Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I think I’ll swear off fries thanks

Boris the Potato Child by Anne Simon

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CBR15Passport author new to me. The publisher description says almost all you need to know about Boris the Potato Child: "a bitter critique of our consumerist impulses and abuses." Anne Simon created a book that can be violent, exploitative, perverted, and triggering. It is dark, ugly, and … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:98 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Both light, dark, funny, silly, goofy, inspirational and a few things in between poetry for all ages

Lila Duray: A Collection of Delightfully Delectable Poems by Emily Morrison

What Color Is Goodness? by Emily Morrison

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CBR15Passport new author When I had the opportunity to obtain copies of a new to me poets work, I was excited. I love finding new people to read and hopefully recommend. And yes, I will be recommending Emily Morrison. And granted, while not everything in her poetry collection was to my personal … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:97 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

At the very crowded intersection of Black History and Banned Books

Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles

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CBR15passport new to you authors On February 1, the first day of Black History month, the news hit that fascist Governor DeSantis disapproved of the curriculum for the AP African American History course and would ban it from being taught in Florida. Not long after this story aired, it was … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don’t want her company myself.”

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

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CBR Passport Challenge: Books Recommended by Friends This is the second book in a trilogy. It doesn't really make sense if you've not read the series from the beginning. So if you're not caught up, go read A Deadly Education. It's great, I'll wait. El and Orion are now seniors in the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashberry

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"I tried each thing, only some were immortal and free." This is one of the monumental specific collections of poetry in the second half of American 20th century poetry. John Ashberry was a legend and titan, and only recently died at 90. This is often considered a masterwork, culminating in the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:96 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: ·

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Call Me Ishmael Tonight by Agha Shahid Ali

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This is a posthumous collection of poetry by Agha Shahid Ali, who died in 2001. He was born in New Delhi and spent a large part of his life there before emigrating and coming to United States. There he further studied and earned a PhD and MFA. This collection is subtitle a "Book of Ghazals" which … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:95 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: ·


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