Rainbow Flag – Cannonball Read 17

All Our Love for The Sea Witch

The Unkindest Tide (October Daye Book 13) by Seanan McGuire

October 30, 2019 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Just like with the previous book in the series, Night and Silence, I can’t make any promises here with regards to spoilers. I’ll try and avoid anything too shocking from this book in particular, but the rest of the series? Be on your guard. Of all the characters in the October Daya series, I have to say that the Luidaeg is probably one of my favourites. Underneath her tough as nails exterior and her grim sense of humour lies someone who’s life has been […]

It was a fun trip!

Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer

October 30, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Not gonna lie, I picked this up for the title first. I’m an unashamed reader of fanfiction, so when I saw the clever title, I wanted to know more. Then I read the back, and immediately knew this was for me! (Fanfiction doesn’t actually play a huge role in this, though!) This is kind of in the same realm as Geekarella. There’s a show that’s kind of geeky but has a strong cult following, and they both have conventions! There are stars that love working […]

Literature was the passport to enter a larger life

At the Same Time by Susan Sontag

October 9, 2019 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Before I read this book I had a lot of name recognition for Susan Sontag (thank you liberal arts degree) but wasn’t that familiar with her actual writing. At the Same Time is a collection of her essays and speeches, published posthumously in 2007, and comprising three categories: 1) essays about obscure literature; 2) essays about 9/11; and 3) speeches Sontag gave on varied themes (literature, courage, etc.). Given that the major unifying thread for this collection is loose- essay or speech- my opinions on […]

“In her they instinctively sensed an outlaw, and theirs was the task of policing nature.”

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

September 25, 2019 by blauracke Leave a Comment

Stephen Gordon’s father desperately wanted a son but what he got instead is a daughter who fences and rides like a man, and who falls in love with women. She feels isolated and apart from ‘normal’ people until she meets a young woman during World War I who finally returns her affection. Societal pressure, however, threatens to destroy her happiness. Written by an author who described herself as a ‘congenital invert’ and first published in 1928, this was banned in the UK for obscenity even […]

“This is a war story. It was not meant to be. It started as a love story, the story of a marriage.”

The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer

September 15, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo: Rainbow Flag Bingo! Diagonally: Remix, The Collection, Own Voices, Rainbow Flag, Summer Read I decided to read something by Andrew Sean Greer for the Rainbow Flag square on the strength of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Less, which I read and loved last year. The Story of a Marriage is a very different novel, at least in tone. Where Less is sly and sharp and very funny, The Story of a Marriage is just a bit too earnest for its own good. The Story of […]

Darkly Enchanting

The Binding by Bridget Collins

August 3, 2019 by Ale Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since a book has really grabbed me and not let go until the end. I’m a slow reader these days, usually taking 2 – 3 weeks to finish a book since I only read at night before bed. But The Binding demanded my time. I read it everywhere, foregoing all kinds of adulting in favor of immersing myself in Collins’ world, and I finished it in about 3 days. In the world of The Binding, there are people who have the […]

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