Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Spaceship Coming of Age

PartnerShip by Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball

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Newly commissioned brainship, Nancia is excited for her first mission.  However, her first group of passengers, all High Family scions like herself, don’t seem to realize that she’s brainship, and when Nancia doesn’t inform them of the fact, she overhears a number of things that trouble her.  Five … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Ambivalence

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

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Born with severe physical birth defects, nothing is wrong with Helva’s mind.  So as an infant she’s implanted in a shell, destined to one day be the mind that runs a spaceship.  Fascinated with music, Helva earns the moniker “the ship who sang”.  Setting off with her human partner (called a brawn), … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·

Where Do the Rights of the Mother and the Rights of the Child Diverge?

Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of A Childhood Online by Fortesa Latifi

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Rating: 3.5 Stars In a nutshell: What is the cost - and what (if any) are the benefits - of sharing one’s children online? Best for: Those interested in the impact of sharing the lives of children on social media. Quote that made me think: “There is no child advocate, only the … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: , ·

“Maybe I just thought I was a nonviolent person because in my old life, nobody had ever backed me into a corner with a knife to my throat.”

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews

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Maggie wakes up one day, cold, naked and soaked to the skin in the gutter of Kair Toren, the sprawling capital city of Rellas, where her favourite fantasy novels are set. For the past decade, Maggie has read and re-read the two books in the unfinished series enough times that she knows the setting, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:31 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Mea Gulpa

Famesick by Lena Dunham

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Lena Dunham and I have a long history together. I watched Girls at a time when its content was deeply resonant: a twenty-something living in a big city (look, okay, Brissie isn't exactly The Big Apple, but it felt big to me), making terrible dating decisions and being wildly short-sighted. But … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·

The Daevabad Trilogy: “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.”

The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper by Shannon Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold by Shannon Chakraborty

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It has been a while since I've made such dubious choices regarding reading hours as I did to read this trilogy. I read City of Brass at a decent pace and finished it in about 6 days. Kingdom of Copper lined up with a weekend so I ignored pretty much all of my responsibilities to finish in 2 days. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·


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