Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m on a Reading Roll – Which Makes It Hard to Keep Up With Reviews

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers I think I only have one Becky Chambers book left to read, and then I’ll have to wait for her to come back from the hiatus she’s currently on. I enjoyed both of the Monk and Robot books, though for some reason they don’t seem to be quite sticking with me the way the Wayfarers books did. Both novellas follow monk Dex and robot Mosscap and are mostly about their relationship […]

“Remember. There will be other days. And there will be other feelings.”

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

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CBR Bingo – Europe In the wake of a surprising lay off I was looking for something to lift my spirits and came across this little tome, from the English author of “The Midnight Library.” That book was an examination of a squandered life as Nora has decided she has nothing left to live for. After taking the matter into her own hands, instead of finding herself faced with nothingness, she finds herself in the titular Midnight Library which is filled with volumes of books […]

A Lot Of Little Necessary Reminders

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

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Best for: Anyone who is looking for a bit of encouragement in a non-self-help format. In a nutshell: Through dozens of tiny chapters (many no longer than a paragraph long), author Haig offers reflections on life for the reader to take comfort in. Worth quoting: I underlined so many phrases in this book, so this section could be miles long. “Don’t drain yourself trying to be understood by people who insist on not understanding you.” Why I chose it: I think I was looking for […]

Immortality … sort of

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

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Best for: Fans of historical fiction. Those who enjoy a book that spans time. In a nutshell: Tom Hazard has been alive since the 1500s. He’s trying to find his daughter while staying below the radar of those who want to know more about his condition. Worth quoting: “The progress of humanity seemed to be measured in the distance we placed between ourselves and nature.” “That’s the thing with time, isn’t it? It’s not all the same. Some days — some years — some decades […]

“You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently.”

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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In one word: Possibility Cannonball Read Bingo: Question This book was been on my to-read list for quite a while, but I couldn’t get it done! I checked it out from the library two separate times and returned it unopened. I actually opened a copy that was at our vacation house last year, but when I realized it was an imagining of what happens after you die, and likely would leave me with more questions than answers, the timing was bad. I had juuuust finished […]

“To be the world, witnessing itself.”

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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Content warning – this book contains many mentions of suicide. The plot is very much “It’s a Wonderful Life”, but it’s set in England and instead of a family man on the brink it’s a woman in her mid thirties, single with no children, who is losing the will to live. Nora, our protagonist, has struggled with her mental health (it’s more or less implied – and maybe I’m filling in a bit here because I’ve read Haig’s other non-fiction book about his own struggles […]



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