Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Book 4 of DI Amy Winter

Flesh and Blood by Caroline Mitchell

by Leave a Comment

This is the fourth book in the Detective Inspector (DI) Amy Winter series. I probably read the previous three books in the year and three quarters that I didn’t participate in CBR, so sorry for diving in at book four! Amy Winter’s parents were serial killers.  Her dad is dead I think, but her mom was recently released from prison.  One of her sisters is still in contact with their mom.  This is just background info.  Amy is a little guarded because of her scary […]

Birthdays and Friendships

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

by 17 Comments

Big birthday greeting to my birthday twin, MsWas, to Katie71483 whose birthday was on Sunday, and to Prolixity Julien whose birthday was some time ago and will happen again in the future. Happy birthday to Allie Brosh. I have no idea when her birthday is, but I’m glad she keeps having them. And happy birthday to you, do something nice for yourself. You can tell me about it in the comments, or any other place you might find me. Last year, Katie71483, MsWas and Prolixity […]

You Are Not Alone: Let the women do the work!

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

by 1 Comment

This one was interesting! Like many novels of this type, the chapters alternate between different perspectives, letting the reader in on the underlying plot.  Shay Miller witnesses an apparent suicide in the subway in New York one day. She’s lost her job and is generally feeling lost, and one day she sees a woman jump in front of a train. She doesn’t know why. She doesn’t know anything about the woman, but there is something familiar about her…  This leads Shay to spend her days […]

I Get You Better By the End, But Damn Girl.

Divorcing by Susan Taubes

by Leave a Comment

Not sure what to think about this one.  The first section covers Sophie Blind’s decision to divorce her husband despite his blithe insistence that this is not something that is going to happen.  Not that they are sharing any sort of life together.  Money is not the object, more of a possession sort of thing.  (This was written in 1969 for some sort of context, so I suppose we are in a Mad Men sort of a world here.)  Sorry Sophie, get your act together.  […]

Books about fandom, one of my many kryptonites

Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

by Leave a Comment

Content warning: suicide (past), suicidal ideation Hmm I think I’m forever chasing books about fandom to find that mythical “character like myself” who will make me feel seen the way that others have felt seen by Spoiler Alert or Geekerella. And while I’m very glad that people are feeling seen by this book, I have to firmly shelve it under “High School, I’m Glad This Wasn’t My.” As I noted when I started reading this, I got very much more into Monstrous Sea than I did in the story of […]

a very special episode in a very farcical town

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

by Leave a Comment

*”Yakkety Sax” blares through your speakers* A robbery- wait, but not quite. A bank robber, but not who you expect. An accidental hostage situation. Aggressively unhelpful witnesses. A nervous eater who devours a whole lime, pith and all. Bumbling cops. Feisty old ladies. Sounds fun, yes? It is fun! There is a solid farce at the core of this story. Misunderstandings, misdirection, and missed connections fly in and out of quickly slamming doors. A manically wound player piano would not be out of place in […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo