Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Taking the Font category literally for a Bingo!

Just My Type, A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield

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CBR 14 BINGO: Font, because this book is literally about typefaces, which consist of fonts BINGO: Shadow, Adapt, Funky, Scandal, Font Before reading this book, I considered myself a bit of a typography geek, because I take pleasure in selecting the most perfect typeface for any situation, and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

September 2022 Leftovers

Batman '89 by Sam Hamm

The Boys' Club by Erica Katz

The Banker's Wife by Christina Alger

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Not nearly as many leftovers as in the last few months, mostly because of the Ted Williams biography, also because of other stuff going on. Plus, I'm writing longer posts for books I would have otherwise dispensed with sooner because of CBR 14 Bingo. Batman '89*** Been waiting for this for so … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:177 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

The Best is Back

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Read this as part of CBR14bingo: question. I wanted to know who Carrie Soto is and what she is coming back from. Later, I wanted another question answered... I was at a bookstore about a month ago when I heard two people gabbing about Taylor Jenkins Reid's new book, Carrie Soto Is Back. One began … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:174 · Genres: Sports · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Suffering

The Suffering by Rin Chupeco

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The second book in "The Girl from the Well" series was solid. I think the end dragged a bit and honestly the ending didn't really work for me. I think I would have preferred if Chupeco had gone another way. Once we read about one ritual that a strong priest or priestess could do, I kind of saw the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:212 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: , ·

The Complicated Splinter

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee, Jr.

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Read as part of CBR14Bingo: star. Ted Williams was one of the biggest stars in baseball history and this biography is worthy of him. When I read Leigh Montville's Ted Williams: The Biography of An American Hero about ten years ago, I figured that would be the end of my journey with the life of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:173 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Sports · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Meddling With Time Never Seems to End Well

Chronin Volume 1: The Knife at Your Back by Alison Wilgus

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Bingo 19: Font The font used in Chronin volume 1 is one of the ones that basically looks like a relatively clear print handwriting. It’s too consistent to have ben actually by hand though. Set a few decades in the future, time travel is now a known technology and certain history buff … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:71 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·


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