Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Yet here she was. On vacation. Like an idiot.

Said No One Ever by Stephanie Eding

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Stephanie Eding's Said No One Ever didn't quite work for me. There were parts of it that were charming and fun but as a whole it didn't come together. Ellie arrives at her airbnb in the middle of nowhere Montana as her hostess, Marilyn, is being carted off in an ambulance. Ellie doesn't know what … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Natalie Naudus saved me on this one.

Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #2) by Sue Lynn Tan

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Last year I got into a really bad habit of not only buying pretty much every first book in a series that looked good to me, but oftentimes buying the sequel as well. That is what I did for this series. I was so convinced I would love it, I overcommitted. When I finally got around to reading the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:38 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

This will be one of my year-end favorites

Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, Boulet

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Bea Wolf is a graphic novel that re-imagines the classic epic poem Beowulf. I’ve reviewed Seamus Heaney’s award-winning translation of Beowulf as well as  Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf-inspired novel The Mere Wife (an excellent read) but this Beowulf is a little different. And it is also … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

“This is so exciting! I feel like I’m living in a Taylor Swift song!”

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

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I've been wanting to read Alexandria Bellefleur for a couple of years, so I was delighted to get an arc of The Fiancée Farce. It is an engagement of convenience story with shades of a Cinderella retelling. I really enjoyed it. Tansy's only remaining family is her step-mother and step-sisters. She … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , ·

How does your island grow?

Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson

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CBR15Passport other country (Iceland) What would you do if you were stranded on a brand new, active volcano?  Well, I do not know about you, but I do not think I would fall asleep like the two characters of ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson’s book, Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland did. You see, … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:182 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Jane Austen (2)

Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Another student review review. Here of Persuasion, which I have read now five times in the last year. So I asked them to write a capsule review, a haiku or a limerick about it:   Lovely book with lots of marriage and relationships that people are either really excited about or not … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:202 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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