Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“F**k you this is hilarious.”

Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery

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That ^ is Roxane Gay’s entire review of the Texts from Jane Eyre on Goodreads and it cracked me right up. The book is currently rated an average of 3.61 stars out of 5, so I assume that’s what she’s referring to. Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters (and also their authors, just so’s you know), is based on the feature of the same name (the first part of the name) from The Toast. The feature askes: if literary […]

Humour with a deep understanding of Hollywood

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

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I have been trying to complete as much of Discworld as I can, I find Sir Terry Pratchett’s humour incomparable, his keen understanding of us poor souls trapped in human form (I’d love to be an umbrella myself, if given the option to choose my next form) and his ability to write droll descriptions of commonplace objects fascinating and very absorbing; for instance – banged out grains (popcorn) and a silver screen (literally described as a hovering dense film). This book is about the rise […]

Christmas Cannonball!!!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

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This is one of the only books that I re-read every year. It’s not December or Christmas until I sit down and read through this little book – and I still have the battered copy that I received as a gift in elementary school… 30ish years ago. It’s the story of a small town cookie-cutter, same-every-year, church Christmas pageant. The same sweet and innocent girl plays Mary every year, there are the shepherds in bathrobes, toddler angels, and traditional carols. But this year, the Herdman […]

I want to be her best friend.

Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker

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I’m a huge Jen Hatmaker fan. I’ve read most of her books, follow her on social media, and have heard her speak live. My goal in life is to be her friend in real life, and not because she’s a glamorous celebrity, but just the opposite. She is honest and real and seems like the type of person you wouldn’t have to clean your house fore before she came over to visit. I appreciate her laugh-out loud humour, her real-life insights, and also the way […]

Twas the night before Hogswatch

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

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It’s the night before Hogswatch and the Hogfather is missing. Without him delivering presents the little children will lose their belief and without it the sun will not come up. This calls for the intervention of one man – Death (well… one anthropomorphic personification anyway) – to masquerade as the Hogfather and help restore faith that the light will return. Yes, it’s a Discworld novel, buried midway through the series and featuring everybody’s favourite Grim Reaper. We’re also reunited with his grand-daughter Susan (currently acting […]

My First Ever DNF featuring Paul, Mary, Mel, and Sue <3

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American on Purpose opens with a chapter on the white house correspondents dinner which I read just after reading this article. It made it feel a bit sour in my mouth. I bought this book, because, despite my rather lukewarm rating for Between the Bridge and the River, I did think it showed potential and people here were raging about how this biography was really good. I persevered through it, somewhat, but it was honestly a slog. It is mainly written for Americans, and there […]



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