Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Food, family and love

Chloe’s Lunar New Year. by Lily Lamotte

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I was hungry when I read two recent picture books about food (and family). Did this influence my taste in the books? No, because when I am hungry, I tend not to like a book, but I did the two I read. The second book (the first was a tasty treat about dim sum) was Chloe’s Lunar New Year. Here we … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:639 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

I wish this wasn’t a thriller.

Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith

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It's been quite a while since I've read a Dan Brown-style thriller. Probably since the last Dan Brown book I read (so, 2011? Maybe?). But this is definitely one: Extremely short chapters (most are less than four pages, often they are only one or two); plain, workmanlike prose that cares more about … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:231 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: , , , , ·

“It is a profound belief of mine that if you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough, on any subject whatever, sooner or later they will give themselves away.”

After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #26) by Agatha Christie

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I had a really good time with this one, and the mystery in this one was actually one of the most intriguing of hers to me, even though it isn't one of her most popular. I'm not sure why it's one of her more lowly-rated ones. Maybe because Poirot pulls a Marple and is barely in it? The plot in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:230 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Food for love, love for food

Dim Sum, Here We Come! by Maple Lam

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Do you like good food? I have been told that dim sum is a great way to go to try good foods. I have officially never gone to a dim sum restaurant, but our narrator has. Every Sunday with their family, in fact; and they look forward to it all week! Consisting of their parents, siblings, a couple … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:638 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Don’t pick your nose, pick a book

Got Your Nose! by Alan Katz

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Let’s get it out of the way: If I had to pick a nose (book), I would pick this one. I can’t catch my nose, it’s too runny. I hope I don’t blow this review. Alan Katz did similar and a few more jokes inside the pages of Got Your Nose! The “you’re never too old for silly fun” is the center of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:637 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Most Noble of Ladies… and the Gunmaker’s Grandson

The Regal by Kate Archer

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The duchess has finally settled on a young lady to sponsor, and in true duchess fashion this young lady is quite a noble one, with the blood of the Plantagenets running in her veins. Now if only she wouldn't insist on entangling herself with a recent baron! This is the conclusion of A Series of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: , , , , , ·


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