Cannonball Read 11

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Summer, the Grasslands and Hot Friendships

Summer by Cao Wenxuan

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Summer (the book) is unique. And like Summer (the season) it is not a story for everyone. There is a more sophisticated feel to the story tht makes it sometimes a bit dusty. Yet, there is also this story about friendship, sharing and learning about the grasslands that gives an adventure to the reader. The illustrations, however, by Yu Rong, are strong and different. Their colors are the perfect amount of sharp and muted; bold and subtle. They capture the grasslands perfectly with color and the fact that there is just the right amount of details on the pages that […]

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6/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:224 |

Imagine this

Flora’s Tree House by Gabriel Alborozo

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Do you have a sibling? Well, if you do, you know that you do not always get along. But sometimes, they can be your best friend. And in Flora’s Tree House we see a sweet story about siblings that shows you might not always like them, but you usually love them, and they can be your best friend. And we see in Gabriel Alborozo’s book how Flora and Will check off all the boxes. Will: pesky brother, adventurous, loud. Flora: thoughtful, artistic, likes Will’s inspirations for her artwork, but wishes he was not so loud. One day, Will sneaks into […]

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6/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:223 |

“For one small mite (One small mite) One tiny bite (Tiny bite) Of this fantastic peach!”

The Last Peach by Gus Gordon

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The Last Peach is a clever, simple story. Gus Gordon’s text along with the mixed media illustrations, create an amusing story with a twist ending that really brings out the humor that had been building with the crazy antics of a couple of critters. Anticipation and expectation are the themes of the story. Along with “what if” as well. A couple of bugs want to eat the last peach of the summer. Yet, they must decide many things: what if the peach is not sweet? What if it Is good but then there is nothing left? What if they shared […]

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6/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:222 |

Way too long for only one note

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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I went to see if any of you lovely people had reviewed this book yet and instead turned up the fact that this is the same author who wrote The Nightingale, another book I was sour on. Things are making sense now. I’d forgotten all about that book and I’m not too pleased to be reminded. The Great Alone is better, but not by much. So much like The Nightingale, this is a book about terrible things happening to good people in a world without gray areas. And it is so long, it’s just exhausting. You get the idea really quickly – the dad […]

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6/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:49 |

When a 42 page book makes you write a 500 word review

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by  Mac Barnett

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The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett is that it is not like his other books. The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown is that she was an author. The Important Thing about Margaret Wise Brown is that Barnett and Sarah Jacoby have created a book that you must experience. It cannot be told/written about. This book is 42 pages long. As many pages as years Brown lived. It will bring strong emotions to the forefront. It will tell you about Brown’s life in a logical manner but will take several side trips along the way. This book is […]

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6/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:221 |

He might be a dirty rat, but he is MY rat!

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett

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Cyril and Pat is a good story about friendship with some fabulously great illustrations. Emily Gravett created a book that, while on the surface seems like a normal friendship book, has a slightly different ending. Everyone is trying to tell Cyril (a lonely grey squirrel in the park) that his new friend Pat, is a rhyming word. Literally. But Cyril only sees the good in Pat. How he shares and is funny. How he is just an all-around good friend. Nothing can or will change that. And, of course, Pat, when the chips are down (figuratively, not literally, but he […]

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6/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:220 |

I know it means he’s not working on Winds of Winter

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin

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…I don’t care because I will take whatever A Song of Ice and Fire I can get. Even if it’s the side adventures of Dunk and Egg. Maybe especially if. No. I still want WoW more. But these help hold me over. I’m in the home stretch of my ASoIaF re-read and somehow had only ever read one of the side novels so I was absolutely delighted to get A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in from the library (the wait for Fire & Blood is quite a bit longer). This one tells the story of two characters I am tangentially familiar with: Ser Duncan […]

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6/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:48 |

So young and so talented!

Normal People by Sally Rooney

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This author is younger than I am. I mean, so is my author friend, but Sally Rooney was born in THE NINETIES and is this talented. Blown away. But that’s not about this book. Normal People is about Marianne and Connell, growing up in a small town in western (I believe) Ireland. They exist in two separate worlds that collide in one very specific place – her family home, where his mother works as a housekeeper. Outside of that, she is the quiet, weird, rich girl while he is from a no-name family but is athletic and popular. A year later, they […]

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6/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |


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