Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Nature v. Nurture

Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe

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Cbr15bingo Relation“ship” bingo, Cannonball Sara Pascoe is a British comedian and a regular on the panel shows that my husband and I enjoy so much. I expected Animal to be funny, and it is, but I was not expecting it to be so informative. This is not just the story of Pascoe’s life; it is about the female body, sexuality, rights and more. She examines genetics, behavior, history, culture and a variety of other factors that have influenced the physical development of the human body […]

CBR15 Bingo – Week 15 Check-In

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Welcome to the Week 15 Check-in. There’s an eclipse happening as I write this, a “Ring of Fire” eclipse. Please note that for scheduling reasons, the next check in will be on Friday. You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 13 reviews BlackRaven – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT carmelpie – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT Carriejay – 15 reviews, 2 Bingos CoffeeShopReader – 24 reviews, 11 Bingos Debcapsfan – 4 reviews Dome’Loki – 11 reviews, 1 Bingo drmllz – 4 […]

A truly international and diverse magical school

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles – Dhonielle Clayton ramped up the concept of magical food to an almost absurd level, many sound down right hard to eat. Things like Jamaican patties that sing reggae when you cut them open and hummingbird cakes that fly around are two that stick out in my memory. A few years ago I discovered Clayton through her YA Belles duology, The Belles and The Everlasting Rose, which I thought were both 4 star reads. The Marvellers came to my attention due to the […]

“The goal was never to become American but to live, and live freely.”

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

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Cbr15bingo North America, bingo I’ve been following Michael Harriot, a writer for The Grio, on social media for a couple of years now. He always has informative and incisive posts about current events and US history, especially Black history and about how it has been hidden and misrepresented in our education system and in the media. He’s also very funny. So when I saw that he had a book out, a history no less, I had to get it. Black AF History is a bold, […]

Colonialism Lives!

The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands

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CBR 15 Bingo – Africa: This book is about the Chagos Archipelago, which is a part of Mauritius, as well as the aftereffects of colonial legacy in Africa more generally. In the 1960s, Britain created its last colony when it detached the Chagos Islands from the fledgling nation of Mauritius, forcibly deporting the residents whose families have lived there for centuries. Philippe Sands, who was one of the lawyers representing Mauritius at the World Court, tells the story of how this came to be, and the […]

CBR15 Bingo: Europe (triple Bingo)

Folk med ångest (Anxious People) by Fredrik Backman

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (set in and written by a Swedish author, read in Swedish) CBR15 Bingo: Europe (see description for Passport Challenge) Official book description (translated by me): Folk med ångest (literally translated as People with anxiety, official English title Anxious People) is an unusually messy comedy about a hostage drama during an apartment showing, where a failed bank robber locks themselves in with an overly enthusiastic realtor, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a mean multimillionaire, a sad lady, a very pregnant woman, […]



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