey of 2023 (it took a long time to get home), and I was charmed by it. Told in three distinct voices from different centuries, Weyward tells the tale of a family of women who are both at one with nature, and a little bit… conventionally unnatural. The men in […]

December 2023 Leftovers

Mandarin Plaid by SJ Rozan

Lady Killer, Volume 1 by Joëlle Jones

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden

Batman, Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift by Scott Snyder

The Confession by Domenic Stansberry

A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle

Joe Dogs: The Life and Crimes of a Mobster by Joseph Iannuzzi

Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot by Ace Atkins

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow

December 29, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas. We may need to dispense with the cold/snow songs. They’re about as realistic as Santa at this point. Mandarin Plaid **** SJ Rozan continues to improve with each book in this series. This one has layers and moves well to its conclusion. I’m not gonna be totally sold on a white person writing from the perspective of an AAPI one but I think Rozan does a better job with it than she did in the first one. May have to go long with […]

CBR15 Book Exchange haul – Thank you acbug

December 27, 2023 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Thank you acbug for this wonderful book exchange box of goodies! I love postcard prints and stickers, so it was a delight to find those inside We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry. Witches are definitely up my alley. The Future by Naomi Alderman has an amazing abstract but captivating cover. I’ve not read her books, but really want to. And now I have one at the ready for 2024. Girl on a Float also looks right up my alley.

Book mail from Mythili! :D

December 16, 2023 by narfna 5 Comments

Went on a little bit of a journey here! Mythili bought one of my books from a second party sender who didn’t put the note in that she requested, so I was like 80% positive that my Book Exchange book had arrived, and 20% scared I had a stalker, but Emmalita helped me figure it out, so then I could be relieved the the BEAUTIFUL book I was sent was from a friendly. Here is the first book that arrived, which I was sure would […]

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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