Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I See You

Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

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Read as part of CBR15bingo: picture this. The main character in this book is a psychic who can picture things in her mind by touching certain objects or coming into contact with people or places.  I’m not generally predisposed to fiction based on psychics. At least, I don’t think I am. I don’t seek those books out. And yet, I’ve read and enjoyed three of them within the last year: Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen, Play the Fool by Lina Chern and now this one. I truly did […]

“It isn’t just taking a life that destroys a people. It’s taking their history.”

Thistlefoot: A Novel by GennaRose Nethercott

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Cbr15bingo In the wild (shifters) features characters that are shape shifters Thistlefoot is a story of generational trauma that is part fairy tale and part history. The fairy tale part borrows from the Russian tales of the witch Baba Yaga. The history is that of the Jewish people, specifically the pogroms that occurred in Eastern Europe in the first half of the 20th century. This is a novel about the violence that destroyed Jewish communities, the fear that feeds that violence, and the vital importance […]

What truth does deception for deception’s sake reveal?

Amoralman: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek Delgaudio

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CBR15 BINGO: Adulthood, because it describes how the author grew into himself and his career Bingo! Take the Skies, Relation”Ship”, North America, You Are Here, Adulthood A couple of years back, a friend recommended (nay, demanded) that I get a free 30-day Hulu subscription so I could watch Derek Delgaudio’s In & Of Itself. I hate signing up for subscriptions to watch one show or movie, but it sounded intriguing and the friend assured my husband and me that we would appreciate it. A show […]

“What sort of man would wish to murder the president of another land? None but a barbarian.”

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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CBR15 BINGO: Politics, because it addresses U.S. and Belgian involvement in the Congo In 1959, evangelical Baptist preacher Nathan Price takes the word of God to the Belgian Congo, bringing his wife and four daughters with him. Though the mission is supposed to last one year, the family’s stay is extended through the sheer stubbornness and bad judgment of their patriarch and, while the novel spans 30+ years, the majority of it takes place in the few years that Price is actively proselytizing in a […]

CBR15 Bingo-Week 7 Check-in

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Welcome to the Week 7 wrap-up! My big message this week is check your tags, and make sure you are using cbr15bingo and not any variation of that. As an aside, isn’t it nice that you are collecting books read and reviews written and not, say, indictments? Good job on that. You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 7 reviews BlackRaven – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT carmelpie – 13 reviews, 1 Bingo Carriejay – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – […]

Thanks, Obama

Trust by Hernan Diaz

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I found Trust (2022) by Hernan Diaz on Barack Obama’s Recommended Reading List. I tend to follow many of Obama’s recommendations, and Trust also won a Pultizer Prize. Trust is the story of Benjamin and Helen Rask: a rather eccentric power couple in New York City. What makes this book more memorable and thought provoking, though, is how we learn about the couple. I think this book is best when you don’t know what you’re getting into. Therefore, if you’re interested in reading the book, I would recommend skipping the rest […]



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