Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Taking “What If?” A Bit Too Far

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

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Up until meeting her now-fiancé Maxwell (affectionally called Boots), Lola was the definition of a serial monogamist. Unlucky in love – or maybe too lucky but with the wrong people – Lola has a storied past full of men who did her wrong, men she did wrong, and men she simply grew apart from. But all that’s over, now that she and Boots are engaged. Except Lola isn’t quite sure she wants to be engaged. The ring is kind of ugly, she doesn’t really like […]

“I am waiting for the things I love to come back to me, to tell me they were only joking.”

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

This Time TOmorrow by Emma Straub

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Sloane Crosley wrote one of my favorite books in recent years – the funny, strange, smart Cult Classic – and when I heard she released a memoir about grief, I knew I wanted to put that in my library queue. In this memoir, Crosley tells about a terrible summer in 2019 when she experienced two jarring losses – first, a home burglary (while she was out) in which she lost some important jewelry (and a sense of safety at home), and shortly afterwards a dear […]

Box Office Flop

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

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In Sloane Crosley’s Cult Classic, a woman named Lola is living many women’s worst nightmare: she keeps running into her ex-boyfriends. Even worse? It’s not an accident. Lola is a lifelike creation. She’s smart and witty, but can also be acerbic and mean. She’s able to clinically dissect the flaws of her former partners while also being honest about her own issues. She’s not exactly likeable, but she is relatable, at least to a point. That point is when the novel’s high-concept premise kicks into […]

Insightful and hilarious

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

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  CBR Bingo – Minds, as this was a comedic thriller full of mind games (and a possible cult). If you’re looking for something incredibly fun and intensely readable, look no further. I loved this brief ride of a book. I don’t know how I’ve managed to avoid Crosley’s writing until this point, but I plan to add more of her writing to my TBR pile. The premise itself is rather thin – a woman (Lola) meets up with former colleagues for dinner in Chinatown. […]

I Will Sparkle Like a Wealthy Woman’s Neck

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CBR bingo entry 3 leads me to my “Birthday” space for Sloane Crosley, who turned 40 August 3rd this year.  (And yeah, she was gonna be my “so shiny!” entry but Ken Jennings was born in May and I don’t get that many books hot off the presses because I’m cheap, AND her debut was I Was Told There’d Be Cake, for pete’s sake, so I had to change her to my birthday square.  But I still liked how the title works with her tone; […]

Not the Goonies, Not by a Long-shot

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The Clasp is about three insufferable college friends who reconnect at a friend’s wedding in Miami. Nathaniel’s career in LA has stalled, Kezia’s work for an unhinged jeweler is slowly killing her and Victor was recently fired from a search engine less popular than Bing. After a conversation with the groom’s dying mother Victor is inspired to embark on a journey to track down a literal literary treasure. If I remember Sloane Crosley’s previous non-fiction works correctly then it is not a surprise that she would create such […]



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