Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


When Grandma Flies

The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen

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A child and their very loved grandmother have a unique bond in The Bird Feeder. Despite their ages, the two of them share common interests. They like to spend time together drawing and watching the bird feeder outside the grandmother’s window. But one day, the grandmother moves into hospice care and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:322 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: , , , , ·

The racing striped and helmeted tortoise

Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School by Carrie Finison

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I am not always a fan of “the turtle or tortoise or snail comes in last because they are slow” stories.  (I still cringe at the end scene in Monsters University where the snail-monster-student gets to class after the year has ended.) Now, I do not necessarily want them to be first, (Tortoise and the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:321 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Sisters

Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story by Carrie Finison

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I was not sure what to expect of Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story. But it was not what occurred in this Carrie Finison picture book. We have an outside narrator telling us that sometimes sisters do “this” or “that” with examples given by sisters Lulu and Zoey. Sometimes Lulu wants to play, Zoey … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:320 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Grabbag

Point to Point Navigation by Gore Vidal

A Sorrow beyond Dreams by Peter Handke

For Colored Girls... by Ntozake Shange

Madea by Euripides

Anthem by Ayn Rand

Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Beowulf by Trans. Heaney

Beowulf by Trans. Headley

Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

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Point to Point Navigation - 4/5 This is a second and shorter memoir by Gore Vidal published a few years before he died. It wasn't right before his death, but you get the impression that he is saying a last few things at least before he begins to wrap up his writing career. His career began when … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:333 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Wayfarer’s Series #1 and 2

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

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I loved To Be Taught, If Fortunate, and I am excited to begin the Wayfarer's series. I am reviewing books 1 and 2 here,  though I am pausing the series for a bit because I need to shuffle my TBR due to library books being due - plus, I have found that while I really enjoy the world that Chambers has … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: ·

a quirky little book that was recommended by a few people

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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This is like, a cozy coffeeshop AU for a fantasy series that doesn't exist. Everyone who told me about this book called it super low-stakes, and while I can't say I entirely agree, this is definitely a book for when you're a bit tired of *everything* and want to cuddle up. And to be fair--life … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:76 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , ·


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