Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Monsters aren’t born, ever. They’re made, piece by piece and limb by limb, artificial creations of madmen who, like the misguided Frankenstein, always think they know better.”

Vox by Christina Dalcher

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CBR11 Bingo: #history/schmistory Vox was an interesting reading experience. I was completely absorbed by it, but really only liked about half of it, and very much hated the ending. And yet, I think I would recommend it…but not to everyone. Does that even make sense? In a potential future (or is it now?), our extremely conservative right-wing religious government decides that they’ve had just about enough of women. All women are ordered to leave their jobs in order to maintain their homes and take care […]

A Darker Shade of Magic Re-read: CBR Bingo “I Love This”

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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Due to a bathroom remodel, my husband and I slept in our front room, where all our bookcases are, and when we finally went back to our bedroom a stack of books was unearthed with A Darker Shade of Magic sitting on top.  This book was my introduction to author Victoria (V.E.) Schwab, also known for the Monsters of Verity duology and Vicious.  I devoured the story and highly praised it in a previous Cannonball.  My TBR list is intimidating, so even though I often find comfort in […]

A classic for a reason!

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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I was kind of quietly dreading this one, mostly because my last year’s bingo classic was such a flop for me. Call me pleasantly surprised, though – I genuinely enjoyed this! I’d actually never read a Sherlock Holmes book (though I did own the Wishbone version of Hound of the Baskervilles on VHS) and had always kind of assumed that modern adaptations (Guy Ritchie, Steven Moffat) had taken creative liberties with an older character. Nope! Those are some OG Sherlock brass balls. I clearly didn’t read this […]

First they convinced them that the afterlife is even better than Disneyland

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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CBR11 BINGO: Illustrated (BINGO! Reading the TBR corner to Cannonballer Says corner) First, I want to say that the un-athletic yet competitive side of me is totally appreciating this BINGO situation. I enjoyed it last year, but I was less prepared for it. Now, the actual searching for books that fit into the squares that are more difficult for me is actually broadening my reading base in unexpected ways. Bravo, CBR idea makers! I bought a copy of this illustrated novel a few years ago for my son. His middle […]

Just as great as 9th grade.

Cue For Treason by Geoffrey Trease

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CBR11 Bingo – Back to School I read this book in my first semester of high school, in my 9th grade English class. All I really remembered was that it was set in Shakespearian England, and that I really liked it.  I apparently liked it so much that the copy on my bookshelf is my actual high school copy.  I wasn’t really the thieving type, and I don’t really remember why I didn’t have to return it at the end of the semester, but regardless, […]

A Good Introduction to the World of Indigenous Comics and its Creators

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection by Hope Nicholson

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CBR11 Bingo Square: Reader’s Choice (replacing: Classics) Let me begin by saying that I did indeed want to read a classic for my classics square: I really wish I could get into the old language more, but it’s such a struggle for me! And truth be told I did start reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but I just kept drifting and realized about a tenth of the way in that I wasn’t up to the task (so instead I connived my friends into watching the movie […]



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