cbr17bingo – Page 32 – Cannonball Read 17

Fascinating Philosophy and Science in an OK Story

The Quantum Revelations by Stuart Heinrich

September 9, 2025 by Halbs 1 Comment

I’m immensely appreciative of Stuart Heinrich for undertaking quite a project – sharing complex and niche scientific ideas such as physical relativism and quantum cosmology with a general audience of sci-fi/speculative fiction readers in novel form. Think The Celestine Prophecy, but for science! Heinrich has previously published non-fiction articles on similar topics, and The Quantum Revelations is his attempt to integrate these areas of study into fiction. The plot is fun. In the near future, climate change rapidly accelerates past the point of no return. […]

My first introduction to OnlyFans

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

September 9, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

CBR17Bingo: “Work” – Because Only Fans is definitely work I had never heard of Margo’s Got Money Troubles (2024) by Rufi Thorpe when my book club picked it as our next read. I was only told that the main character does OnlyFans, so I was intrigued, but I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I ended up listening to this one on Audiobook. I really enjoyed this novel. Margo is a very likeable protagonist. She is smart, resourceful, and works hard to protect those she loves. I […]

The kids aren’t alright. In a funny haha way AND a funny “please see a dr” way.

Ouran High School Host Club, vols. 1-18 by Hatori, Bisco

September 9, 2025 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Bingo Row 1 – School Despite how much manga I read, I don’t read much set in high schools and I can only think of one I’ve read where the school setting is significant. Luckily for hitting the school bingo box, that one was read by me this calendar year. Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori is an early 2000s manga that is probably somewhere between cult and mainstream classic. I say this based on how available the volumes were at the library. […]

Tough read for animal lovers

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

September 9, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: O I don’t really consider myself a huge horror reader – I know I definitely read more horror than I watch and yet, when I finished this book, thinking, “this isn’t the horror I normally read,” I also couldn’t think of what I would consider “normal for me” horror. I have read a decent amount of ghost stories and vampire novels but my brain classifies those as supernatural or ghost and vampire stories vs. categories them under the horror label. I’ve read a […]

Not Exactly Mexican Gothic, But Close Enough

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

September 9, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo Border Now this was an interesting one. Mexican Gothic is my jam, and I thought that this would be along that vein, but it turned out to be definitely its own thing – an intriguing cross between fictionalized family lore and magical realism. And when I looked up the translation of Part Two – El Tragabalas, I discover that it is the book’s title in Spanish, but it is also the title of a fairly well known Mexican movie from the mid-60s, and the […]

My friend is always making me read science fiction

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

September 8, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

CBR17Bingo – “Recommended” because this book was recommended to my by my friend. Most of my book club is composed of a bunch of lawyers. However, there is one, lonely electrical engineer among us who is constantly recommending science-fiction novels that are met with a varying amount of acceptance. She has recommended a number of Hugo-award-winning novels to me that I have intensely disliked, so I don’t completely trust her judgment. So, when she loaned me another science-fiction book to read and said she didn’t […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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