Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A Great Collection of Autobio Comics!

Little Tunny's Snail Diaries by Grace Gogarty

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I really love Grace Gogarty's work and so was thrilled when I saw this collection of autobio comics available for preorder. I hopped right on that and then forgot about it until I got the shipping notice, which was another delightful surprise. I am fully on board with using book preorders as a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , ·

Nuclear Family

Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

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On the morning of the Chernobyl disaster, Russia's leading nuclear scientist Anna Berkova is sitting in her lab working on her pet project when the force of the blast sends her and her device into the future, December 8, 1992. There, Anna finds the daughter she long ago abandoned dying on the floor. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Not the Holy Grail of Writing

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

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Many of the DIY writing books I’ve been consuming over the last couple years mention Joseph Campbell’s extensive mythology analyses (written in 1949!), The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and credit him with inspiring them. George Lucas says Star Wars is a result of having read Campbell’s seminal … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

Bad decisions, good book

Brooklynaire by Sabrina Bowen

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  This is a happy review, but a story of poor decisions.  I bought one of those compilation books from amazon - you know the 20 books for 99 cents ones, lots of authors.  I did buy it because I get promotional emails from the author of the book  I am talking about.  With these compilations … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Romance novella with a little misunderstanding

Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood

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After reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood for book club, I decided I should read some more books by her. I discovered that she has written a trio of romantic novellas involving women in STEM. I picked up Stuck With You (2022) for a quick read. I finished this one night when I was sick and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·

My Whackadoo brain found some cool reads

Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Hilo Book 6: All the Pieces Fit by Judd Winick

This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle

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My mood this week and reading has been all over this week. I found three different genres to get me through it. Not only have I done a crap tone of picture books just for the quick read, I had to find humor, serious, and a mixture of the two. I finished Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:330 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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