Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Fluffy Silly Spicy Sexy

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

A Second Chance Roadtrip for Christmas by Jackie Lau

A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

A Big Surprise for Valentine’s Day by Jackie Lau

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You think he makes french toast for every booty call? And a strawberry garnish... He garnished your fucking breakfast? I found this series per CBR 14 reviews. I got the first three from the library then ended up buying the full set of four in digital format. These novellas follow the love … [Read more]

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

“In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.” – Gustave Le Bon

The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie

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1,474 pages later and Joe Abercrombie's 'Age of Madness' trilogy has come to a close in The Wisdom of Crowds.  Together they are a masterpiece in epic storytelling taking a slice of the Circle of the World from unhappy but with relative stability, through the madness of war and rebellion, to a new … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Fourteen Hundred Years of History; Still Uncovering the Women whose Achievements were Hidden.

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak

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I work in Public History, but any good public historian (or historian of any stripe) will tell you that it is nearly impossible to know all eras and areas well. There are inevitable blind spots – you must choose where to apply your limited time. When this year’s Read Harder challenge asked us to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

“Strivers grasped for something better – maybe it existed, maybe it didn’t – and crooks schemed…”

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

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In one word: Meandering This book was the January/February selection for my work Book Club, of which I am now the unofficial president. Having been at my company for only three months I am stoked about this turn of events and was eager to discuss it with coworkers. This was a GREAT book club … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

“We are the ones who ensure history exists to be written.”

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

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Have you ever heard the saying (not the Groucho Marx version, but the earnest one) about becoming a member of a club you don't want to be a member of? It might just be pretty common in the circles I've run in, because I've mostly heard people talk about it in relation to loss - How you never want to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

The most poetic tribute to trees since Joyce Kilmer

Tree, A Life Story by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady, with illustrations by Robert Bateman

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"A lightning bolt illuminates the sky, striking the highest point of the forested ridge." Thus begins the biography of a single tree. Tree, A Life Story is a 700-year-long tale that begins with a Douglas fir dropping a seed from its cone in response to a forest fire and ends with the fallen tree … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·


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