Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


It’s Only a Matter Of…

Trust by Hernan Diaz

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Read as part of CBR14Bingo: Dough. The book involves a man who makes a lot of money ("dough") off the stock market in the 20s and 30s and how stories revolve around him. I was excited to get this one given both the premise and reviews. I have a yen for these kinds of neo-Gatsby stories set in the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:166 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Dirty Harvey

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

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Going in to this audiobook, I though I knew the whole story about the Harvey Weinstein, but this story is genuinely so much more. The retelling of this story by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow (yes, that Ronan Farrow) and his quest to 'out' a predator is... important. It's not just about … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

Books of Meh

Books of Blood (vol 1-3) by Clive Barker

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As a Constant Reader of Stephen King, sometimes I get a little worried that there might be a whole world of horror novels out there that I am missing out on, so, I did some research. After digging deep into the r/books subreddit, it seemed apparent to me that I was truly missing out by having not … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: ·

In Pursuit of Destiny and Desire

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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I felt like a bit of a dumb-arse after picking up She Who Became the Sun. I don’t know if it was just me stumbling around blindly perhaps, but it took me a good long time to realise that the this book was a reimagining of the Ming Dynasty’s rise to power. The ebook version of the book didn’t have a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , ·

It’s become a cliche at this point, but don’t hold that against it

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

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Somehow, I don't know how, despite this book being practically the book to give as a gift to people when they graduate from anywhere, and loving Dr. Seuss since childhood, I've gone my entire life without having actually read Oh, The Places You'll Go. I think I partly avoided it purposefully, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:84 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: , ·

Golden is right

Toy Story 2 by Christopher Nicholas

Toy Story 3 by Annie Auerbach

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When I stumbled across the Toy Story 2 Little Golden Book at the local Giant, I couldn't not get it. The art style was too freaking precious. I remember thinking it was just a shame I couldn't find any of the other Toy Story books. It wasn't much later before I found the Toy Story 3 one at another … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:83 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: , , , ·


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