Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Neil Simon Plays

The Odd Couple by Neil Simon

Chapter Two by Neil Simon

The Prisoner of Second Ave by Neil Simon

Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon

Broadway Bound by Neil Simon

California Suite by Neil Simon

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

Plaza Suite by Neil Simon

by Leave a Comment

Chapter Two - The title here refers to “Chapter Two” of a life. Our main characters are a widower and a divorcee who get set up on a date by mutual friends. He’s very much still in mourning, but has emerged in some ways from his grief and she is looking for real love after a disastrous marriage. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:276 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Clever Mystery within a Mystery

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

by 5 Comments

I can’t begin to describe how much I loved Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders. But this is a review, so, well, I will. Magpie Murders is a mystery within a mystery. It starts with an editor reading Alan Conway’s Magpie Murders, featuring Conway’s detective Atticus Pünd. The reader plunges into … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: ·

Apparently I really will read anything

Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta

by 5 Comments

(I would like to add that this review is completely katie71483's fault. I would probably still be living in blissful ignorance, completely unaware of several scientific facts about moth genitalia that I had to hastily google while reading the book, without Katie.) Morning Glory Milking Farm was … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Should be listened to in audio format if at all possible

Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton

by Leave a Comment

I have wanted to listen to an audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton (of "Stand By Me" and Star Trek fame) for a while and when his annotated memoir Still Just a Geek came out it seemed like a good one to try.  Fellow Cannonballers, I did not expect the emotional journey I was about to take when starting … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Miserable people described beautifully

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

by Leave a Comment

Full disclosure, I did not finish. That is, Homesick for Another World is a collection of short stories, and I finished several of the stories, and I decided I got the picture of what was on offer here and it wasn't for me. "An Honest Woman" was the last one I finished, so I made it through about … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: ·

Time Warp

Nowhere Girl by Magali Le Huche

by Leave a Comment

In the first few pages of Nowhere Girl, I felt like I had time traveled between several decades. First, the 1960s due to the reference of the Beatles and the feeling of the art and tone of the story. Then, the 1970s via the look of the city and again, the tone of the story and the Beatles. And then … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:296 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·


Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo