Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


The American dream has a few sleepless days

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

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CBR15Passport, Own (the reader copy, but due early April)   There is a lot going on within the covers of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel. This book is loosely based on some of the experiences author Betty C. Tang and the experiences of others like Tang had. And thankfully they did not … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:190 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Read comics or go to hell (um…I might have done both?)

Good Boy V01: Good Boy Magazine #1 by Michael Sweater and Benji Nate

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CBR15Passport Own This is the first Benji Nate book they had a part in that I did not enjoy. The concept of Good Boy V01: Good Boy Magazine #1 a Zine format. There are different styles and types of work (done by different authors and/or illustrators) that are included. There is everything from … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:189 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

Edith Wharton (13)

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

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"Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart." If a lot of literature in the early 1800s, especially Jane Austen, is concerned with people finding themselves in the right kind of marriage, by the end, … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:187 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Ira Levin (1)

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin

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"A city's blank white concrete slabs, the giant ones ringed by the less giant, gave space in their midst to a broad pink-floored plaza, a playground in which two hundred young children played and exercised under the care of a dozen supervisors in white coveralls." On the one hand, I feel like … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:186 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Generational Trauma

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

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"Will anything save me from this months-long reading slump I'm in?" so I cried. Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice came close but I think that was largely due to the fact that I haven't read many stories set in India so I didn't know the familiar tips and tricks Stateside writers do. Aside from that … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:31 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , , ·

Epic bravery and sensible fears

Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

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There was a point several years ago when I got frustrated with YA and all the teenagers saving the world/saving the universe. Part of my frustration was that I don't want kids to have to save the world. I got over that fairly quickly, but I remembered that feeling towards the end of Promises … [Read more]

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


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