Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Patriarchal Cult

The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: green cover. See photo. I’ve had some major life changes this year; mostly good, some not so good. As a result, I’m not only behind on my reading but I’m not cataloging here like I usually do. Maybe at some point, I’ll do a series of posts on the books I’ve read this year that I just didn’t have time or energy to write about. I lift this up because I’ve been diving through the Department Q series thanks […]

Misanthrope

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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I was about halfway through The Keeper of Lost Causes and wondering why I was enjoying it. Everything about it is good, not great, from the misanthropic detective, to the unlikely sidekick, to the mystery itself. It kept landing with me and it took me a while to figure out why… It’s a recognizable story. I never went through anything as horrible as the fictional Carl Mørck did but I do know what it’s like to be screwed over by your superiors, blamed for things that aren’t […]

The Past is a Different Country

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler

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Peter Freuchen first rose to prominence as an Arctic explorer in the early twentieth century, but during his long adventurous life he wore many other hats, becoming a best-selling author, working in Hollywood, and being imprisoned in a Nazi prison camp for being a member of the resistance. I like exploration stories. They introduce you to an old world that no longer exists, they have the kinds of details that boggle the mind, and are usually populated with exactly the eccentric kinds of people you’d […]

The low-angst, cozy romance I needed last week

The Naked Cleaner by Sophia Soames

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“She works out naked?” Pontus asks, and gosh, there is a little color in his cheeks, which is kind of cute.  “Of course, although you will probably find this weird. She puts on a sports bra for the running machine because she says she hates having her boobs flap around.” ― Sophia Soames, The Naked Cleaner CBR15Passport: This book is set in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pontus is financially and professionally successful, but he is horrible at taking care of himself or allowing others past his excessively […]

A Child’s Introduction to Pure Evil

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

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I live two blocks away from a stellar children’s book store. It’s a habit of mine to visit several times a month. I enjoy keeping tabs on what the kids are reading these days (graphic novels) and which titles have staying power. The pale blue cover of Number the Stars is always on display in the middle reader section. The fact that Lois Lowry, an author born in 1937, still has books occupying prime shelf space is an amazing feat—but not surprising to me, given […]

My hands itched to knit as my feet itched to travel

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In May 2016, a friend I met through Ravelry brought my attention to a Kickstarter for a book her friend Karie Westermann was writing called This Thing of Paper, with knitting designs inspired by Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. Even with a planned publication date of April 2017, I knew I wanted this book. It’s a good thing I was patient because I didn’t receive it until December. Westermann divided the book into three sections, as she had layed out in her Kickstarter proposal. […]



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