Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I am named after my mother’s unhappiness.

Evvie Drakes Starts Over by Linda Holmes

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CBR11 BINGO: PAJIBA BINGO! (Remix Corner to Cannonballer Says Corner) I think it’s often easy to overlook books that, on the surface, seem like easy reads or the reading equivalent of a rom-com movie. Books that get characterized as “beach reads” or “kissing books” are easily pigeonholed as entertaining romances devoid of any gravitas. I know there is a strong contingent of Cannonballers who are devout romance readers, so I’m probably preaching to the choir here. You can’t always judge a book by it’s cover, right? Not that […]

Did she kill him or nah?

Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell

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I’m writing this review and my previous one back to back.  It’s only serving to prove my previous hypothesis – I read a lot of books about people being gaslit!  I actually enjoyed this one though.  The people were much less dumb than the previous one. So we’re introduced to Emma, a “typical” wife and mother, but she has a secret.  Well, she has a few, but there’s one big one.  She murdered her art teacher that she had an “affair” with when she was […]

We will do what others expect of us.

The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates by Wes Moore

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CBR11 BINGO: True Story The premise of this book is interesting. How can two people, born a year apart in the same neighborhood turn out differently? At what point could the path split to lead to a successful and happy life for one and life in prison for the other? What happened along the way and can something be learned from that? As author Wes Moore is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, a man hunt is underway to arrest suspects wanted in […]

Why would a mother do this?

To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann

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I don’t really know how I found this book.  I read it a couple months ago, and there have been so many books since then that I just can’t remember!  Anyway, this book is a true story, and at times it was hard to read.  Here’s a quick synopsis of what happened: In Oregon in May 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith dropped her two kids off a bridge into the river.  Her four year old son died, but her seven year old daughter lived.  Amanda was almost […]

CBRBingo – Science! Not new science, but new-ish to me

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

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This review was last edited on August 26th. I don’t know why it was such a long road to get here, but for those of my CBR pals who also have taken five-ever to review a book, you are not alone! So, here I go, nearly a month later, imma REVIEW THE HECK OUTTA THIS BOOK. Ahem. As I was saying. This book is probably not a typical one you’ll see in the bingo category for “science” but the science of nutrition and food is […]

…when we were infinite.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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CBR11 BINGO: Banned Books This is a frequent flyer on the Office for Intellectual Freedom Top 10 Most Challenged Books list (2004, 2006-2009, 2013, 2014). The tragedy is that the books that often speak frankly and clearly about real issues of growing up and learning how to navigate in the world are frequently found so threatening. It’s as if the books are instructional manuals for bad behavior rather than stories that can offer hope, validation and solace. “Charlie” begins writing a series of letters to […]



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