Cannonball Read 18

I’m melting!

Harold the Iceberg Melts Down by Lisa Wyzlic

April 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport genre (learning about environmental issues with humor and fiction) Harold is a head of iceberg lettuce, who worries a lot. And when he learns about icebergs and how they are melting, well, Harold the Iceberg Melts Down. In the first book in a Harold the Iceberg series, Lisa Wyzlic … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:215 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anxiety, CBR15Passport, Environment, Lisa Wyzlic, Rebecca Syracuse, Science & Nature, Social Theme ·

That Got Dark

Paris The Memoir by Paris Hilton

April 11, 2023 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

Best for: Anyone who paid any attention to Paris Hilton in the early 2000s. My guess is you probably don’t know the whole story. In a nutshell: Paris Hilton - known as a party girl who lived it up with Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan - shares her story. Worth quoting: “Terrible things can … [Read more]

ASKReviews's CBR15 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: Paris Hilton ·

Ray Bradbury

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

April 11, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

"It was a warm afternoon when I first met the illustrated man." This is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury first published in 1951. I think, but I am not sure, that many of the stories here were kind of scurf or detritus from his early years, looking for a home. So the packaging them … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:253 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ray Bradbury ·

Springing Clean

Fletch by Gregory McDonald

Confess, Fletch by Gregory McDonald

Fatherland by Robert Harris

Enigma by Robert Harris

Thinner by Stephen King

April 10, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Things have Gotten Worse since We Last Spoke "I was going to begin this with some absurd comment about the irony of posting about an apple peeler in a queer discussion forum when most of us are probably upset by the mere mention of the word "fruit." The most of this novella takes place on … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:252 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Gregory McDonald, Robert Harris, Stephen King ·

What’s in the trunk Adelaide?

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

April 10, 2023 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

Adelaide Henry is a woman on the run. She is traveling to Montana to take advantage of the offer of free land to homesteaders regardless of gender, dragging only an enormous steamer trunk behind her. Adelaide isn’t the only lone woman in Montana with secrets. Can she escape her past? What … [Read more]

finnyfinfinn's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Western · Tags: friendship, horror, LGBQT+, Victor LaValle, western ·

Not Exactly a Guide, But Maybe An Outline

How to Be an Anticapitalist in the 21st Century by Erik Olin Wright

April 10, 2023 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

Best for: Anyone looking for an easy-to-digest outline of the options we have for moving society away from capitalism. In a nutshell: In six short but packed chapters, author Wright explores the problems of capitalism, the various ways of fighting it, and what is needed to accomplish … [Read more]

ASKReviews's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, Erik Olin Wright ·

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