Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Such a Lovely Series

Coot Club by Arthur Ransome

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It’s always such a pleasure to settle down with one of the books in this series.  There will be some adventurous and imaginative scheme afoot, but always within the time frame of school holidays.  The children will each use their particular skills, and always get along wonderfully.  And for the most … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Lectures, Research Papers and Romance

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

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Someone on the Buffering discord mentioned this novel because one of the characters has a “Smash the Demon Lizard Patriarchy” sticker and then also clarified that it was also a good romance/book. I’m sure I am not the only bookish person in these parts that loved college - the courses, the reading, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Contemplation and Slime

Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

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Raymond Briggs’s Fungus the Bogeyman is one of my favorite books of all time. I came across it at my grandparents’ house when I was about 10 years old. It is an illustrated book about the daily life of a bogeyman, Fungus, and his family. Along the way, we learn about bogey life, which is … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ·

When Lovecraft… goes Hillsong?

The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

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Still making my way through the re-read of the Laundry Files novels and I’ve hit on one of my favorites. The Apocalypse Codex is set nearly a year ofter the events of The Fuller Memorandum, and poor Bob is still sort of in recovery. It’s not just the whole business of receiving a bit of a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Abduct

Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers

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July 18, 2021 Ginny Brandon, a senator's daughter, is sent to nominally ride a wagon train to California, but is actually smuggling gold to Mexico to support the Emperor's cause. She is relentlessly drawn to the wagon train guide, Steve Morgan. But unbeknownst to her, Steve is actually a spy … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Colonies, Cults and Crimes

The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton

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I have the Harris County Public Library to thank for this recommendation.  Before jumping into The Colony, I have to confess, I wasn’t really aware that the Mormon Church had much of a significant presence in Mexico. But it turns out there a number of prominent  fundamentalist Mormon families … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: History · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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