Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

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Please note that I read this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. “6:40 to Montreal” follows Agatha who had a run-away best-selling thriller (sometime in the past) but has been unable to write another hit. She’s dealing with a huge case of writer’s block and general apathy about her husband, son, and marriage. We don’t know why (it takes a while to get there) but Agatha is desperate to get away from her husband and leave for the 6:40 to […]

The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Assault. “The Re-Write” follows Temi. Temi is heartbroken after her ex, Wale, broke-up with her to go on a reality dating show called “Love Villa.” The latest season is over and Wale was depicted as a villain and a player, but a huge favorite of the fans of the show. Temi though ends up feeling even more broken after her latest manuscript does not sell and […]

“But still, still, it was a time she missed, a place she’d fly back to in a heartbeat”

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

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Bingo: Recommended. A book tokker I enjoy highly recommended this book Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers is one of those books that is so good, that immerses you so much, and touches you somewhere so old and grief-laden, that it’s hard to write the review. It’s one of those things where you have so much to say but without the faith you can say it right. The book flip flops between the mid eighties/early nineties and 2015. The eighties portion follows Yale, a young gay […]

(Chappell voice) Battle For Manhattan

Battle For Manhattan by Bruce Bliven, Jr.

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Read as part of CBR 17 Bingo: starts with letter B. Look this is going to be a very strained review. I’m sorry but this book doesn’t merit 250 words. As it says on the inside flap, large portions of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker. It’s a glorified wikipedia entry. I picked it up because I needed to read a book about the American Revolution for my library book bingo and it was a slim volume. I knew Manhattan had some importance in the […]

Tis Hot, the Weather, and the Wars…

Henry V by William Shakespeare

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Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: play. Say this much for Shakespeare: he had a sense of humor. And an irreverent one at that. There’s no other way you can possibly appreciate Henry V without it. Considered the last great English king of the Plantagenet line (or maybe not, depending on how you feel about Edward IV) before dying an untimely death and giving rise to the Wars of the Roses that brought his family down and gave us the Tudors, this play starts off not at […]

In a Hopeless Place

Woodworking by Emily St. James

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Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: citizen. One of the major subplots involves the characters in this book using their rights as citizens to rally around a longshot candidate they want to try and elect. There has never been an easy time for trans people. That wasn’t true in the 1990s. That wasn’t true before Trump I or Trump II. That’s not true today. Depending on where people live, there have been times that are less bad. But never a time that has been “good.” […]



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