#151: Yes Please by Amy Poehler: 1 star.
#152: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut: 4 stars.
#153-4: Death Note, Vol. 1 & 2 by Tsugumi Ohba: 5 stars.
#155: Lucky Bastard by S.G. Browne: 2 stars.
#156-7: Doughnut and When It’s a Jar by Tom Holt: 4 and 3 stars.
I feel much the same about Slaughterhouse Five. I read it in Junior year of high school, it spoke to me even while I was pulling it apart, and generally gave me something to battle the Brave New World lovers with. I’m afraid to read it again though, since 17 year old me had such specific feelings about it, and nearly 32 year old me doesn’t especially want that changed.
Have no guilt about reviews, the Cannonball is a guilt free zone (at least that’s what I tell myself!)
That’s why I can count the books I’ve re-read on one hand. I’d rather just read a book once, love it, then just trade on that nostalgia for the rest of my life. Unless it’s Rainbow Rowell.
I feel more guilty about not being here to support everyone else, you included, than not posting reviews.
Then it sounds like you have your Cannonball goal for next year all picked out and it has nothing to do with review numbers. :)
I’ll also add in a shameless plug for the Book Exchange this year:
http://cbr.bgwdesigns.com/2014/11/lets-have-a-book-exchange/
another add layer of community.
Congratulations on your triple Cannonball! Completed before the end of November, that’s a big achievement. How well I know the feeling of falling way too far behind on my reviews, that’s when it becomes the worst slog in the world.
Thanks, Malin! And Violet, I considered that… but money is tight and I want to be sure I can get my family gifts. Plus, trying to see if I can make Animation Mentor, an online animation school, financially viable. Just the intro. workshop is $599 and I have like a month to figure out how I’m going to manage that. Maybe next year, though!