Dates for the Good Omens #CannonBookClub have been chosen, with a bonus discussion about the show adaptation. The book-only discussion will take place on May 17th and 18th, then June 14th and 15th to discuss the television adaptation. What could we possibly have to go with that? More #CannonBookClub of course. Later this year we’ll be hole another paired discussion for this our FIFTH year of book club. Do you want to read a Classic? Want to read an Adaptation or Retelling? WANT TO READ BOTH? Continuing our loose theme this year of stories in various formats, we’ll be voting on a book with plenty of adaptations and you pick what you’d like to read. Vote today!
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: xoxoxoe
Several people who filled out our previous newsletter survey suggested author Q&As. What better way to start than with a homegrown CBR author?* How many times have you participated in CBR? I have been a part of Cannonball since CBR3. Has it changed the way you read? It’s made me feel part of a community – and I love the idea of so many of us reading, reading, reading for such a great cause – and sharing opinions. I’m all about opinions. I also like reading other Cannonballer reviews – of books or genres I might not have considered reading […]
“Maybe I still haven’t become me. I don’t know how you tell for sure when you finally have.”
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
This is one of those books I can appreciate more intellectually than feel in my gut, though I think I’m going to chalk that up more to the style than anything else. I wasn’t in the mood for a slow, thoughtful, book that is more traditionally literary in style than I usually prefer. This book is LONG as well, almost 500 pages. Which is on the high end for contemporary YA. Aside from my own style preferences, I have no complaints. It’s a beautifully written story about a girl coming of age in the 90s in the Midwest, and coming […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 | 
| Tags: coming-of-age, emily m. danforth, LGBTQIA, narfna, the miseducation of cameron post, Young Adult | Category: Fiction, Young Adult | 0 Comments
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: says it all
It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity is coming in May 2019 and I can already see it on every banned and challenged list out there. This book is not going to change your feelings on the subject, but it might give you a new or expanded language to use. Also, due to the accessibility of the text to children, it helped explain a few terms I was still unsure of their meaning. Therefore, this introduction to this subject can span many levels of readers. However, it is aimed at children up to about age eight […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:89 | | Tags: Body, Gender nonconformity, Juvenile Nonfiction, Noah Grigni, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Topics, Theresa Thorn | Category: Children's, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry | 0 Comments
“When you hear of my homegoing…don’t worry about me”
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
I love a sweeping family saga. I love a novelized depiction of history and seeing how one generation shapes the next. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is probably one of my favorites. It tells the story of two half sisters Ghana in the 18th Century. Effia is married to a wealthy white slave trader and Esi and captured and imprisoned in the same castle in which her sister lives (unbeknownst to both of them) and sold across the Atlantic into slavery. Effia’s family lives with the effects of colonization and internal warfare and Esi family survives slavery, Jim Crow and […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 | | Tags: #cbr11 #homegoing #yaagyasi #atlanticslavetrade | Category: Book Club, Fiction, History | 0 Comments
Envision that Circumcision and Feel that Eel
Under the Knife by Arnold van der Laar
I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. That didn’t pan out, and I’m fine with that, but the interest in all things medical has lingered. Because I was planning to read more non-fiction anyway, I picked up this book on a whim, and although I wasn’t disappointed, it lacks a certain degree of depth. More subcutaneous than intraosseal, if you please. Van de Laar – who is a surgeon himself – takes us through the history of medicine, and specifically surgery, but instead of telling the tale chronologically he chooses to make his case based on famous cases and surgeries […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 | | Tags: #history, Arnold van de Laar, medical, non fiction, surgery | Category: Health, History, Non-Fiction | 0 Comments
Down the rabbit hole
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Per the book blurb: Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to “talk.” Things couldn’t get worse, right? After finishing Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig, I was intrigued enough to check out his previous books. This is another YA book, but the tone is a lot darker and the action all takes place on one July 4th night. […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |
Almost is Never Enough
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
This book had all the ingredients to be very interesting, and it almost got there: almost. Unfortunately, after sludging through a pretty slow first-half which didn’t engage me very much, it drew me back in with some interesting twists, only to then fizzle out again. The whole thing just left me feeling cold, a large part of which I think had to do with how impenetrable I found the protagonist, Nella: I felt like she was being kept at an arms length and just couldn’t crack her. The Miniaturist follows a young woman in 17th century Amsterdam named Petronella (or Nella): she […]
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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |
Sophomore Slump?
The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton
Honestly I am always worried when a debut author puts their second book out. I always worry that I am comparing it too much to the first. However, since the first book by Clayton was the first book in this series, I can’t help but compare it. And I have to say that the second book didn’t work for me at all. I was bored and just kept waiting for something (anything to happen). This book didn’t expand the world the reader had found out about in book #1. There was barely any development to any characters. And then things […]
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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:78 | | Tags: Dhonielle Clayton, fantasty, The Belles #2, The Everlasting Rose, Young Adult | Category: Fantasy, Young Adult | 0 Comments
Following Three Women on Their 30th, 40th, and 50th Birthdays
The Year That Everything Changed by Cathy Kelly
Well this was ultimately a delightful read. I really got a kick out of following Ginger, Sam, and Callie. I thought it was an odd writing choice that had Kelly go back one month before their birthdays and then jump forward again. Other than that, I enjoyed this book and found Ginger to be the character that I felt for and wanted to read more about. That said, I still enjoyed the characters of Sam and Callie. “The Year Everything Changed” follows Ginger, Sam, and Callie, on their 30th, 40th, and 50th birthdays and the year that follows. Ginger is […]
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