Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


An elephant never forgets. Until she does

Never Forget Eleanor by Jason June

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CBR15Passport new to me author (though I had heard the name Jason June, I realized, I have never actually read them!)   Jason June you are a mean, person! How could you pull on my heartstrings with your lovely story of a grandmother elephant and her grandson elephant going through a … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:89 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Ryszard Kapuściński (1)

Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński

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"Everything is in confusion, as though the police have just finished a violent, nervous search." I was born in the alight aftermath of Iranian Revolution which was mostly the political aftermath in the US with the lingering hostage situation and the recent election of Ronald Reagan. Culturally, I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Simenon (1-2)

Maigret and the Saturday Caller by Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Tramp by Georges Simenon

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"There was a moment, between Quai de Orfevres and Pont Marie, when Maigret paused, so briefly that LaPointe, who was walking beside him, paid no attention." Maigret fishes out a man who apparently was thrown into the river to murder him and it turns out to be the "tramp" of the title of the book. … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

George Steiner (1)

Martin Heidegger by George Steiner

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"The crisis of spirit suffered by Germany in 1918 was more profound than that of 1945." When you get to grad school in many humanities, you start to learn there's a list of about 100,000 books you're both expected to have read and know, and only later do you realize that not only is this an … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:61 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

“Anger is powerful, but care for one another is, too.”

On the Line: a Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union by Daisy Pitkin

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I had some unexpected travel last week and grabbed the nearest library book to read on the plane. On the Line: a Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union had come to my attention due to a pro-union cat on twitter (@jortsthecat – which if you haven’t encountered, I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Cinema Tarantino

Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

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Whatever you think of Quentin Tarantino, and for what it's worth I'm a big fan, it's clear that few people think about movies as much as he does. Cinema Speculation is a collection of film essays in which his opinions fly at you at breakneck speed. There will be some you agree with and some you … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·


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