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Remember by Joy Harjo

July 14, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Joy Harjo’s poem is adapted in this picture book format. Remember is a simple and straightforward story about family, nature, and themselves. The illustrations are richly created by Michaela Goade. Both author and illustrator were inspired and influenced by their own cultural backgrounds (of the Mvskoke Nation and Tlingit culture respectfully). The story itself we know, but it is still powerful and thoughtful. But for me, the illustrations of Goade were what made the book pop. The images are deep, colorfully, busy details, something that […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: joy harjo, Michaela Goade, Mvskoke Nation, nature, Tlingit culture

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:373 · Genres: Book Club, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: joy harjo, Michaela Goade, Mvskoke Nation, nature, Tlingit culture ·
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

July 13, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge is a charming historical fiction. It is the coming of age story of “Woody Nickel”, a Dust Bowl orphan from the Texas Panhandle who travels cross country with a pair of giraffes. Rutledge, while researching a book on the San Diego Zoo, learned about two giraffes who arrived in NYC on a boat that barely survived the extremely destructive 1938 Long Island hurricane. The giraffes then traveled cross country to their new home at the San Diego Zoo. Using […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History Tagged With: book club, coming-of-age, historical fiction, Lynda Rutledge

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History · Tags: book club, coming-of-age, historical fiction, Lynda Rutledge ·
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Growing up is hard to do

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

July 4, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Official book description: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father–despite his hard-won citizenship–Lily and Kath risk everything to […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, 1950s, cbr14, coming-of-age, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, Racism, Young Adult

Malin's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, 1950s, cbr14, coming-of-age, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, Racism, Young Adult ·
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Strangers on a Train with no murder involved!

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

June 29, 2022 by jomidi 2 Comments

It took almost a full six months, but I think I have what might become my favorite book of 2022. Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley was a wonderful surprise. I grabbed this book from a library display (to complete a summer bingo card entry “read a book from a library display”).  I had enjoyed Pooley’s previous book, The Authenticity Project, so I decided to take a chance on her latest. Iona Iverson was somebody back in her day.  She and her girlfriend […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: book club, British, Clare Pooley, Fiction, funny, quirky

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: book club, British, Clare Pooley, Fiction, funny, quirky ·
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“It was the worst fact of parenthood, that what you did mattered so much more than anything you said”

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

June 22, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

I love time travel. To me, nothing is better than a good time travel book. (I know I say this every time I review a book with time travel.) I have read and enjoyed Emma Straub’s other books, so I was eagerly looking forward to this one. I was thrilled when I learned it would have time travel in it. (Also, you have to love Straub, as she owns an independence book store in Brooklyn.) In This Time Tomorrow, Alice’s life at 40 is not […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: Emma Straub, this time tomorrow, time travel

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: Emma Straub, this time tomorrow, time travel ·
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#CannonBookClub September Book Club Announcement

June 10, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

Our September Book Club will be discussing Banned or Challenged Books on September 16-17, just ahead of Banned Book Week (September 18-24, 2022). Forty years ago, Banned Book Week began as a response to a sudden surge in book challenges in 1982. With the current push to limit access to books dealing with sexuality, gender identity, and race, we asked you what you wanted to read; and we’ve tallied up the votes for the top three. The books selected for our discussion come from a […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, book club, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give

Genres: Book Club · Tags: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, book club, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give ·
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