Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

She has fainted from ill-usage and exhaustion.

Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Nope. I think that I can now honestly say that I am not a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Give me all of the re-tellings, please, but spare me the prototype. I tried. I really, really tried. I should not have to try so hard. While I did appreciate A Study in Scarlet, the terrible (and worst book of the year for me) The Sign of Four took way too much time out of my life that I will never get back. Sadly, I am afraid that this gothic […]

It is a romance!

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

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After reading so many re-tellings of Sherlock Holmes over the past couple of years, I vowed to start reading the source material. It took until a few months ago to actually get that quest off the ground. My hesitation was partly due to the fact that I figured the real Sherlock Holmes would not be my cup of tea. The particular cup of Sherlock-y tea that I had been sipping and enjoying was via PBS, the Lady Sherlock Holmes book series and Alexis Hall’s WONDERFUL “The Affair […]

As close as I got to a Halloween read…

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

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Back in October (yes, the review backlog is a thing), I wanted a Halloween-ish read, but was trying to also stick to the TBR pile and not go buy something new. This proved difficult because horror/scary type books are not really my jam (Confession: I am 40 years old and have never read a single thing by Stephen King). But then I found this tucked away on my P&P shelf, stuck there as a joke, but never read. Perfect. I didn’t know what to expect […]

I now understand why this book is so beloved : CBRbingo – Classic

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The Little Prince is one of those books that I have been aware of for a long time but had somehow not gotten around to yet.  It’s status as an all time great is why I chose it for the ‘Classic’ square in Cannonball bingo.  I’m using ‘Classic’ for my Reader’s Choice square to replace ‘Remix’. I became aware of the power in The Little Prince, and how it affects readers, through tattoo art relating to the book.  In most every tattoo gallery featuring art inspired […]

She’s different. She’s the great exception

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

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CBR11 Bingo: Birthday! (P.L. Travers born August 9th, 1899) (BINGO! Cannonballer Says square to Summer Read square/Far and Away square to Birthday square) The film version of Mary Poppins has been a favorite of mine since childhood. Even though I was a voracious reader as a kid, I never got around to reading the book. Several years ago, I watched “Saving Mr. Banks,” the mostly fictionalized account of the struggle of Walt Disney to persuade P. L. Travers to allow him to make the film version of her book. While I’m certain that the artistic […]

…in which love and Mormonism bore a part.

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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CBR11 BINGO: Classics (BINGO! Youth square to Banned square) FINALLY! I know that I am so amazingly late to this party, but here I am. I missed the CBR Book Club reading of this. I have read the Lady Sherlock Series (Sherry Thomas) and the AMAZING The Affair of the Mysterious Letter (Alexis Hall) re-tellings. I watched the PBS show and the RDJ movies but never read any ACTUAL Sherlock Holmes stories or novels. Now I have. Ta-da! As I suspected, the bulk of the book was about Sherlock and his crazy mind. […]



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