Cannonball Read 17

Don’t Look Now…and some other random stories

Don't Look Now & Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

October 28, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I was several pages into the first story of this collection, the titular Don't Look Now, when I realized that I've seen this movie! I remember liking the movie just fine, mostly because I love Donald Sutherland, but also thinking that the pacing and climax were a little strange and unconvincing; the … [Read more]

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier, Dont Look Now, It's categorized as horror but I have my doubts, short story collection ·

Mio, My Son, an A+ read-aloud

Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren

October 27, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

This is the 7th book in our read-aloud journey of 2025. (Previously featuring: The Hobbit, Travel Light, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Jenny and the Cat Club, The Dragon of Og, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.) Astrid Lindgren is most famous for Pippi Longstocking, but I was enchanted with the … [Read more]

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Astrid Lindgren, Mio My Son, read aloud ·

A Quizzical Case of Murder

The Killer Question by Janice Hallett

October 27, 2025 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

A few years back, there was a Jeopardy champion who proved to be a controversial figure in the quizzing community. His main offense? He and his friends weren't very amiable bar trivia participants. They didn't order many drinks or any food, they didn't interact with the other teams, they were rude … [Read more]

jeverett15's CBR17 Review No:65 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Janice Hallett ·

Forty women trapped in a bunker for years

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

October 27, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

CBR17Bingo: "Diaspora" - a little bit of a stretch, but this book has countless people all taken from their homes and brought to another location that is foreign to them. (It's unclear, but it seems like they may have been brought from a different planet.) I stumbled on this book while browsing … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR17 Review No:33 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Jacqueline Harpman ·

She’s as bisexual as the next person, but this is not some highly evolved plea for implied polyamory or whatever.

Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps

October 27, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Alice Rue Evades the Truth is lovely, but I’m struggling with it being labeled as a romcom. There’s romance and there is comedy, but there’s so much more focus on loneliness and isolation. The book is While You Were Sleeping, but make it gay and more Jewish. I want to be clear that I enjoyed Alice … [Read more]

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice Rue Evades the Truth, Emily Zipps, LGBTQ, While You Were Sleeping ·

I’m Just Here for the Music

Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan

October 27, 2025 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

The book: Songs for Other People's Weddings is the story of J, a minor pop star from Sweden, who often performs at weddings. For each wedding he's hired for, he writes a personal song for the happy couple that he performs at the ceremony. He's dating a woman named V, whose job takes her from Sweden … [Read more]

Ellesfena's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: contemporary fiction, david levithan, Jens lekman, Sweden, weddings ·

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