Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Okay… I am reading volume 2…

Grand Slam Romance Volume 1 by Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous

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cbr17bingo PLAY  Grand Slam Romance Volume 1 by Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous (Illustrator), and Wren Rios (Flatter) Where is this world of only lesbians and queer presenting people? While things are not “harping” on the queer elements, there is no question that the majority of the characters (there is one heteronormal male-presenting character) are queer. Gender also gets time up as they might want to be called a Femme Daddy, or He is a bada$$, but they are all putting the X in StriXe! Yet, […]

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

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I don’t know guys. I love Charlie Parker but this was just not that great. It’s definitely not in my top five of this series. This is even more filler (why is Parker so important—the world will never know) and the main plot is just very unsatisfying. I just felt like there were too many holes and not enough people for me care about outside of Charlie, Louis, and Angel. We do get more of Charlie and his daughter Sam which I appreciated. I wonder […]

A Theory of Dreaming

A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid

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cbr17bingo: school Unfortunately, this book did not live up to the first one, A Study in Drowning, which was atmospheric and felt like it was making an important point. This one is more muddled and unfocused. The perspectives are divided between Effy and Preston, and I appreciated learning more about Preston. He and Effy have returned to their university, where they have to deal with the aftermath of their discoveries at Hiraeth, the trauma of what happened there, and Effy’s becoming the first female student […]

Sweeter and lighter than I was expecting

If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura

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CBR 17 BINGO: “I” (for “If”) Translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland A young Japanese postman learns he has a terminal illness and has very little time left to live (months? weeks?). Estranged from his father, the postman lives alone with his cat Cabbage and can’t even come up with a decent bucket list to tackle in his remaining time on Earth. He’s feeling sort of pathetic when the devil appears to him with a bad news/good news scenario: If what the devil says […]

This novel could have been an embroidered pillow (and also a rant about unnecessary italics)

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

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CBR 17 BINGO: Rec’d as I’ve seen this book recommended by a number of Goodreads reviews. I should have known on page 2 of this novel that I wasn’t going to enjoy it, because in that brief span of time the author had already italicized three words for emphasis. You may think that’s petty of me, but hold that thought–I’ll get back to it. The premise of The Measure is this: One spring day, everyone over the age of 22 wakes up to find a […]

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

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CBR Bingo: Family For a short period during Covid restrictions, my municipality allowed stores to be open, but only if they were outdoors. A local bookstore had a bunch of outdoor sales at the time, and since I was bored and running out of things to do and places to go, a friend and I used to visit on a weekly basis and get a dopamine hit from finding cheap books. All that is to say, almost five years later, I still have a huge backlog […]



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