Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A Mystery I Really Didn’t Need to Have Solved

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Oh my goodness, I really loved this.  Not even sure what genre to put it in.  Fantasy, I guess, but also alternate realities, so maybe science fiction?  Anyhow, that’s a bookshop owners’ dilemma and not mine, so I will just classify it as wonderful. Piranesi, a young man, has been the sole living … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The British Press Need to Do Better

Spare by Prince Harry

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Best for: Those interested in a very different perspective on not just the British royal family overall, but how life in it has impacted Prince Harry and his family. In a nutshell: Member of the British Royal family, second child to Princess Diana and Prince Charles (hence ‘spare’,) provide … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·

Raven’s Big Messy Book Reviews

Zara’s Big Messy Playdate by Rebekah Borucki

Zara's Big Messy Goodbye by Rebekah Borucki

Zara's Big Messy Day by Rebekah Borucki

Zara's Big Messy Bedtime by Rebekah Borucki

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  I never know what I will find when I browse catalogs (in hand or online). Recently I found (on Edelweiss) Zara’s Big Messy Books. These books are currently available, but I had them as reader copies, so there are a few “missing” pieces, such as I am not sure of the size of them, and … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:34 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

The Cartographers (DNF)

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

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I come from the review school of “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” and so generally avoid sharing my did not finish (DNFs) books. I’m a mood reader! Taste is subjective! Don’t yuck someone else’s yum! I’ve set books aside thinking I hate them and picked them up … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , ·

P.D. James (1)

Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P.D. James

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"I found the yo-yo the day before Christmas Eve, in the way one does come across these long-forgotten relics of the past, while I was tidying up some of the unexamined papers which clutter my elderly life." A late collection of stories by PD James in terms of publication, but a mélange of stories … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Susan Wise Bauer (1)

The History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer

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"On the morning of October 29, 312, the Roman soldier Constantine walked through the gates of Rome at the front of his army." This is the second of the history books by Susan Wise Bauer that I've read now. Her approach is expansive, trying to cover huge sections of time and huge sections of … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: History · Tags: ·


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