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Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

June 17, 2018 by Malin 1 Comment

A quick search suggests that this book has been reviewed for Cannonball at least eight times already, so it’s not like anything I say about the book is likely to be new or revolutionary (see what I did there). I don’t think there was ever any doubt that I was going to love this book, considering just how much I love the musical. I don’t remember exactly when I first heard about Hamilton, but it’s likely to be early in 2016 (I got this as a birthday gift that year from my best friend, and then postponed reading it until […]

6/17/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:45 |

This made me love Tiny Cooper even more

Hold Me Closer: the Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan

April 19, 2015 by Malin 2 Comments

About a month ago, I read the excellent Will Grayson, Will Grayson and through its pages got to know not only the two Wills, but the incomparable Tiny Cooper, who (if I made such a list, and I may have to now) would end up high on my top 10 greatest characters finds of the year. Tiny Cooper, best friend extraordinaire to one of the Will Graysons, and briefly boyfriend to the other, is an absolute delight, and his attempts to write, direct, choreograph and star in the musical based on his own life, was probably my absolute favourite thing […]

4/19/2015 Malin's CBR7 Review No:45 |

Tiny Dancer? More like a shooting star.

Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan

March 30, 2015 by bonnie 1 Comment

Ever since I found out that Tiny Cooper was getting his own musical I COULD NOT STOP freaking out for sheer delight. Tiny Cooper is the very large, very gay young man who is (let’s be honest) the real hero of John Green and David Levithan’s Will Grayson, Will Grayson (which I adored). Tiny has the effervescence you wish every best friend could bring to your life, and I could not soak him up enough. I was wondering how the musical itself would translate to its own book, but I needn’t have worried. Hold Me Closer, is the name of […]

3/30/2015 bonnie's CBR7 Review No:46 |

narfna on There isn’t really peace when you are doneI HAVE TO WRITE A REVIEW OF THIS D: I didn't mean to all caps that but it feels appropriate so I'm keeping it.
teresaelectro on Not sure if it’s me, the genre, or the book… #SummerReadOh wow, I used to work for a Danish company from London. I was hoping this book would be good. Darn.
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagAlso, it is my firm opinion that anything with a distinct style is going to have more people dislike it. Bland, neutral, unexpected things get...
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagI feel like it's a key thing to be able to look at a book lots of people love and understand maybe it just isn't...
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagI once told an acquaintance that I loved Farscape, and she responded, "Oh, you're one of those." YES I AM ONE OF THOSE. The show...

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