survivalism – Cannonball Read 17

Over the River, Into the Woods…

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

August 26, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read this as part of CBR14Bingo: adapt. This book was adapted into a movie that will be released later this year. It also features a character who has to adapt to a new situation after living in captivity the first part of her life. Books about the outdoors and/or survivalism are not my thing. Neither are complicated family dramas where abuse has to be parsed and unpacked. Yet this one really worked for me and became one of my favorite crime novels of the year, even […]

War and Hell

The Last by Hanna Jameson

March 10, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

So…nuclear war. Been in the news a lot these days. How about that, eh? I never knew how good I had it as a kid in the (mostly) harmonious 90s. The Iron Curtain fell, the Cold War was over, 9/11 had not yet happened and the only existential threat to America was our collectively stupid reaction to the President’s affair with an intern. Wish somebody told me those would be the good ol days for the States. Anyway, I came upon this book because I […]

“Not that an asteroid crashing into our planet is a good thing, but it does put everything else into perspective.”

The World Ends in April by McAnulty, Stacy

January 30, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Eleanor Dross is getting a little weary of her life. School, as always, is terrible. She has only one friend, and while Mack is the best, she could do without everyone else ignoring her or worse. Her grades? Let’s not talk about it. And home life, it’s fine, but nothing to, well, write home about. Her recently widowed dad is doing his best. And they have Grandpa Joe to help out too. But Joe is a “prepper” – that is to say, he’s most excited […]

Educated – The ultimate in “fish out of water” life experience

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

June 20, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

If you liked The Glass Castle or Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis or Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Growing Up Poor then you just might like Educated. And “like” is not the appropriate word for any of these books really. Appreciated is a better sentiment. Because each of these is a tough read, hearing about someone’s struggles to fit in when everything about them sticks out, and is […]

9/11 Conspiracies and Government Assassins

February 15, 2014 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

Baldacci turns in another action-packed thriller, bringing back government assassin Will Robie to thrill us with his deadly skills (and to make us wonder what the hell he is doing killing people for the government!) This time, Baldacci gives us double the excitement by giving us a female Will Robie in the form of Jessica Reel, another government assassin who had trained with Robie, but who has apparently gone rogue and killed several American government agents, including the number two in the CIA. When Robie […]

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