cormoran strike – Cannonball Read 17

Just what I needed to cure the pandemic blues

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

July 27, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: Book Club Under normal circumstances, I’d be spending a good chunk of my Saturdays volunteering at the zoo. Obviously, that isn’t happening right now, because pandemic. One consequence of that is I haven’t been able to see much of the other volunteers that I frequently spend my Saturdays with, except for a couple of Zoom meetings. I made a casual suggestion that we could form a book club; one person got excited and ran with it, and we ended up with a small […]

Nevertheless

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

July 9, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

cn. transphobia Let’s get a few things out of the way real quick: JK Rowling is a TERF. And trans women are women. I checked this one out of the library before Rowling went on her recent bigotry spree on Twitter. She’s always held problematic views regarding transfolk but in recent weeks, she’s decided to just let her phobic flag fly. She also, perhaps not coincidentally, signed the infamous Harpers letter with other popular writers and academics that tut tutted “cancel culture”, the perpetual fear of […]

Catching up with posts

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodessor-Akner

A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

September 28, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

I am seven reviews behind and I’m determined to get these done before I start another book. This grouping is my ‘grown up’ books before I get to another four Young Adult books. Fleishman Is In Trouble: I adore Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s work as a profile writer so I was very excited to pick up her first novel. I felt simultaneously very seen by and put off by this book. Toby Fleishman is a divorcing father of two who finds himself unexpectedly saddled with his two […]

The only thing I won’t read of hers is twitter

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

July 13, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

This book is for CBR Bingo Birthday square- I had to look up the birthdays of several authors before I figured out which review hit which square. Lethal White picks up hours after the events of Career of Evil– Robin Elacott is married and struggling through her own wedding reception as she comes to terms with her realization that she not only loves her job in Cormoran Strike’s private investigations firm, but that she may also have some feelings for Strike himself. She also discovers […]

I only write long Rowling reviews

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling pseudonym), Robert Glenister (narrator)

February 10, 2019 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

*Note: This review was completed in early 2019 as the author’s views towards our trans siblings began to be more widely known. At the time I chose to read this book and review it. My reading experience was what it was and these reviews will remain up, but it should be noted that I find her TERF values abhorrent, which have only become more clear over time, and her doubling down in Summer 2020 has made the decision to walk away from her as a […]

Strike Re-read Completed, Bring on Book Four

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling pseudonym), Robert Glenister (narrator)

December 4, 2018 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

*Note: This review was completed in 2018 before the author’s views towards our trans siblings began to be widely known. At the time I chose to read this book and review it. My reading experience was what it was and these reviews will remain up, but it should be noted that I find her TERF values abhorrent, which have only become more clear over time, and her doubling down in Summer 2020 has made the decision to walk away from her as a creative force […]

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