Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


The Neverending Battles Get Old

Black Clover vols. 28-31 by Yuki Tabata

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I hadn’t realized how long I’d kind of ignored the Black Clover manga series until I was in the library and saw that I was at least 4 volumes behind; this seems to happen with shonen fighting-based series an awful lot - the pattern of lots of fights with sudden power-ups that feel preprogrammed … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , , ·

You Can’t Go Back

Matilda by Roald Dahl

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Matilda Wormwood is a precocious five year old, a word wonder who is reading everything she can get her hands on at an early age. Her parents don't appreciate any of this and see her as an annoyance. During her first days of school she is introduced to Miss Trunchbull, the awful headmistress at … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: ·

Holden Caulfield is the Worst

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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This is a book that I feel like I should have read years ago, but somehow I missed that lesson in school. It's one of those books that is referenced a lot in pop culture so I felt it was time for me to familiarize myself with the source material. It's funny, after the first page, I thought, "I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

When You End Up Skimming The Second Half of the Book … Maybe It’s Not For You

Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton

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Best for: People who are already VERY familiar with Marx’s work and are looking for an outside opinion on how to defend different aspects of it. In a nutshell: Author Eagleton looks at what he believes are common arguments uses against Marxism and refutes them. Worth quoting: “Only through … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , ·

“Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild”

Every Gift a Curse (2023) by Caroline O'Donoghue

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"I can feel our bravery fall away as we journey into the wood. We are not built for this. We are not the folksy teenagers you see in adventure stories. There is no one who's a dab hand at archery, or who can chart our journey by looking at the last few visible stars." (371-372) Every Gift a Curse … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“Zombie Mash-Up or Regency Dress-Up.”

Among The Janeites: A Journey Through The World Of Jane Austen Fandom by Deborah Yaffe

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So, intense fandom is just interesting, right? I never thought about till now, but there are lots of fandoms I find far more interesting than the thing they fan. I will never go to an Insane Clown Posse show, but I love hearing about my co-worker’s Gathering of the Juggaloes experiences. I am … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·


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