Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


You Don’t Always Get What You Want

On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks

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Alas, this was not the Green Dolphin I was looking for.  There is a jazz standard by this name that I love, and I know it was featured in a movie, based on a novel of the same name.  Well, almost the same name.  What I was looking for was Green Dolphin Street, based on an historical novel set in New … [Read more]

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

That’s Mr. Mark if you’re nasty

I Am a Rainbow by Mark Kanemura

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Mark Kanemura is a voice in the GLBTQ+ community. However, their story, I Am a Rainbow, while personal to them, has been told before. This does not mean it should not be told again, it just means if you are looking for a new approach to the subject of being yourself and being a queer child, this is … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , ·

One two three I gotta read

Don’t Touch that Flower! by Alice Hemming

Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Andy Elkerton

Gotta Go! by Frank Viva

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There are rules such as, Don’t Touch that Flower! and Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library. And there should be one, no matter how fun your game is, if you do not listen to your mom you will Gotta Go! later. Or in other words, those are the three picture books I read recently. Starting … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:141 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

The other 99%

The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, The Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey Davis and Michael Tyler

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CBR15Passport, Different genres (science and mindfulness) While the rhyming of the text is good for kids in The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, The Big Ways We’re the Same, it was a smidgen too much for this adult (even though I enjoyed it, I wished it was more straight … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:138 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

South American spirit

The Lizard Prince and Other South American Stories by Kate Ashwin

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CBR15Passport, author/country   The Lizard Prince and Other South American Stories includes funny, sweet, tense, endearing, thriller, even a bit of horror, stories. This book runs the gambit of folktales, legends, and lore. Know your reader, as not all are for everyone (there are some … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:137 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“Peel away the scalp, scratch at the skull, peek inside the mind of Jeremy Haun. I dare you.” –Declan Shalvey, Bog Bodies

Haunthology by Jeremy Haun

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  CBR15Passport, Different genre horror in graphic novel Okay, I know I keep saying it, but I am not really into horror as a genre. However, I have noticed that there are some terribly clever works out there that fall into horror as a category. Now, I am revamping my thoughts and feeling … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:136 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , ·


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