Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Charm, Shame, Desire, Justice, Pride, and Pain

The Bone Orchard by Sara A Mueller

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Charm is a bone witch, a prisoner, and a whore. Alongside the boneghosts that she grew in her laboratory, she runs a brothel at Orchard House. When her keeper the old emperor lies dying, poisoned, he charges her with safeguarding the empire and finding out which of his sons was his … [Read more]

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

Let’s Save the Endangered Walking Nuclear Dinosaurs

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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I have to admit, I didn’t especially enjoy the only other novel by John Scalzi that I read (Redshirts) so I was hesitant about The Kaiju Preservation Society, but the premise was just too good to not at least give it a chance. The basic gist is that there are parallel worlds to our own Earth, and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Niche

The Carbon-Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable Enviroteens by First Dog on the Moon

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If you haven't heard of First Dog on the Moon, let me illuminate: First Dog on the Moon is Australia's only Walkley award-winning marsupial-based cartoonist and has done all sorts of things including books, radio, stage shows and a lot of lying down First Dog on the Moon cartoons feature weekly in … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: ·

The Godfather, Part IV

Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia by Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins

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Among those of us who love mafia stories (both fiction and non-fiction), there's been a constant discussion of what we'd do with a 4th Godfather movie. Would we continue the tale of Anthony Mancini? Find another story about Michael Corleone? Take another angle? I recently rewatched the first … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Just over ten years ago, Mindy Kaling wrote a book…

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

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I am a huge fan of The Office, and I recently enjoyed the first season of Never Have I Ever (produced by Mindy Kaling). I also generally enjoy memoirs written by comedians because I find them good and entertaining writers. So, I picked up Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (2011) on audiobook by … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: ·

The Past Is Not Dead (neither am I)

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

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Not my first read of the year, but it is my first CBR14 review! I’ve got a couple dozen other reads that I’ll get around to reviewing soon. I received this ARC in a Goodreads Giveaway (my first! what a hell of a book for a first ARC!). It has not impacted the content of my review. Art … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: ·


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