Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A charming story about a girl and her dog

Runt by Craig Silvey

by Leave a Comment

Bingo: Taking Flight; Passport: Australia In the tradition of Roald Dahl, Runt is an absolutely charming story about a girl and her dog overcoming adversity, finding community, spreading positivity, and being celebrated for being their deliciously odd selves.   Annie Shearer lives in the down-on-its-luck rural Australian town of Upson Downs, where local baddie Earl Robert-Barren is hoarding water to drive his neighbours off their land so he can buy up their properties.  Her family of oddballs struggles on.   Annie hatches a plan to save the […]

Behind every name there is a story

Honeybee by Craig Silvey

by 1 Comment

I had absolutely no idea what this book was about nor had I read anything else by Craig Silvey when I chose to download it as the ‘free book of the month’ from Audible. Rarely do I give out a 5 star rating but this book was totally worth it. I’m going to try to describe it without giving too much away. It starts with young teenager Sam meeting elderly gent Vic on a bridge, as they are both about to end their lives. From […]

A Coming-of-Age Mystery

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

by 1 Comment

Jasper Jones follows a boy named Charlie, a teenager living in a small Australian town known for it’s gossip and the way stories about people get out of hand into a mythology surrounding them. One such object of the town’s disdain is a young outsider, Jasper Jones, who comes to Charlie’s window one night asking for help. Jasper shows Charlie the discovery he made in the woods of a dead young girl named Laura, and fearing that he will be the one blamed for her […]

You really should read this one!

by Leave a Comment

  A surprisingly powerful book. I read this book a few years ago and for some reason I didn’t enjoy it much. However I had some friends read it recently and tell me how much they enjoyed it, so I figured I should read it again. And yes, I enjoyed it a lot more this time. I have no idea why I didn’t like it last time, my only reason might have been how detailed and wordy it is. The book focuses on a small […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo