Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Oh the horror! (Oh, the not horror)

Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

Enderby Outside by Anthony Burgess

Katie by Michael McDowell

The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon

Children of the Night by Dan Simmons

Blue World by Robert R. McCammon

Blue World and Other Stories by Robert R. McCammon

Enderby's Dark Lady by Anthony Burgess

Bethany's Sin by Robert R. McCammon

A Clockwork Testament by Anthony Burgess

The Fight by Norman Mailer

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Red Pill - 3/5 This novel came out in 2019, but leads up to and ends at the 2016 US presidential race. There's also plenty of energy connected to the Brexit vote too given that both Kunzru and his narrator are British. The novel begins with a writer being accepted into a fellowship program in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:566 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

New Love and a Complete Bingo Board!

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

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CBR Bingo - Cozy, like two lovers finding each other in old age - and a COMPLETE BINGO CARD! A widow walks into the home of a neighbor (also a widower), and proposes they sleep together. Addie Moore isn't looking for sex, necessarily - she just feels lonely at night, and she knows that Louis … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:96 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Excellent Book Club Fodder

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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CBR 14 Bingo - Font (for the font of knowledge you'd get from this amazing school for mothers! jk) This novel would be well suited for a book club - it's accessible and easy to read, while also brimming with topics that groups (largely of women, often of mothers) enjoy debating. The book has a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Fun with the family

The Berenstain Bears Color by Sticker : Create 12 Pictures with Stickers, Plus Games, Activities, and More! by Mike Berenstain

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HomeI am probably the only person who would write a review about The Berenstain Bears Color by Sticker : Create 12 Pictures with Stickers, Plus Games, Activities, and More! book for this group. Mike Berenstain has created an activity book that includes stickers, word searches and more. I am not sure … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:515 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , ·

To keep or not to keep that is the question

The Baby-Changing Station by Rhett Miller

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Forty odd years ago I was asked if I wanted a baby brother or sister. I said sister. I named my new baby doll Baby Sister.  I was into it.  Few weeks after the ol’ sibling came I looked at my mom and said, “Send her back. I want a brother.” I was informed it didn’t work that way. But if I had The … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:514 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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