Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Some of Tolkien’s lesser known works.

Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien

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I have owned a copy of this book since before I was on Goodreads, and it’s been on my “TBR” even longer than that. (I no longer remember how I used to keep track of books I wanted to read before Goodreads.) It was also one of the first books I pulled out of my TBR Jar for 2022, and really, it was about time. And it was fun! A little weird, a little nonsensical (and whimsical), but fun. There are two short stories in […]

Before “I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog, too!”

What is the Story of the Wizard of Oz? by Kirsten Anderson

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What is the Story of the Wizard of Oz? In Kirsten Anderson’s book it starts at the end of the history (or the most recent piece of history) and works its way back to a boy who would write a beloved classic. We see the life and times of a man named Lyman Frank Baum (or more commonly known as L. Frank Baum) and how over a hundred-years one book (and eventually its sequels) is still in our sights. Each chapter does flow from the […]



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