Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Possibly a little overkill on the biscuit variations

Still We Rise by Erika Council

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I live in the US South; I am aware that biscuits come in many styles and types, and that everyone’s granny had the best ever recipe.  A book about a bunch of different things you can do with biscuits makes sense. The one thing is though that there are about 60 pages of what’s nearly the exact same recipe, just switching out the fat (whole milk, sour cream, yogurt, duck fat, vegetable shortening, cream, lard, mayo). This section is basically repeating the recipe “2-ish cups […]

Nostalgia Baking but for Whom?

Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis

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Bingo 10: Nostalgia The title Baking of Yesteryear kind of explains the fit for the Nostalgia category; this is what it sounds like, a cookbook of baking starts from each decade of the twentieth century up to the 80s. I’m guessing that the reason the 90s get left out is because that might be the decade the author was born; I could probably look that up, but why bother? Overall, this is kind of fun, but I also kind of wish there was a little […]

Fingers Crossed This Time I Get the Look Right

The Vegan Cake Bible by Sara Kidd

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Bingo 3: Guide For a how-to category, it seems pretty obvious for me that I have to do a cookbook. Not only that, but this is a cookbook I bought while travelling, knowing full well it would be a struggle to fit into my luggage. Just based on the read-through, The Vegan Cake Bible might be worth it. I’m a decent baker but I’ve never been any good at decorating or getting things to look anything close to the picture. I have a tiny bit […]

A porn star and a virgin walk into a bakery

Make You Mine (Running in Circles #1) by E.M. Lindsey

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CBR15Bingo: Edibles square CBR15Passport: New to me author Noah is a reluctant baker trying to keep his deceased bubbe’s beloved family bakery afloat. After leaving school to be the sole guardian and provider for his fourteen-year-old brother Adam, Noah believes he cannot survive losing another family member. As a young child, he and his family left Tel Aviv after the death of his father. Devastated, his mother never recovered and met her own tragic end. After losing his grandmother, twenty-year-old Noah makes a promise to […]

It Costs A Lot to Eat this Sweet

Bakerita by Rachel Connors

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This year for my birthday I decided to bake myself something in part because my freezer is still full from the sourdough baking times of about two months ago and I usually go for a small ice cream cake. I was assisted by a library find I may now have to purchase: Bakerita (of the blog of same name). The general premise is supposed healthier baked treats in that mostly natural less processed ingredients are featured, as are quite a few gluten-free and vegan options. […]

“Sometimes Paris felt his whole life was in slow motion with ominous music playing over it.”

Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble (Winner Bakes All, #2) by Alexis Hall

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I don’t think this is a book anybody but Alexis Hall could have pulled off. This is a romance and a book about a baking competition, yes, but it’s also a book about a person with severe anxiety, and what that anxiety does to his relationships with the people around him. Paris isn’t an easy character to like, and his story isn’t an easy ride. But it was worth it! Paris Daillencourt ends up on Bake Expectations because his flatmate secretly put him up for […]



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