Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Good book about a major news story

Miracle in the Cave by Liam Cochrane

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Miracle in the Cave is about the Wild Boars and their rescue from Tham Luang. Cochrane covered the rescue for the Australia Broadcasting Corporation. The book gives a brief background of the boys and football coach – some of whom were stateless at the time. I don’t usually read such quickly or timely released books. This came as part of a My Book Box selection. Cochrane’s account is good for a couple reasons. The first is he that he brings to light lesser known aspects […]

A better read with more knowledge of Russian/Soviet Culture

Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov

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The free verse poems do seem to do what the title of the book suggests – draw a portrait of the various artists, authors, poets, dancers and so on without using paint. I would have enjoyed it more if I knew who more of the artists were. I also wish there had been a bit more historical notes – considering how many of those dealt with in the book were killed on Night of the Murdered Poets maybe explaining that event say.   However, in […]

SPOILERS!!!!! Over halfway and then DNF.

For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt

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The plot idea behind this book is good. It’s really interesting, but as it is used in this book, it doesn’t quite work. Possible spoilers, though I will try to keep it non-spoilerish. The book opens with a couple on a first date, talking about how, since they are smart, they could get away with killing someone. Then we jump to years later where said couple -Will and Nat (short for Natalie) are married with a young son and the marriage might not be doing […]

Trolls, Trolls, and More Trolls

In The Troll Wood by John Bauer

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  I have loved John Bauer since I lived in Sweden for six months when I was a kid. My parents give a collection of fairy tales illustrated by him. There is something about his trolls and his use of light and shadow. This picture presents Bauer’s artwork with short little narratives about trolls. There is what happens when a Friar tries to exile trolls from a forest. There is a princess who is captured by trolls but is able to save herself. There is […]

Good quick read

How Do We Look by Mary Beard

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When the more recent Civilization was shown on PBS, they edited it a bit from the British version because we can’t have nice things in America since we elected an orange. But they edited out much Mary Beard which is so not right. Really not right. So if you are wondering why Mary Beard wrote a book that functions as a companion to the series that’s why. The book is a look at how the viewer interacts with art. She focuses on ancient and religious […]

Good installment

A Crown of Lights by Phil Rickman

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Phil Rickman writes women very well. Merrily is such a wonderfully drawn character, but she isn’t the only well written woman in the book.  Rickman writes women as people, and, correctly, does not have them think or describe the women in terms of their boobs.  Rickman is also aware of how differently society would see a woman in a situation as opposed to a man.  This is used wonderfully as Merrily’s backstory makes it to social media.  Merrily’s reaction to the problem is one that […]



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