Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you.”

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

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4.5 stars ustyce McAllister is a seventeen-year-old with a bright future, thanks to his grades and being lucky enough to have a mother who has worked herself to the bone to send him to the prestigious prep school in Atlanta. Then one evening, when trying to help his extremely drunken … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Mice and Men

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

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This book is gripping, devastating, and emotional. It's also incredibly popular, as it is a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel. It's also the subject of book bans, which in turn brought it back to the top of many a library queue (because book people are the best people).  It's a true story, as … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:59 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ·

The Party Crasher

The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella

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Just a so-so Kinsella book. FYI, this is not a romance, this is women's fiction. The main character (Effie) story is focused on her family and those relationships. There is an ex (isn't there always?) but that whole thing is not the most important part of the book. And honestly the why behind the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:130 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

The Therapist

The Therapist by B.A. Paris

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Good grief, this book at times is unintentionally funny. The main character of Alice really does need a therapist, or at least some common sense. Most of this book was her doing her amateur deductions about the neighbors and ignoring the big old red flag that is in her face. This was just an okay … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:129 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: ·

Essential Story, Essential Voice

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Both heartbreaking and illuminating, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of Black teenager Starr, who witnesses the murder of her best friend at the hands of the police during a traffic stop. We are all too familiar with the role the police play in the lives (and deaths) of Black people, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , ·

June 2022 Leftovers

The Cage by Bonnie Kistler

Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg

Gone 'Til November by Wallace Stroby

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

Survivor's Guilt by Robyn Gigl

The Old Man by Thomas Perry

Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy

The Drop by Michael Connelly

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe

Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón

He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

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I was dealing with work turmoil and on vacation for most of June so I didn't get the chance to write as many in depth reviews as I'd have liked to. Which is a shame because some of these deserved a longer look; I just didn't have the time or energy... The Cage **** I went back-and-forth on my … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:115 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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