Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Payden gets a party

Payden’s Pronoun Party by Blue Jaryn

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Payden has always used he/him pronouns, until one day Payden realizes those words might not fit. Payden's parents promise to throw a big party to introduce whatever pronouns Payden chooses--but which pronouns are the best match? This is all you need to know about Payden’s Pronoun Party.  We … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:543 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

And I ride, and I ride

The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

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If you were interested in the question about whether or not Cormac McCarthy would ever publish another novel, you were sometimes treated to lamentations about how he was supposedly working on a grand, epic novel about incest called The Passenger. And then about six months ago his agent released a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:624 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Carnival time

The Carnival Prince by Daniel J. O’Brien

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When I saw The Carnival Prince I said, “Self, try it.” And Self said, “No, it looks odd. That cover is too big…too bold…too bright. Too computer-made-looking.” And I said, “Self, just read, okay? You know not to judge a book by its cover.” And Self said, “Fine.” And did. Then it said, “You know … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:542 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , ·

O Brother, Where Heart Thou?

Heartsick by Jessie Stephens

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Jessie Stephens' debut novel, Heartsick, has taken the Australian book charts by storm and made her a best selling author. Her novel was created following intensive interviews with three heartsick real people: Claire, Patrick, and Ana. Claire and her freshly broken heart have left Toowoomba and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·

Similes and Metaphors and Adjectives, Oh My!

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

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The Last Unicorn was one of my favourite movies as a child - mystical and scary. It tells the story of the last unicorn and her quest to discover what has happened to her kind. I had never read the book, but came across it while looking for bedtime novels to read to my son. As it turns out, the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: ·

more mad about other reviews than about anything in this lovely end to a trilogy

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

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I started reading other reviews of this book and got so incensed that I am breaking my rather strict "write reviews in order" rule to respond to some of the criticism. Which is...woooooow are people mad about 17 and 18 year olds not swearing eternal faithfulness to their high school boyfriends. I … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:133 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , ·


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