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]
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]
Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven
Rating: 3.5 Stars In a nutshell: The Newmans are a real-life family who have their own scripted television show (think Ozzie and Harriet). When the head of the household and writer / director of their show gets into a car accident before the season finale, the family starts figuring out what … [Read more]
We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, Simon Tam and Victor Bizar Gómez
We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, Simon Tam (Foreword), and Victor Bizar Gómez (illustrator). I had never heard of the band, The Slants. I had never heard of their legal struggles to have the name they want. I was unaware … [Read more]
Love, Misha: A Graphic Novel by Askel Aden,
Either I was asleep, mixed up two books, or slipped into a parallel universe, but when I first heard of/read about Love, Misha: A Graphic Novel by Askel Aden, I thought it was about a runaway who had several dangerous situations or was a child in war, but still homeless and finding safety. … [Read more]
The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari's Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic by Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj and Maithili Joshi
Only a few books recently have made me cry due to subject matter. (I’ve cried because they were poorly written and the only good thing I can say is they keep loggers and paper factories in business). Therefore, when I say The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari's Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story … [Read more]
