Cannonball Read 13

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

> FAQ Home
> Genre: Book Club

“There’s always the sun. Always, always, always the sun.”

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

by Leave a Comment

Klara and the Sun  is the strange, sweet, and highly enjoyable new book by Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro.  This odd fantasy world is typical of what to expect from Ishiguro.  The story takes place in a dystopian future where AF (Artificial Friend) robots are purchased as companions for children.  The story is narrated by Klara who is an AF.  Having the story told from a robot’s point of view may seem odd, but you grow to love Klara as she innocently tries to […]

So are people just getting you down? What if they just. . . weren’t there?

Dissipatio H.G. : The Vanishing by Guido Morselli

by Leave a Comment

A very odd little book.  Written in 1997, the Italian author committed suicide not long after the book was published, in part because none of his books had sold very well.  Hmmmm. The unnamed protagonist had been contemplating suicide, and found himself in a cavern in, possibly, the Swiss Alps.  He was ready to fling himself into a bottomless lake, but, eventually, reconsidered.  However, as he left the cavern, he slowly realized that Everything. Had. Changed. Since he had been living pretty much as a […]

Kate Quinn Has Cracked the Code for a Great Read

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

by 1 Comment

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn is a triumph.  A wonderful historical fiction with a little bit of everything – history, humor, romance, and  mystery.   The pages come alive with a mix of  great fictional characters, alongside real historical figures.  The plot centers around Bletchley Park during World War II, where mostly women worked as codebreakers trying to crack the German and Italian codes.  Today we know that their work was critical to the allied victory, but back then their work was strictly classified and […]

For Readers Who Love The Help or Green Book

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

by 3 Comments

Set in South Carolina in the 1960s, The Secret Life of Bees follows fourteen year old Lilly Owens and her black housekeeper/mother figure, Rosaleen. After some trouble in their hometown- Rosaleen gets arrested while attempting to register to vote and Lilly gets into a fight with her father about whether her deceased mother abandoned her- the two hit the road. With no real plan, Lilly leads them to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town that she believes had some connection to her mother. Once in Tiburon, […]

Don’t Judge THIS Book by the Cover (seriously)

Beach Read by Emily Henry

by 1 Comment

Disclaimer: I picked up this title based upon an NPR Books discussion, and upon seeing the cover, really had no idea what I was getting myself into, as evidenced by the fact that I offered it up to my MIL’s book club, which includes her sisters and 82-year old, very Catholic mother.  Heavens to Betsy.  There are very few beaches in this book, that’s what I’m telling you. January Andrews, authoress and former girlfriend to a handsome doctor, is broke.  At the funeral of her […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo