kurt vonnegut jr – Cannonball Read 17

Stuck or unstuck in time

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: The Graphic Novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr and Ryan North

August 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

WTH did I read? I admit, a lot of the graphic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, went over my head. But that just means I need to read it again as this is not something that can be taken in all at once. The artwork is what really grabbed me this first reading. There was a lot going on, but it did not always feel “fleshed out” and there were things missing, yet, there was also too much going on as well. The lack […]

Another short story to fill the void between the super long ones!!

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

March 29, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I think I saw Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and remembered back to high school where I read Fahrenheit 451 (not KVJr), Catcher in the Rye (not KVJr), and some other book that wasn’t written by him. I guess I just got them all mixed up in my head, so don’t yell at me. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book now that I’m looking back? Anybody have any recommendations? Obviously I read this book, but it’s a short story, so a bit […]

Some more Vonnegut re-reads

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

If this isn't nice, What is? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

June 27, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Bluebeard – 5/5 Stars It’s funny to me that I read this alongside all the other Kur Vonnegut novels I read when I was younger. I was either in high school or thereabouts for this one. I remember liking it, and not really knowing what to do with it. Like the kids that Rabo Karabekian yells at throughout this novel, what did I know about anything then? And like Rabo, I am sure I still have more to learn. You might recall Rabo Karabekian from […]

Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies.

August 16, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR10Bingo – Throwback Thursday (whoa it’s Thursday!) I think this was the last unread Kurt Vonnegut novel I read, when I read it about 15 years ago. It came out shortly before I first started reading Vonnegut when I was 14 or 15 and so it marked the first and last exposure to him as a living writer. I didn’t read for several years after. Also, along with Slaughterhouse 5, which I have read a half dozen times or so, this is the only Vonnegut […]

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