Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Look for the Bare Necessities! Classic storytelling, talking animals, and a scoop of racism.

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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CBR 14 BINGO: Snake, because snakes figure into multiple stories in this book (Kaa the snake in Mowgli's stories, and Nag & Nagaina in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi") The Jungle Book has got to be the classic "Love it AND Hate it" book. On the one hand you get classic storytelling by a Nobel-prize … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

“Rest makes us more human. It brings us back to our human-ness.”

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

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Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto is a great follow up read to The 1619 Project. I started following Tricia Hersey's The Nap Ministry in 2017 on Twitter and later on Instagram. I hope this book is read widely and deeply because it could be life saving. It's the kind of book that people put on their … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:108 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: , , , , ·

“Large groups of powerful men have little reason to make change.”

Heartbreaker by Sarah Maclean

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CBR14 Bingo: Heart (it's right there in the title, and this is a romance) Adelaide Frampton was once the unappreciated daughter of one of the East End's most notorious criminals, which led her to acquire a number of illegal skills that now come in handy as she frequents London's high society … [Read more]

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

“You got a promotion with extra responsibilities but without pay or additional benefits.” Mom smiled. “I’m so proud of you. You’re officially a successful adult.”

Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

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CBR14 Bingo: New (possibly my most anticipated new book of the year. Could also have been used for Series - last in a series, and Mind - a lot of minds are manipulated by various powers throughout) Spoiler warning! This book finishes off a bunch of storylines that started six books and a novella … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

The fun of family

Hide and Shh!: A Not -So-Sneaky Sister Story About Inclusion by Christina Dendy

A Song of Frutas by Margarita Engle

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These books have a loose connecting theme. Not only are they picture books, but they are about things that we might not be exposed to often. I mean A Song of Frutas and Hide and Shh!: A Not -So-Sneaky Sister Story About Inclusion are about the fruit vendors of Cuban, with Spanish words mixed in and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:517 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Henry IV parts 1 and 2

Henry IV Part I by William Shakespeare

Henry IV Part II by William Shakespeare

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I know almost nothing about Shakespeare's history plays, except that we were randomly assigned to read Richard III in tenth grade, and I am entirely grateful to that teacher (for that, and that alone -- I never really liked her) for introducing us to the lesser known Shakespeares, even as famous as … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:572 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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