Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A real witch is the best kind of person

A Hat Full of Sky: A Tiffany Aching Adventure by Terry Pratchett

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This is the second book of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series. Tiffany is a young witch living on “the Chalk,” a land full of sheep and the fairies known as the Nac Mac Feegle (NMF), or Wee Free Men. In book one, 9-year-old Tiffany teamed up with the NMF to save her brother and the world from … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

I’m a seriffs guy, personally.

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

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Love Lettering is a portable romantic comedy – it would make a great movie, limited series, comic book, etc. Good job, Kate Clayborn! Love Lettering is about Meg – an up-and-coming hand-letterer and designer in Brooklyn. A few years ago she moved from the Midwest to New York with her best … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·

This is what I would say if I could, to all the smart people of the world with their dumb hillbilly jokes: We are right here in the stall. We can actually hear you.

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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I know that this novel is a contemporary spin on Charles Dickens's David Copperfield. In fact, almost everything written about this book centers around that comparison. I guess that her naming of the main character (also the title of the book) makes that discussion unavoidable. But, I would argue … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , ·

It was beautiful, and then somebody else, the rest of the world, made it not beautiful.

Now Is Not The Time To Panic by Kevin Wilson

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I used to spend a month every summer visiting my dad in a household that was absolutely free-range. It was the late 1970s and early 1980s so that wasn't that unusual, but it was certainly a more unsupervised and fend-for-yourself-until-dinner situation than I experienced with my mother. I have very … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , ·

The whole world is a nerd.

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell

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I'm waiting for Rowell to send another satisfyingly awkward love story (without magic and told mostly with words and not pictures) out into the world. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of the Simon Snow books. I also enjoyed Pumpkinhead even though graphic novels really aren't my thing. But, I yearn for … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Justice and the law aren’t the same thing.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

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I have read nearly all of Deanna Raybourn's books and this one is a definite departure from her usual historical fiction. However, she keeps her penchant for mystery solving shenaningans here, and her trademark sense of humor is intact. Just a wee bit snarkier. Four retiring lady assassins are … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , ·


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