Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A violin to screech and music to our ears

When Rubin Plays by Gracey Zhang

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CBR15Passport  Books recommended by friends When Rubin Plays by Gracey Zhang is due in March 2023. I read it via a reader copy via Edelweiss but learned of it when the staff review email list came out (we get a list of what has been reviewed by staff for our web site). And my coworker in our … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:28 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Diana Gabaldon (3-6)

Virgins by Diana Gabaldon

A Fugitive Green by Diana Gabaldon

Lord John and the Hell Fire Club by Diana Gabaldon

Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon

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Virgins "Ian Murray knew the moment he saw his best friend's face something terrible had happened." This is a reread for me, but when I read it last time, the plot of the first novel and, worse, the characters were not fresh on my mind. In addition, I think this novella, like a lot of the novellas … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

“Music is a calling that doesn’t call softly or politely. It screams insistently. The musician WILL find a way.”

From the Cradle to the Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl

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I wanted to love From the Cradle to the Stage, but alas I did not. Back in December I stumbled across the television documentary series based on this book on Paramount + from 2021. The show featured author Virginia Hanlon Grohl and her son Dave visiting a musician and their mothers to investigate … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

I Can Always Rely on Stashed Romance Novels

The Write Escape by Charish Reid

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I read my first Charish Reid novel back in 2020 right before COVID shut everything down for a while. Hearts on Hold has been a book I think of often. In 2021 I read (Trust) Falling for You, but somehow managed to skip Reid in my 2022 reading excursions. Since the books I brought with me for holiday … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , ·

“Revenge, possibly. Acting out, certainly.”

Messy by Katie Porter

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I bought Katie Porter’s Messy some time ago when I saw folks on Twitter talking about it. I read it in those dark days of late December when I was stressing about all the end of year stuff, my inner perfectionist was yelling at me about the sorry state of my baked goods, and I was missing my dad and … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Family dysfunction at its worst

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

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This was a quick, fulfilling read and based on it, it makes me want to read Catriona Ward’s other novels. The House on Needless Street is her most recent, published in 2021. It’s one of those books that you're better off going into blind, which kinda makes for a tough review, but I'll do my best. … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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