Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

When the Cover Surpasses the Content

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

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I’m normally a squeamish person when it comes to gore and all manner of medical procedures, but I jumped into Anatomy: A Love Story eagerly. I anticipated a nice mixture of blood and love, and superficially, my needs were met. Unfortunately, there were myriad problems with the story, including pacing and an inert love triangle. The time is the 1800’s and the place is Scotland. Hazel is a teenager with a passion for being a doctor, despite the almost insurmountable odds against her. She sneaks […]

The Man Behind the Muppets

Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones

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For someone my age, the Muppets have always just been around, an integral part of the cultural fabric of America. It could at times be hard to conceive of a time before Kermit and Miss Piggy, except of course for the fact that even as a little kid I knew the name of the man who was responsible for all of it. Jim Henson is rightly synonymous with his creations, even, as this comprehensive account of his life demonstrates, he was and wanted to be […]

I needed a catchy title and all I could come up with is: The words FIASCO and LAST tell you pretty much everything

The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm

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 cbr16bingo Fiasco Read it, you’ll see what I mean! (SPOILER the mean fact I am saying it works for Fiasco tells you A LOT) I have read some out there things. Some really out there things. Some warped things. And some really warped things. But I think that The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm might almost win top prize for one of the most biz-aaaaaaaaaaaaar books!  I am giving this a three because someone probably will like it. I am giving it a three as there […]

Roll the dice, save the world

Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal

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cbr16bingo  Games (Maggie plays a D&D-like game that starts to bleed into her real world) Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie is a sweet story about dealing with OCD. This time the parents are a bit more “clueful” but also still have microaggressions that cause issues with the child, Maggie, who is OCD. And it is Maggie who is the one saying there is no problem, that they are not stupid, and are afraid of the stigma attached to “mental health” or […]

There was one women who was special…and here she was, carefully instructing him on how to marry someone else.

Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti

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Peter Kent may have just become a Duke, but that doesn’t mean he is guaranteed to get custody of his younger half siblings, especially when the judge making that decision dislikes him for his radical abolitionist position. He decides to ask the smartest person he knows for help, but since she is the unmarried sister of an earl, he gets the earl and his wife involved as well. It becomes a whole family project. Selina Ravenscroft, the smartest person Peter Kent knows, decides he must […]

So I fudged the category a bit… that’s words for ya!

A Chest Full of Words by Rebecca Gugger

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 Cbr16bingo Cult  As I said in another review, I am in the business (literally) of finding future publications. And though 2024 is only half over (WAIT? That much???) 2025 is just around the corner for us booksellers. And because of that, we get access to future print titles constantly. Recently I found several picture books that are going to make next year pretty darn fantastic bookwise. The below book was read via an online reader copy and is due March 2025. Also I am giving […]



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