Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


State of Terror

State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny

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Don't be mad at me. But this book was not good.  It did not help that then we have Armand Gamache and the village of Three Pines come into play which makes me shudder about where Penny plans on taking that series. The characters were not developed very well (and this is in a 500 page book). The … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , ·

“Bon appétit!” “Enjoy your meal!”

Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef by Alex Prud’Homme

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Julia Child was just bada$$. Working in the Office of Strategic Services, learning to cook as an "older" woman, inventing a formula that was a shark repellent (wonder if that is where Batman got his Bat-Shark Repellent?) and just being herself, Child was and would become (in her words) Born Hungry: … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:80 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Hold on….let me think

Hold That Thought by Bree Galbraith

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When a young child starts finding the smallest form of an idea, it slowly grows until it is a giant bloom of creativity and wonder. Most of their family and friends support them, but there is that one bully that tells the child, “That is not how an idea is supposed to look.” And this, of course, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: , , , , ·

Who says a woman can’t fight?

To the Front!: Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam by Claudia Friddell

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The poetic prose manner of the book, To the Front!: Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam, might have been suited best for a non-picture book format. Also, the subject, as it is portrayed on the pages created by Claudia Friddell, might be too old for the picture book crowd. I would put the ages … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , ·

What a gas! Unsung hero gets her day in the stars

Blast Off! How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space by  Suzanne Slade

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Another unsung hero who made it possible to touch the stars was Mary Morgan. And we see how Morgan was a girl who at age eight could not read/write but by the time she was an adult she was doing chemistry, making fuels for rockets and barely had a college education in Blast Off! How Mary Sherman … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:77 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Even adults have the feeling

Almost Always Best, Best Friends by Apryl Stott

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Best friends Poppy and Clementine love being best friends. However, one day Clementine is not able to play with Poppy as they are playing with a new friend, Georgia. And, like most children, Poppy is jealous of this new friendship, especially when Clementine talks non-stop about how wonderful this … [Read more]

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


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