Cannonball Read 15

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
    • Rules of Respect
    • CBR15 Passport Book Challenge
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • 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
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Sign Up
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media
> FAQ Home
> Genre: Cooking/Food

The American dream has a few sleepless days

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

March 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport, Own (the reader copy, but due early April)   There is a lot going on within the covers of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel. This book is loosely based on some of the experiences author Betty C. Tang and the experiences of others like Tang had. And thankfully they did not happen all to one person, because as I said, a lot happens. We see the kids left to their own devices, scammed out of money, issues with language, issues with racism and even […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult Tagged With: Betty C. Tang, CBR15Passport, Emigration & Immigration, Family life, siblings, Taiwanese, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:190 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult · Tags: Betty C. Tang, CBR15Passport, Emigration & Immigration, Family life, siblings, Taiwanese, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Books, friends and mystery

Escape from M. Lemoncello’s Library, the graphic novel by Chris Grabenstein

March 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Not having read the novel, that Escape from M. Lemoncello’s Library, the graphic novel is based on (that is of the same name), I am not sure how this book was adapted. However, the author Chris Grabenstein did the adaptation, so I am assuming it is mostly the same. Regardless, this graphic novel illustrated by Douglas Holgate is a fun, easy read that has puns, hidden surprises, a good message, and a lot of books that are mentioned, that are read and that are used […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: Chris Grabenstein, Douglas Holgate, friendship, libraries, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:188 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: Chris Grabenstein, Douglas Holgate, friendship, libraries, Social Themes ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Normal is a setting on a VCR.

Normal Norman by Tara Lazar

March 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport, own Normal is a setting on a VCR. Which you say makes no sense at all. And that is the point.  There is no “Normal Setting” on a VCR (and do they even have VCRs anymore?). Which means there is no normal. And in Tara Lazar’s Normal Norman we learn exactly that. Normal is not a real thing. Normal is as normal does. Normal is who you are. And we learn this through funny text, equally goofy S. Britt illustrations and a young scientist […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health Tagged With: animals, CBR15Passport, friendship, S. Britt, scientific study, Social Themes, Tara Lazar

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:181 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health · Tags: animals, CBR15Passport, friendship, S. Britt, scientific study, Social Themes, Tara Lazar ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Community

One Sweet Song by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

March 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport author   The funny thing is, “sweet” does not always do it for me (unless it is a donut or chocolate). However, once in awhile a book that is sweet gets me in the feels. That is because it is sweet but not overly, sickening sweet (like three York peppermint patties and a mug of hot chocolate). And One Sweet Song falls in the former sweet category. Rhyming text takes us through a neighborhood when one person, while sitting on a balcony, plays a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Concepts, East Asian, family, identity, indian, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Lifestyles, music, Performing art, Social Themes, Sonia Sanchez, Supriya Kelkar, Women's History Month

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:178 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: CBR15Passport, Concepts, East Asian, family, identity, indian, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Lifestyles, music, Performing art, Social Themes, Sonia Sanchez, Supriya Kelkar, Women's History Month ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

They lobster the kelpcakes

Officer Clawsome V01 Kelpcake Crisis!   by Brain Smitty Smith

March 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport  already own  As the description says of this Brain Smitty Smith graphic novel, Officer Clawsome: Kelpcake Crisis!  this is Dogman meets Spongebob. And if you like them, you will like this. There is a bit of “James Bond-like” elements with a few villains (there is a mechanical shark that has one heck of a bad diet…I mean eating garbage is one thing, but whole buildings?), but overall, everything is straight forward and not overly “sophisticated.” Then again, a talking lobster who is a former […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Sports Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Brain Smitty Smith, CBR15Passport, Chris Giarrusso, Marine animals, police officer, superhero

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:176 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Sports · Tags: Action & Adventure, Brain Smitty Smith, CBR15Passport, Chris Giarrusso, Marine animals, police officer, superhero ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Boards get the ATK Treatment but it’s Boring-ish

Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings by America's Test Kitchen, Elle Simone Scott

March 19, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

One more board book review because it’s birthday month and I found one in the library I’d eyed in the bookstore recently. I suppose it was only a matter of time that America’s Test Kitchen would get in on this trend, especially since the whole board thing has lasted more than a year with Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings. One of the main things I like about them is that the whole premise of ATK is to figure out not just what works, but […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen, Elle Simone Scott, Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings, cookbook, Elle Simone Scott, food styling

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen, Elle Simone Scott, Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings, cookbook, Elle Simone Scott, food styling ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 70
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Good choices! I feel like I don't see Emma Thompson in enough stuff these days.
  • narfna on A great time was had.My friend and I actually fancast it while we were reading! We decided on Viola Davis for Billie, Michelle Yeoh as Helen, Emma Thompson as...
  • Emmalita on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Faintingviolet and ASKReviews did. I clearly need more Ada Calhoun in my life.
  • booktrovert on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Thank you- I highly recommend this one! Did you review her book, Why We Can't Sleep? I remember seeing someone review that here on Cannonball...
  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Agree, a movie would be great. Who are we casting? :)
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

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

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2023 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in