Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Be all you can be

I Can Be All Three by  Salima Alikhan

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This is a simple, but powerful story of how one child has many parts to her. Three in fact (which is why the title is I Can Be All Three). The first part is her father and his Indian heritage, the second her mother’s German heritage and finally the third is her school and growing up American parts. … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:255 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Awful Melodies but okay read

The Popularity Papers: Book Five: The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow 

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This is my review for the graphic novel: The Popularity Papers: Book Five: The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow Part of my issue with this book was that it is book five of the series, and it is not a series you can pick up in the middle of it. I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:254 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

More of a Dissertation Than I Wanted

Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain's Greatest Female Code Breaker by Dr Jackie Ui Chionna

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Best for: People who are really interested in the translation of Mozart’s and Beethoven’s papers. In a nutshell: A detailed biography of Emily Anderson, one of the female code breakers in the UK during WWI and WWII. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: It sounded interesting - who doesn’t … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:31 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·

The Cabin in the Woods

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

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I've written before about my reading journey with Laura Lippman. I loved the Tess Monaghan series for its local color, less so for Tess.* Lippman had better books in her and as she branched out to standalone works, her talent shone. She does excellent character-based crime tales with enough local … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:49 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , ·

Who would win Dinosaurs or Ants?

Who Would Win: Triceratops vs. Spinosaurus by Jerry Pallotta

Who Would Win? Green Ants Vs. Army Ants by Jerry Pallotta

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I have reviewed the Who Would Win? books before. Overall, they are a fun series that gives information about different animals, and if matched up (sometimes naturally happening and sometimes due to imagination) who would win in a Battle Royale. Sometimes one of the books (done in an early reader … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:253 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

The can’t write 250 words for either book so combined the reviews in to one big one

Imagine a World: Full of Wonder by Heather Lean

The Art of Rewilding: The Return of Yellowstone’s Wolves by Nadja Belhadj

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The other day I was writing a review for a book and could comfortably get around 150 words to make a decent review.  I’m used to keeping my reviews under 75 words for newsletter reviews, and under 100 for a web review. I have gotten better with this 250 but some books, well a 250 worded review is … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:251 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , , ·


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