Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I don’t understand how a book can end without an ending

All of Us Villians by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman

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BINGO - Dough (because one of the authors last name is Foody and the characters deal with classism throughout the book) Let's just get this out of the way. This book was not for me. Every 20 years, the Blood Veil falls and 7 teenagers fight to the death in a tournament to determine which … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

There’s a moment that I thought was going to be a phenomenal ending – and then there was a quarter of the book left

Binti: Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

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BINGO - Funky (because of the ending(s)) Binti travels back home with a fellow harmonizer from the Desert People tribe, Mwinye because they know that the Koush, a group of people who represent the majority of Earth are looking for Binti and and her Meduse friend Owku. The Koush and the Meduse … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Peter Darling

Peter Darling by Austin Chant

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Peter Darling by Austin Chant is not really a re-telling or extension of the Peter Pan story so much as it is a re-framing of something familiar that once read, makes complete sense. Most of my knowledge of Peter Pan comes from the Disney cartoon and an old recorded stage production starring Mary … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

History is Made by Persistence and Knowing the Right People

A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton & the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates

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Clara Barton is one of those historical figures that sits as a vaguely understood fact in my mind. I can't remember a time when I didn't know about her existence, but beyond being the founder of the American Red Cross, she never bore much significance to me. But then I wrote a little article about … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Family

Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

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Two books that take on a similar theme, create two very different titles. The first is for ages 10 and up, but due to the lack of text, younger could read the illustrations will adult supervision for questions. And the second, while aimed at kids, the picture book format could turn some off. It is … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:482 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

You are not the arbiter of knowledge, sir. You are its librarian.

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

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CBR14 BINGO: Question square (I was going to give this the Gaslight square until I read the author’s note: “This book began as two simple questions: Do words mean different things to men and women? And if they do, is it possible that we have lost something in the process of defining them.” … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: , , , ·


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