Cannonball Read 14

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • 2022 CBR Event Calendar
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
    • CBR Merchandise
    • Supporters and Friends of CBR
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Sign Up
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Live Now - #CannonBookClub Discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

About Orleanas

CBR  9CBR 8CBR 6

A once avid reader of primarily historical romance and Harlequin Presents novels, I read in search of magic.

Orleanas's Reviews:

> FAQ Home
> Articles by: Orleanas

Truly, The Hate U Give Little Infants F’s Everybody (THUG LIFE)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

August 15, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

Nearly twenty years ago, Jacqueline Woodson first tackled the same subject matter as depicted in The Hate U Give (2017) in her typically poetic and poignant style in the novel If You Come Softly (1998). It is a story of first love, an interracial one between fifteen-year-old Jeremiah and Ellie who meet at their private school. They have to deal with how society treats them because of their relationship. In the end, this modern day Romeo and Juliet comes to an abrupt end when Jeremiah is fatally shot by […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Angie Thomas, cbr9, the hate u give

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:15 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Angie Thomas, cbr9, the hate u give ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

A Poet Writes According to His/Her Own Images and Rhythms

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

August 6, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

The story of Sharon Creech’s Jack from Love That Dog (2001) continues. Early in his school year, Jack reveals to his teacher that 1) he hates cats, and 2) his college professor Uncle Bill does not believe that the poems Jack had written in the previous school year are “real” poems because they are short, lack rhyme, a regular meter, symbols, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. Thank goodness Jack has Miss Stretchberry as his teacher again because she tells him that all those elements his uncle mentioned are […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: cbr9, Hate that Cat, Orleanas, Sharon Creech

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: cbr9, Hate that Cat, Orleanas, Sharon Creech ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Fangirl Down, Eleanor & Park to Go (Eventually)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

July 7, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

Fangirl (2013) is another of Rowell’s character-driven  YA novels that has been well-received by readers and well-reviewed by critics. As of this post, it has a slightly higher rating on Goodreads (4.12) than her very much revered Eleanor & Park (4.11), also published in 2013. Rainbow Rowell is an engaging writer, so for all I didn’t like about the book, Rowell is gifted in being able to create memorable characters and worlds that seem relatable and authentic. Still, I could not get beyond thinking that this […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: cbr9, Fangirl, Orleanas, Rainbow Rowell

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: cbr9, Fangirl, Orleanas, Rainbow Rowell ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

You Can’t Run from Your Past

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

June 12, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

“Running ain’t nothing I ever had to practice. It’s just something I knew how to do,” explains Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw from Jason Reynolds’s National Book Award finalist Ghost (2016) when he comes across a track practice on his meandering run home from school one afternoon. A seventh grader, Ghost also has “a lot of scream in him” that has resulted in many altercations at school that have put him on a path to delinquency. Read the full review.

Filed Under: Children's Books, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr9, Ghost, Orleanas. Jason Reynolds

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Children's Books, Young Adult · Tags: cbr9, Ghost, Orleanas. Jason Reynolds ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Another Story in Verse

Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn

May 31, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

Who killed Mr. Chippendale, and why? These two questions drive the narrative in Mel Glenn’s Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems (1999). Told from the perspectives of various characters representing different sectors of the school and community reacting to the murder of Mr. Chippendale, Who Killed Mr. Chippendale is developed through a series of interlocking free-verse poems. Many characters are introduced, the majority of whose voices are heard once and help to create a nuanced portrait of Mr. Chippendale–a mystery to his own colleagues despite […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: cbr9, Mel Glenn, Orleanas, Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry · Tags: cbr9, Mel Glenn, Orleanas, Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

So Much Depends on Being Inspired

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

May 30, 2017 by Orleanas Leave a Comment

My pleasure while reading Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog (2001) just could not be contained as evidenced by the Cheshire grin plastered on my face from the beginning to end of this novella. Related in free verse from the perspective of Jack through dated entries that span a school year, Love That Dog is quite charming and delightful. Read the full review.

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: cbr9, Love that Dog, Orleanas, Sharon Creech

Orleanas's CBR9 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: cbr9, Love that Dog, Orleanas, Sharon Creech ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 9
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • MsWas on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubQ5: The opening prologue ends with Lily wondering if the pageant girls are what Chinese girls are "supposed to look like," and Lily does spend...
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph Clubwell said- I think you just summed up the feeling that I couldn't quite place that was keeping me from loving this book
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubI want to know more about what happens with Lily's frenemy and HER secrets! She pushed the duty/desire line harder than Lily, IMO, and built...
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph Clubyeah! coming of age and also that first fall into love with a capital L
  • Emmalita on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubYes. And I didn't express my thought very well (I am so tired). Telegraph Club is a YA queer coming of age with a love...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Cannonball Read

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo
© 2022 Cannonball Read | Log in