Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Threshold of Revelation

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner

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I was lucky enough to see Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches on Broadway a long time ago. Reading the script now all these years later, I am surprised to find the written script gave me the shivers just like the live play did. Maybe because I have memories of the experience and have projected them onto the words. But there is no doubt that the play in all its forms is powerful. The subtitle of the play is “A Gay Fantasia on […]

The Earl and the Sheepfarmer

In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra Vasti

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Reading Rainbow – Purple/violet cover It’s 1811. Winnifred “Winnie” Wallace just wants to settle down in a small town in Wales and raise sheep. She has a modest amount of money, given to her by her con woman mother before said woman absconded to France. However, being a single woman trying to establish herself leads to a lot of suspicion, so Winnie fibs a tiny bit and claims to be married, but estranged from her husband. She literally makes up a name and an address […]

CBR Diversion – Don’t Know Much About History!

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I have always loved reading historical fiction. I learn so much about various people, times, events, and places in history. I will occasionally read a really good non-fiction history book (especially non-fiction that reads like fiction). This year we will continue to have genre based zoom discussions with our first one about historical fiction and non-fiction. Here are some questions to ponder (and comment down below about and talk about on our zoom call!) Do you like your history reading to be fiction or non-fiction? […]

Someone at the bookstore doesn’t want you to know anything about this book before reading it (I don’t know why)

Y/N by Esther Yi

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I regularly seek out spoilers for the books I read. I usually read the last chapter after the first few. Knowing what happens helps me enjoy reading the book for what it is. Otherwise I wonder, which is distracting. Y/N by Esther Yi was spotlit at a bookstore. The recommendation card said to just jump in and not to read anything about the book – not even the blurb on the cover. Intrigued, I followed the directions and read against my normal habits. Stop here […]

just like a leaf

 I Am a Leaf by Angelo Mozzillo and Marianna Balducci

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The year 2026 is going to be a good year for new titles. The mid-summer months are also looking to be strong with such titles as August’s  I Am a Leaf by Angelo Mozzillo and illustrated by Marianna Balducci.  Artistic and poetic, the book conjures a great “creating the feelings” story. For adults as much (if not more so) as kids due to the airy qualities of the child seemingly floating along the pages. If you are a solo reading child, you will be able […]

If anyone can, a magical Yeti… might

Penny and the Yeti b by Jimmy Gaspero and Amber Akin

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When April 2026 comes, you readers of this review will have a plethora of choices. And I hope one of those is Penny and the Yeti by Jimmy Gaspero and Amber Akin. Read via an online reader copy, I plan on finding a finished copy as there are some things I think might make more sense if I can physically hold a book in hand and explore this deceptively simple seeming story. This book is not perfect. Which, yes, is an odd thing to start […]



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