Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Fuck Beginnings, or How I Learned to Stop Kvetching and Love The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

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I read this book because people who love the same kinds of books that I do dearly love this book. At the risk of offending the true blue fans, I did not exactly love this book in the beginning. I think it’s worthwhile to talk about it for others who might be put off by the same things I was. Spoiler alert: I ended up loving it. Also, this review really is mildly spoilerish, so make your own choices as to whether to read it. […]

I Think The Wind is Named “Eunice.” That’s a Good Name for Wind.

The Name of the Wind: (Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1) by Patrick Rothfuss

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This book has been kicking around my recommended lists, and I’ve seen it reviewed a couple times here and there, then I saw it was part of the Pajiba Book Archive (though the link to the actual article seems to be broken? Or maybe the article is just too old at this point.) so I finally picked it up and started reading it. It’s a good, solid first novel in a fantasy world. Kvothe the Kingkiller, Kvothe the Arcane, Kvothe the Bloodless, Shadicar, Lightfinger, Six […]

All y’all talking about Rothfuss were right

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It feels like I have been reading people talk about how awesome Patrick Rothfuss is for years, although the talk seems to centre more on him than his book. I finally picked up the first one in the series this summer and then had to tear through the second immediately afterwards, all within a week. It was like I was shovelling the food in my face like I did when my kids were tiny. I read these months ago, HAD MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, and […]

I really liked some of this book and I absolutely despised some of this book. But sure, I’ll read the next one.

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A few years ago, my kids joined the swim team at our neighborhood pool. This meant many hours of me just sitting on a chair at the pool, having nothing to do but read. So I assigned myself a “pool book” — one that was longer than I might normally read, just so that I would never run out of stuff to read during practice. So far, just while the kids have been practicing, I’ve read all five books in the A Song of Ice […]

It’s a travesty this has only been reviewed once before (thanks, bonnie!)

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I would love to rhapsodize about this book, but I’m kind of pressed for time (doubt I’ll be able to write this review before Christmas, and I don’t want to hold off since I just finished this book and it’s fresh in my mind). The best way I can describe this, I think, is to say that The Way of Shadows (2008) a bit like The Name of the Wind (2007) by Patrick Rothfuss mixed with an Assassin’s Creed video game. Azoth is an impoverished child […]

Help me, Cannonballers. You’re my only hope.

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You guys. I’m already so far behind on my reviews for CBR8, and I’m finding it so hard to motivate. But I think if I can get this one behind me, I might be able to make a fresh start. Because this book…this book took me almost an entire year to read. This book was my personal version of Billy Bragg’s Great Leap Forward. Every time I thought I was taking a step forward, and excited about a good part, that part would suddenly end, and […]



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