Cannonball Read 18

The Next Chapter

Run Book One by John Lewis

March 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Run Book One is an easier read than the March trilogy by the same team of John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, and L. Fury. However, there are pages that are terribly crowded with text that covers the illustrations and can make it difficult to read at times. For me, the combination of the black … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:94 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, Andrew Aydin, civil rights, John Lewis, L. Fury, Nate Powell, Social Themes, voting ·

What kind of poem would a bird carry in its pocket?

If This Bird Had Pockets by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

March 9, 2022 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

Cute and fun poems to celebrate all types of critters (even human ones) and sweet illustrations fill If This Bird Had Pockets by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. These (as said) cute and fun poems are told by the creatures themselves about themselves. They celebrate all types of animals from giraffes to … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:93 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, animals, Emma J. Virian, nature, poetry ·

“Burn it down, Charlie. Burn it all down.”

Firestarter by Stephen King

March 9, 2022 by TylerDFC 1 Comment

Between 1974 and 1984 Stephen King published an astounding 18 books (counting the four novellas published under the name Richard Bachman, later packaged together as The Bachman Books). The sheer output is not the only extraordinary thing. Among those titles are the books most would consider among … [Read more]

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: book review, charlie mcgee, Firestarter, pyrokinesis, Stephen King, The shop, TylerDFC ·

Chitinous Critters and Cardboard Cutouts

Phantoms by Dean Koontz

March 9, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

One late afternoon, sisters Jenny and Lisa Paige drive up to Snowfield, CA, a small ski resort village where Jenny works as a doctor. Lisa, her fourteen year old half sister, comes to live with her after the death of their mother. Though Jenny is used to the town being quiet, when she drives through … [Read more]

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Dean Koontz, horror, Phantoms ·

A tale as old as time

The Women of Troy: A Novel by Pat Barker

March 9, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

The Women of Troy is the follow up to Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, her imagining of the Trojan War/Iliad from the point of view of the women and girls who saw their city fall and became enslaved to their enemies. The focal point remains Briseis, pregnant with Achilles’ child, with a few … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Pat Barker, The Iliad, The Women of Troy ·

Clay’s Ark

Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler

March 9, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a re-read and still a four-star book for me. Something there is in Octavia Butler books where she invents a wild new world, plays around in it in the most dreary and upsetting ways, never makes me feel too out of sorts, and even includes a lot of uncomfortable sexuality in the books, and … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:96 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: octavia butler ·

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