Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Spring Cleaning

The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave

The Lemming Condition by Alan Arkin

Trump and Populism by Michael Kazin

How Do We Look by Mary Beard

Family Life by Russel Banks

Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon

The Rule of St Benedict by St Benedict

Theodore Roosevelt by Louis Auchincloss

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The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave "A young boy climbs a riverbank." This tour memoir and more or less book of poetry opens up with the image above of a young boy climbing up a riverbank and feeling like he has a brush with a train passing close by. I was girding myself for the possibility that I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:223 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Plant a tree

The City Tree by Shira Boss

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You ever see a tree in the city? Well as a girl who grew up around trees, had a swing tied to a tree, and got her cowboy boot stuck between two limbs once (don’t ask) I never thought much of it. That is until I went to the city and saw them. That looks odd and really out of place I thought. I mean … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:201 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Departed

At End of Day by George V. Higgins

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Been reading a lot of Boston crime novels lately so it made sense for me to finally circle back to George V. Higgins' final work. My journey with Higgins is an interesting one. I first read The Friends of Eddie Coyle ten years ago and while I thought it was good, I really had no idea how to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

We are family (Goodness help you)

Summer Is for Cousins by Rajani Larocca

Oh No, the Aunts Are Here by Adam Rex

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As a cousin, I compare myself to books about cousins. And while me and mine did play and have ice cream, we did not do it  the way this family does in Summer Is for Cousins.  But it does not matter how you spent your summers; you probably can relate to Ravi’s family. He is the almost youngest (there … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:200 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

What really happened after the ball

Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred by Deborah Hopkinson

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I like fairy tales, and while I do enjoy them classically done, I like them with a fun twist, too. We start out Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred with the usual Cinderella basics. One grumpy fairy godmother, one pumpkin, some sisters, a stepmother, a royal party. However, there are a few … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:198 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , ·

The girls with the nature names

The Wishing Flower by A. J. Irving

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I will start off my review of The Wishing Flower with a slightly controversial observation. While, yes, this book is about a queer child and her feelings acceptance, understanding, and the want for a friend, you can adapt this to also show it is “just” about a child who is a bit shyer, who does not … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:197 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , ·


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