Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“When someone describes a man as harmless, he ends up being a villain.”

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Dark Corner selection - February 26 Defeat the Goblin - The pebble book - a book that was gifted to you Monthly Keyword 26: Sun Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A book with multiple POVs Read the Rainbow: Black This is a book with a number of different POV characters. There is Serapio, a blind young … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Religion · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

None of them know I just gambled away my entire life savings for a lizard that burned half of my house down and escaped.

My Pigeon Familiar (Magical Misfits #1) by Bridget E. Baker

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This cannot be happening. Maybe it’s a bizarre dream. But even in a dream, there’s no way that I can possibly let a pigeon sleep on my bed. It’s like having a flying cockroach in my bed. Just, no. I try to shoo it away, grimacing as my fingers touch its grey and black wings. I tell myself it’s a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

A graphic novel to introduce classic novels

The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln

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The New York Public Library has a secret. After hours, a group of librarians called The Night Librarians make sure book characters stay put in their books. You see, the older a book is, the more bored its characters are of reliving the same old story day after day. So the Night Librarians make sure … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , , ·

College Friends

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

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If I had to say something in it's favor, I guess I'd tell you that I flew through Grant Ginder's So Old, So Young, a novel about college friends that follows them from their days just after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania into their forties. Of course, that's largely because of how … [Read more]

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

“He who learns must suffer.”

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

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Ordinary Grace is a coming-of-age-novel about a thirteen year-old boy named Frank living in a small town in Minnesota in 1961. It covers the events of a summer marked by tragedy, in the form of accidents, suicide, and (possibly) murder. Frank's father is the local minister, so he gets a front row … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

A graphic novel about a graphic interest

Murder Book: a graphic memoir of a true crime obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

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Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell is a cartoonist, comedian, and true crime fanatic. Her graphic memoir is a light-hearted tribute to true crime and an exploration of why she and so many of her peers love it. I reviewed Rachel Munroe's Savage Appetites earlier this year, and I'd say this book is the funny, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , ·


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