Hi, bjornsnipe! Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in the Quick Questions with a Cannonballer series. Congratulations on your recent Cannonball! How did you find your way to the CBR community? My mother reads Pajiba, and saw a mention of CBR and decided to lob the URL at me. … [Read more]
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
CBR18 BINGO: Justice, because an accused Indian man faces British justice Pursuant to this review title, I was impressed and a little surprised that E.M. Forster had so much to say about race and gender, having been born in England in the late Victorian era. Considered by some to be his … [Read more]
Wormhole: My journey into the dark heart of alternative medicine by Hannah McElhinney
Wormhole is a book that manages to pack a significant amount into its rather slim page count. Author Hannah McElhinney’s cousin, Laura, travelled from Australia to Malaysia back in 2022 for a ‘medical procedure.’ After Lauren went radio silent for a few days, her family was contacted by a mysterious … [Read more]
Onyx Storm (Empyrean Series #3) by Rebecca Yarros
Third book of the series here, so After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail has gained several friends, two dragons, a *whatever Xaden is to her* and a whole lot of problems. War is here, and enemies are too; out in the world, and closer to home. What's a Romantasy … [Read more]
Un Verano Contigo by Cynthia A. Rodriguez
Cynthia A. Rodriguez is a new to me author. I picked up her most recent release, Un Verano Contigo, in part because it’s a short 70 pages and seemed like a good way to try out her style. I am in love. It is so good. I love short stories and, yes, I do think they are harder to write than a novel. … [Read more]
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
CBR18 BINGO: using the Free Space to replace Joker I hated this when I read it in high school. That was so long ago that I don’t recall why, but my guess is that 16-year-old Tracy had Strong Feelings™ about how books were supposed to end and objected to how this one ended. I’m not sure what … [Read more]
The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa
My thoughts at the end of this book were a pretty far cry from what they were at the beginning. I was really excited to start this short dystopian novel about censorship and a Book Censor who becomes a reader. We dive into this journey with the very first line, which was a pleasant surprise: “As … [Read more]
