Cannonball Read 18

Transition Can Save Your Life, But It Won’t Fix It By Itself

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

July 21, 2022 by Abi 1 Comment

Nevada found me at an interesting point in my life. I find myself at a midpoint between the two protagonists, Maria and James, looking forwards and back at them and wondering how I relate to them and how they would relate to me. Maria is a trans woman, living in New York and finding herself … [Read more]

Abi's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Imogen Binnie, LGBTQ, LGBTQ author, LGBTQIA, slice of life, transgender ·

CBR14 Bingo – Week 1 Check-in

July 21, 2022 by Emmalita 15 Comments

Welcome to the Week 1 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. First, I need to give a big thanks to the following people for managing Bingo while I deal with super fun life stuff for the rest of the month: andtheIToldYouSos, faintingviolet, … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr14bingo ·

This artist made me want to see the world

The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek by Martin Salisbury

July 21, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Minds I think this review fits the category since the book explores the life and work of artist Miroslav Sasek. It is the story of a creative mind. When I was little, my parents kept our books in a cupboard right outside my bedroom. I used to sneak out after bedtime, grab some books … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, ElCicco, Martin Salisbury, Minds, Miroslav Sasek, non fiction, The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek ·

If running is sort of natural, there’s a lot of effort (sponsored by Nike)

How to Run by Paula Radcliffe

July 20, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo 2: Bodies So this is on the level 1 literal side in that Paula Radcliffe’s How to Run is very much what you’d expect based on the title. I’ve been thinking about starting to train for a marathon (first time) for a while, found one that would work schedule-wise, but I hadn’t found a … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, fitness, How to Run, marathon, Paula Radcliffe, racing, running, shoes, stretching ·

Literally dough, but it mostly looks tasty

Bake: My best ever recipes for the classics by Paul Hollywood

July 20, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

For this the first review of Bingo, I have gone level 1 literal for the Dough. So I was in the UK in a bookstore and they had both the signed version and the 50% off version of Paul Hollywood’s new book Bake: My best ever recipes for the classics; guess which one I went for? Anyways, some of … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bake, Baking, british baking, cbr14bingo, cookbook, Paul Hollywood ·

“Life is a peculiar venture”

Amongst Women by John McGahern

July 20, 2022 by tiny_bookbot 3 Comments

(Novel reviewed for the "Shadow" square of CBR Bingo.) "What did we get for it? A country, if you’d believe them. Some of our johnnies in the top jobs instead of a few Englishmen. More than half of my own family working in England. What was it all for? The whole thing was a cod." I've studied (and … [Read more]

tiny_bookbot's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, irish fiction, John McGahern ·

G.D. Giant
on When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)
Will do!
RouletteGirl
on When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)
Once you finish it, let me know what you think!
G.D. Giant
on Love is in the Cards
Oh gosh, I loved this book! While I didn't find it "erotically charged" I definitely found it deeply affecting. It...
G.D. Giant
on When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)
Hah! This is exactly the review I was hoping for for this book. I haven't read it yet, but it's...
G.D. Giant
on I couldn’t put it down
I just read this last year and your review is spot on with my experience. I also wished I had...

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