Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Kiki Kicks her Anxiety

Kiki Kicks by Jane Yolen

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Jane Yolen, inspired by her granddaughter, Ariel Stemple (coauthor), own journey of self-confidence and overcoming her fears, is coming out in mid-October 2023 with the picture book Kiki Kicks. As many of my future publication book reviews, I found this as an online reader copy. The story is … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:279 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , , ·

Lazy Hazy Days

A Nest of Gentlefolk and Other Stories by Ivan Turgenev

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CBR15 Passport Russia There is something about the, dare I say, second tier Russian classical authors, such as Turgenev and Gogol, that I find almost mesmerizing.  The primary characters are the gentlefolk mentioned in the title - rich enough to have inherited some sort of estate (complete … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

A late rose is as sweet

When I Came Out by Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen

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The graphic novel, When I Came Out has a European mentality to sexual imagery and drug/alcohol use. Therefore, this is an adult first (mature teens second) aimed, is not for all audiences. This is an agult graphic novel as the idea is based on how Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen came to terms with her … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:278 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

When Nathan Found Himself

Call Me Nathan by Catherine Castro

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I was going to call this review, The Girl with a Justin Bieber Haircut. But this book is more than just about a haircut. I mention that, however, to give you a time frame of when things are set. Therefore, if you are looking for a solid book about a trans person coming of age with who he really is, … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:277 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: , , , , ·

Patrick White

The Vivisector by Patrick White

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"It was Sunday, and Mumma had gone next door with Lena and the little ones." This long novel comes from Patrick White, Australia's sole Nobel Prize winner, and it was more or less the last book he wrote before winning the award, which probably means it played a role in the win. The book is a … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:276 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

William James

Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

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"It is with no small amount of trepidation that I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned audience. To us Americans, the experience of receiving instruction from the living voice, as well as from the books, of European scholars, is very familiar. At my own University of Harvard, not a … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:275 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: ·


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