Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Evil Lives! by R.L. Stine

The Evil Lives! by R.L. Stine

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Well this was a wild ride. I do think that since Stine did not revisit this series for a bit, things got wonky here in terms of continuity errors that I was going, what the world about. All of them were concerning Sarah Fear that we learned about in the Fear Street Cheerleaders trilogy. I don’t know why Stine did this, maybe to have a new spin on things. But it didn’t work because I still own all of the Fear Street Cheerleader books so […]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

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Bingo Row 2 – TBR I’ve attempted to read the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay a few times over the years. Something always happens, including two instances where my cat opened my bedside table and ripped the book to shreds. Eventually I gave up. It seemed I was not meant to read it. But when I recently saw it at a bookstore, I decided to try again because I believe in coincidences and don’t believe that fate has destroyed multiple copies of this book. […]

Bingo was his name-o

Age of Assassins by R. J. Barker

Blood of Assassins by R. J. Barker

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  CBR Bingo: Borrowed (Age of Assassins—I picked up both of these books at a little free library, so I’m counting it) CBR Bingo: ‘B’ (Blood of Assassins) These two books should complete my first bingo card (yay!)   I’ve been meaning to read RJ Barker’s works for a while now but somehow have just never gotten around to it. His Tide Child trilogy has been recommended to me by multiple people, and it sounds like something I would like, but I ended up picking up his debut trilogy, […]

“If there is a silver lining to suffering trauma, it is the opportunity to learn about one’s self, to trail mental fingers over a previously unrecognized core of inner strength.”

A Libertarian Walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

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Sometimes a title just does it for you. A Libertarian Walks into a Bear – as a title – makes me smile every time. Make of that what you will. Its author’s writing style is also sly and occasionally funny which works to balance out the serious nature of a lot of what is being discussed in the narrative.   Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a local New Hampshire journalist who gets pulled into the world of Grafton, NH and its story of libertarians and bears through what […]

I really wanted to like it.

Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters Book 1) by Talia Hibbert

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There’s a big difference between being a coward and putting your emotional safety first. ― Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, Chloe Brown CBR17 Bingo: White Chloe Brown needs to go. After narrowly avoiding being run over by a drunk driver, her brief and bland (to her) life flashes before her eyes. Once the panic and subsequent exhaustion pass, Chloe decides then and there that she must Get A Life ™. She makes a list of things she’s always wanted to do but was too afraid […]

Not much edge to the veg

The Edgy Veg by Candice Hutchings

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Bingo 16: Culture The Edgy Vedge is a bit dated, but it demonstrates both vegan food and Youtube content creator culture. Full disclosure 1: I don’t hang out on Youtube a lot. That said, I can see how the “quirky-cute” vibe the writing tries for might have been popular in the video version; I have not looked that up. The written version gets a little annoying, like someone is trying to hard to be funny. First of all, I see very little “edgy” in trying […]



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