Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Toss a coin to your witcher

The Last Wish by Andzrej Sapkowski

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CBRBingo: Old series I’m a latecomer to Andzrej Sapkowski’s Witcher series, drawn in by the Netflix series and thoroughly earwormed by its ridiculously awesome theme song. I loved the series and was looking to learn more about Geralt of Rivia, Ciri, Yenifer, the Continent and its complex backstory of magic and political intrigue. I certainly learned some more about Geralt, the focus of this linked collection of short stories that tell of his work as a Witcher, a magic-shaped hunter, deperately needed by villages, towns and […]

“Forgetting their childhoods had been essential for their survival, but it came at a cost.”

With My LIttle Eye by Sandra Hogan

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CBRBingo:  Reader’s Choice subbing in for Rep I first heard about this book from a newspaper article with a heading about spies in the suburbs, and was tantalised by the idea of a family of spies living in the same leafy, sleepy suburb of Brisbane as me.  I then heard an engaging radio interview  with Sue Ellen Doherty that focused on the hijinks of her and her siblings tagging along with their dad as he cultivated his network of informants, and monitored the activities of […]

No, I think you’re highly intelligent. It’s not lucky for you, in a lot of ways. If you were a little bit stupider you might have an easier life.

Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney

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CBR13 BINGO: Reader’s Choice (in the New Series Square) BINGO! Book Club Square to Machinery Square I don’t think that I have ever had this much of a love/hate reaction to a book. Truly. Everything that I loved about Rooney’s Normal People is here. All of the awkwardness and raw emotion. Everything that I really didn’t like about Conversations with Friends is here too. All of the self indulgent naval gazing histrionics. Ugh. The plot is not complex even if the characters think that they are. The entire story revolves around four […]

It’s okay to be the teacup with a chip in it.

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

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CBR BINGO: Self Care Square I’m not a big reader of “self help” books. Not to say that I couldn’t benefit from one. I’m Gen X and I think we tend to lean a little hard on self reliance with a dash of the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality. That isn’t necessarily healthy, so I thought I would try to tackle this square and broader my horizons a little bit. (Reason #5,674 on my why I love CBR Bingo list) I loved The Midnight Library and […]

It was happening again. Another fight with narrow-minded, hateful people.

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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CBR BINGO: Shelfie (because I had this sitting on my shelf wayyyyyyy past it’s library due date.) Book 3 in the Court of Thorns and Roses DID NOT DISAPPOINT. Breaking what I call “the third book slump” in most series, this book was by far my favorite. My devotion to these characters is getting deep, people. I’m in Outlander love territory here. I can see its shortcomings. I recognize the sometimes messy history and repetitive phrasing, but, I’m all in. This is a book about […]

Why did I sit on this? I should have trusted Jemisin more, I blame the pandemic

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

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CBR Bingo Square: Cityscape (To Y’all with a physical copy, did you use Google Lens to look at the animated cover?  If not, and you have Google Lens, I recommend checking it out!) I was hyped for The City We Became coming off How Long ’til Black Future Month and the Hugo Award winning run on “The Broken Earth” trilogy.  However, the first chapter of TCWB was the same as a short story in HLtBFM and for some reason this made it difficult for me to get […]



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