Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Sing those Yellow Dog Blues

Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan

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You just have to read this book to understand what is going on in this book. I can summarize that it is about a young boy looking for his dog and all the crazy, wonderful things that happen along the way. This is a “boogie-woogie” journey (according to the publisher description). Alice Faye Duncan … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:343 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , ·

What the flying King Kong-Godzilla was that????

Van Dog by Mikolaj Pa

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When I saw Van Dog I was thinking, okay either we will be dealing with a vehicle or not. And it was not about a van. The title by Mikolaj Pa is a play on Van Gogh as our dog is a painter. And Gosia Herba paints the scene for us that Van Dog is doing. Well, first they paint all the bizarre, weird, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:342 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , ·

My high school years were never this interesting

Thieves by Lucie Bryon

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Ella and Madeleine are two girls who do not really realize the other likes them. All Ella does is start sweat oceans when she admires her from a far. But due to a stupid drunken event, Ella wakes up one morning and learns that she has stolen some things from the party from the night before. Because … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:341 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , ·

Relatable awesomeness

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

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I will start with a controversial statement. I am not always a fan of the drawn natural hair look. For me, it does not “translate” well to the page. I feel something is lost from the “real look” verses the “page look.” However, in Frizzy Rose Bousamra really pulled it off. Marlene (our heroine) and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:340 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Wondering

Where Do Butterflies Go at Night? by Jeanne Balsam

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Where Do Butterflies Go at Night? Find out in this picture book by Jeanne Balsam. You will see how the young narrator makes wonderfully silly, fun, and even serious guesses about what happens to the butterflies when it is time for the day to sleep. Wonderfully poetic, simple, but detailed, the story … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:339 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , ·

Not a time travel book, despite what the book description implies

Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod

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Official book description: When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn't know what to believe. The equations work, but her paper is discredited - and soon the criticism is more than scientific. Exiled by the establishment, she gets an offer to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·


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