Swedish Fish. Movie Popcorn. My mom’s fudge that she makes every Christmas (sorry Mom). This is a list of things that I love SO VERY VERY much at first and I simply cannot get enough!!, but then OHHHH GODDDD I’m super sick of it. That’s exactly the list to which I am adding this sweet, charming but hooo-boy overly long book. It was just a little- actually quite a bit- too much and I should’ve quit while I was ahead. I have to say, I […]
Just Because It’s Brief Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Painful
Do you love the show Intervention, but find it too glossy and upbeat? Do you feel the problem with Charles Bukowski is that he was just a bit too cheerful? Then this might just be the book for you. Ablutions is narrated by an unnamed Barman (I’d say he’s our protagonist but I’m not entirely sure that is the case) working in a deeply depressing, lowest-of-lowbrow Hollywood bar. Imagine all the magnificent wealth, glamour, and luxury of Hollywood. Cool, now imagine the polar opposite of […]
Even Better Than The Three Amigos!
This delight of a book starts out with our heroine, 19 year-old Nayeli, realizing that her town needs men. Strong and brave men, specifically, as most of the adult males from the tiny Mexico town she lives in have left to seek their fortune in the USA. Nayeli’s town of Tres Camarones is under siege from opportunistic bandidos, and there is really no one around to defend the remaining townspeople. Plus, the young women are lonely! Inspired by a town cinema viewing of The Magnificent […]
The Boring Lives of Medium-Level Jerks
Hi everyone! This is my very first review of my very first Cannonball! And… it nearly sank my ship. You know that thing people say about “when someone tells you who they are, believe them”? I should have taken that theory and applied it to this book. There’s a quote early on about the family whom this book revolves around: “There was nothing remarkable about the Whitshanks… But like most families, they imagined they were special.” The key word here is “imagined” because they aren’t […]