Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Suit up

Mama’s Sleeping Scarf by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Nwa Grace-James

Patchwork Prince by Baptiste Paul

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Sometimes the smallest thing, like a piece of cloth can do big things. And these two books have that theme in common. I do not know about you, but my mother had a couple items of clothing that I associated with her. Now, I didn’t use one of them to feel closer to her when she would leave, but I understand Chino and her bond with her mother and needed the sleeping scarf. Chino’s mother must have her sleeping scarf, with its bold colors and […]

Food for the eyes

Feast of Peas by Kashmira Sheth

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When reading a couple books at lunch I notoced a theme. Food. I guess I was hungry to devor a good book (or two) as well as a good sandwhich (which was so-so, had too many red onions, but the books were tasty). : In Feast of Peas, our main man Jiva looks forward to a feast when his garden peas are ready for the picking. Unfortunately, when it is time to pick, they have disappeared! And nothing he does will stop the mysterious thief, […]

Walking through the apocalypse

Rain by Joe Hill

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CBR15Passport,  Illustrator lives in UK I did not rate Rain a five because it was the best, but because it really hit me in the right feels. Plus, there are some amazing alternative images at the end.  It is probably a 4.5 but I was feeling generous as this is an experience book that had I been having another experience than what was happening while reading, this book wouldn’t have worked. You need to give this book time, read the illustrations, read slowly as if […]

What a bird

Bibi by Jo Weaver

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CBR15Passport, author from other country (lives in England/Scotland) Jo Weaver, you are a mean mean person. You made me almost cry. And I am sure had I been just a bit over the tired edge, I would still be crying.  Bibi is a beautiful story about caring for those who need help, especially when they are too small, tired, or perhaps too old to do it by themselves. The idea of family (or in this case flock) and what they do for each other is […]

Dario Fo (3-4); Franca Rame (1-2)

The Open Couple by Dario Fo; Franca Rame

An Ordinary Day by Dario Fo; Franca Rame

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“Don’t be silly, Antonia.” Another farce, this time written with his partner. The situation begins with a husband and wife, with the wife threating suicide and then husband arguing about the correctness of their shifting their relationship into an open marriage. You can see from the opening line quoted above the general tenor of how this goes. The play is farcical and plays around especially with convention and tone. It’s also a short play. The whole play is a back and forth on the topic […]

Calder Willingham (1)

Rambling Rose by Calder Willingham

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On the one hand this book is both really funny and insightful in some significant ways; but on the other hand, it’s a kind of accidentally disturbing book than plays in some ordinary misogyny and casual sexual abuse. Fun! There’s a movie version of this starring Laura Dern in the title role and Robert Duvall as the father, with Lukas Haas as the adolescent narrator. The novel takes place in Georgia during the Great Depression. Our narrator is an adolescent in a more or less […]



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