Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Stretched on the loom was the huge white cloth of the North. We were the threads.”

Mrs. Mike: A Novel by Benedict and Nancy Freedman

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Cbr13bingo The Wilds, Bingo #3 (four corners and center) Mrs. Mike is a novel based on the true story of Katherine Mary Flannigan, a Boston girl who moved to Canada’s Northwest Territory for health reasons in 1907 and then made a life there. The novel was first published in 1947 and still appears on high school reading lists. I remember the copy we had on our bookshelves when I was a kid, and I remember reading and loving this story when I was about 12 […]

What was that ending?

Amatka by Karin Tidbeck

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Bingo: They she he (the author uses they/them pronouns, though there appear to be only cis characters in this book) I can’t remember why I decided to buy this book. It’s dystopian, which used to be my favorite genre, but after three years of running a dystopian/post-apocalyptic book club, it doesn’t interest me much anymore. The premise of this book is somewhat interesting, though. The setting is an area that consists of four relatively small colonies. Of course there is a totalitarian regime in place, […]

…and people say you can’t judge a book by its cover

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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Look at how pretty this book is. I am serious: take a minute to ignore the Lego boxes hiding behind the books and truly appreciate how absolutely gorgeous the Waterstones exclusive edition of the Vanishing Half is. I will be honest, I bought this book for the purely superficial reason that it would look gorgeous on my shelf, and it delivered (don’t even get me started on the gorgeous purple hardcover underneath the dust jacket or I might never actually tell you anything about the […]

My hometown long before it was my hometown…

The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom by A.E. Hotchner

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“The people he was talking to, all around me, had lost everything, their houses, their jobs, their cars, I mean everything just like we did, and yet here they all were, having to live under the ramp of a bridge in dirty shacks, their bellies as empty as mine, huddled together, feeling good from listening to FDR, just like me, more of us no better of than we were when he got elected but when he says it’s all getting better we believe him, and […]

‘The spook and her pet’ take on an alien empire in this amazing sequel – and Bingo #2!

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

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CBR 13 Bingo: New Series – This is the sequel to A Memory Called Empire which was published in 2019 and completes my second bingo. I loved A Memory Called Empire , in my review said it was deserving its spot on the Hugo nominee list and I was delighted when it won!  The follow up, A Desolation Called Peace, is similarly incredible.  In preparation for reading this, I found an excellent recap that goes over individuals and factions, and their motivations.  I highly recommend it. The […]

Thank you, Bothari43, for helping me complete my first bingo of 2021!

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

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CBR 13 Bingo Square: FREE – It’s taken a while for me to get around to it but I have finally read Magic Bites, a  Cannonball Book Exchange from Bothari43!  Visit link for bonus Wall-E content. When I posted my thank you, Emmalita and Malin were quick to jump in and warn me that this is not Ilona Andrews best book but if I could stick around, book three is excellent.  This was reinforced by other Cannonballers during one of the zoom chats earlier this year.  I […]



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