Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Holiday Reads, a.k.a. I get more reading done in a tent

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Other People's Houses (DC Ffion Morgan #3) by Clare Mackintosh

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Whiteout by R.S. Burnett

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I don’t know why, but I do.  Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) *** I’ve always loved the movie, so I wanted to read the book too. I was struck by how different it was both in plot and in tone; some characters that make it out in the film don’t survive the book and vice versa, and some of the characters have been conflated or split up. Lex and Tim, as characters, are incredibly irritating and flat in the book (Lex’ entire personality is ‘annoying child’. […]

Life… uh, finds a way

Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton

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I may be in the minority on this, but I prefer reading books after seeing the movie or show they are adapted from. I didn’t read the Song of Ice and Fire books until I was watching the second season of Game of Thrones. I didn’t read Fight Club, No Country for Old Men, or The Shining until years after I had seen the movies multiple times. I think I prefer to go into a movie fresh, not knowing what is going to happen, and […]

“I did all by myself.”

Lego Jurassic World Build Your Own Adventure: With Minifigure and Exclusive Model [With Legos] by Julia March and Selina Wood

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The other day I was being Aunt-sat. The oldest nephew had basketball practice for the Special Olympics in the later morning so we were taking it easy. He and I were just shooting the breeze, playing games on our phones/game players and relaxing after a light lunch. But, to be honest, I was getting a bit tired of hearing “the pew” of the game (to be nice to the rest of us in the house, he played it low, but still). Of course, I adored […]

I for one, welcome our new fungus overlords

Cold Storage by David Koepp

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There’s a lot of theory about what various monsters represent about our collective fears. Obviously we have Frankenstein’s monster as a representation of science without morality or consideration for the outcome of their tinkering. Godzilla was the modern version of that with a nuclear twist. Vampires are black mirrors of seduction; Wolfmen are cautions against reverting to our primal nature. And, of course, zombies. Zombies are so ripe for metaphorical interpretation, from concerns about consumerism (hey there Romero) to a concern that others aren’t who […]

The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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The book that inspired the movie that inspired my favorite Youtube video of all time. The first time I read Jurassic Park I was like 11 and it was the summer it came out in the theaters. We were driving to the beach and my brother had already read it and I had to fight him to keep from telling me what happens in the novel before I was able to read it. I also had a cursory (still do!) understanding of chaos theory from reading […]



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