Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

One of my most anticipated books of the year is a complete flop. CBRBINGO – ‘B’

Behooved by M. Stevenson

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. This was SO DISAPPOINTING. I CANNOT CAPSLOCK THIS ENOUGH. I suppose it’s my own fault. A great, enticing premise does not a good book make. Okay, actually, the author has some share of this, also. She wrote the thing. But your own expectations are never a good thing to put on a book, regardless of the book’s quality. Still, I went and did that. HOWEVER. Even without […]

Read this book to find out what “uh” is a euphemism for! CBRBINGO – Red

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. The dark fairytale vibes of this were just what I needed yesterday when I flew through this audiobook. Especially since the audiobook I had been listening to previously is the epitome of a three-star read. Such a genuine pleasure to read a T. Kingfisher book after that, rich in atmosphere, fun dialogue, and characters that are easy to like and follow. Plus, her fairytale retellings (of which […]

“There’s something peaceful about your worst fear coming true.” CBRBINGO – Work

Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker

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I’ve been looking forward to reading this book since it was published, and it didn’t disappoint. Bat Eater* is about Cora Zheng, a half Chinese, half white young woman living in NYC as the pandemic kicks off. She lives with her sister, Delilah, with whom she has a troubled relationship. Delilah is full Chinese, and they are half sisters, and Cora has been in her shadow their whole lives. The opening chapter kicks off the book appropriately with Delilah’s violent death on a subway station platform. […]

Curiosity killed the octopus

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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CBR Bingo: Diaspora (this book features humans (and their creations) that originated (or are descendants of those that originated) on Earth and have been spread into smaller groups throughout the galaxy). I started Children of Ruin basically the day after I finished Children of Time, partly because I was excited to continue the story, and partly because I refused to forget the plot of first book again and have to do another re-read (this happens to me with series far too often). In some ways, this is […]

No One Else Can Come in and Copy You

Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology by Jorge Goldstein

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Ok, keeping with the gene-theme this summer, I’ll now be briefly turning my attention to gene patents. Jorge Goldstein’s Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology is a great introduction to biological patents in the US (and beyond). It’s also a rather personal narrative; Goldstein entered the field of patent law at a time when biotechnology was experiencing some rapid advances (many of them mentioned in the previous book I reviewed), and he describes his career as like […]

From Tedious to Fine to Enraging

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

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Bingo Square – Green (the leaves are green – I wasn’t originally planning on using this and wanted something even more green but after writing the review and remembering how much I disliked the book, I decided I should at least get a bingo square out of it). I stumbled on Katherine Center after someone reviewed The Bodyguard and have found her novels since to be dependably pleasant reads – Hello Stranger, The Rom-Commers. As a result, I was looking forward to The Love Haters […]



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