Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I know someone who could have been here, do you?

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

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SPOILER included: The Degenerates is a slow story, that ends on a not happy note! I wanted my happy ending! I know it was not realistic to have one, but these characters all deserve one. With that said, this look set in 1928 and the way "others" are treated is interesting but does lack a little … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:404 · Genres: Fiction, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH (breath) HAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

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This is Sarah Andersen at their best! This time instead of following Sarah, we follow the Cryptid creatures and their everyday troubles, laughs, and ghostly loves in Cryptid Club. We follow the trials and tribulation of Nessie, Mothman, Slenderman, Sam the Big Foot and friends who are waiting to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:403 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: , , ·

World Cold and Hard, Legends & Lattes Soft and Warm

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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There's something delightful about a story with low stakes. So often stories set in fantasy worlds have so much at stake that the quiet moments can be lost, the fates of the kingdom or the world taking over. Legends & Lattes is all about the quiet moments, of the therapeutic joy of brewing a cup … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Frog and Toad - Collected Stories by Arnold Lobel

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines

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CBR14Bingo - Question: Why are so many Americans obsessed with this book (especially Libertarians and Sovereign Citizens) Common Sense - This is one of those books whose main ideas and arguments I ostensibly know through cultural osmosis. If I had ever read it before, I am less sure, but I … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:406 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

“Whatever the hardships involved in being connected with it, this was the circus; and it was pure magic.”

Circus Doctor by J.Y. Henderson (as told to Richard Taplinger)

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CBR14Bingo: Elephant (there are a bunch of elephants in this book) Circus Doctor is, as its straight forward title suggests, an autobiography of a circus veterinarian. At the time he wrote this book, J.Y. Henderson had been working for Ringling for ten years, and from some cursory Googling it … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: , , , , , , ·

A cozy mystery with cute dogs and a bookstore.

The Plot is Murder (Mystery Bookshop #1) by V.M. Burns

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CBR Bingo Square: Cozy I love cozy mysteries anyway I can get 'em. I love to delve into book series as much as I like to marathon Hallmark Murder Mysteries. I grew up on Murder, She Wrote. I still ask my mom what episode she is watching if we're talking on the phone while she watches. And even … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·


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