Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

pirates, sirens, and great banter

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

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I fell in love with the idea of this book, the pirate king’s daughter purposely gets herself kidnapped in order to steal a map from rival pirates, and it really did not disappoint. It is a fun romp kind of book, with some decent romance thrown in. The map is actually one-third of a map that will lead to an island where sirens have hidden an enormous treasure. Alosa’s father has asked her to get captured in order to search the ship of a rogue pirate crew that does not support the pirate king. Alosa is the captain of her […]

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4/20/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:12 |

Where there is milk, there is hope

Fortunately, the Milk... by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell

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While Mum is away on business, it’s up to Dad to make sure that his son and daughter have everything they need. Like milk for their cereal. Dad goes to the shops, but is gone for really rather a long time. When he returns, he explains to his children why he was gone for so long. It’s a story of adventure, danger, space aliens, time travel, vampires, angry South American gods, pirates and the amazing Professor Steg. The entire thing is beautifully illustrated by Chris Riddell throughout. I got this book back in spring of 2014, when Neil Gaiman was […]

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12/13/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:118 |

A 200 year old forgotten war that inspired more thought than I’d expected.

Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1815 by Joseph Wheelan

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This is a fairly difficult book for me to review, because I quite enjoyed it but have some serious complaints about not only its content, but the views of its author. The book itself is well researched, and the subject was interesting, being an area and an era with which I’m fairly unfamiliar. The time between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the antebellum years, has always been a bit out of reach for me. I can never really remember which president served at a particular time (though, I remember John Quincy Adams was before Andrew Jackson, and James […]

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12/1/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:99 |

Djibouti? I recommend you Dji-don’t

Djibouti by Elmore Leonard

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I’m a pretty big Elmore Leonard fan. I have only read one of his books “Cat Chaser” but I adore “Justified,” which is based on some of his short stories. He creates amazing characters and dialogue and is prolific as a crime fiction writer. His books have been made into some exceptional movies: Out of Sight, Get Shorty, and Jackie Brown. I was excited to introduce him to my book club, as none of the other members had read anything by him, and to make a long story short…it didn’t go well. I didn’t even like it! And no one […]

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4/26/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:11 |

Here, Have a Black Spot.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

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When I first read Treasure Island, I was living in Georgia’s low country, an area embroiled in pirate history (in fact, the Benbow Inn is rumored to have been modeled on Savannah’s Pirate House).  I like my reading to provide a little bit of local color. Anyway, perhaps it was my own location that made it easy to fall into Stevenson’s world. I can understand how Jim Hawkins might feel every time his little world is intruded upon by a pirate, those dual senses of danger and thrill, and how those emotions both might appeal to a kid like Jim […]

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3/14/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:6 |

Captain Jack Sparrow’s World of Pirates

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard

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The Republic of Pirates explores the early 18th century of the American colonies and the Caribbean, which was the era of pirates like Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy, Charles Vane, and Edward “Blackbeard” Thatch. Although told in narrative style, most of the information comes from newspapers, letters, journals, etc. from the time, place, and people presented. According to a note on the cover of my edition, this book was the inspiration for the NBC mini-series “Crossbones”. I liked the tv show, so I picked up the book. I have to admit, I was surprised by the apparent historical accuracy, not only […]

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1/11/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:4 |

The Best Part of this Pirate Comic was the Aaaaaarrrrrt

Galveston by Johanna Stokes, Todd Herman

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I wanted to love Stokes’ and Herman’s Galveston. I am a die-hard Texan, so a Texas-set graphic novel based on the real life meeting of legendary Alamo defender Jim Bowie and pirate Jean LaFitte seemed like a definite winner. Unfortunately, the story just didn’t work for me. The wise-cracking, sassy characters seemed pretty one dimensional (or Jack Sparrow-y), weird misspellings took me out of the book (“Commanches” and “Comanches”, its vs. it’s), and not a lot seemed to happen in the story. Additionally, in real life, Bowie and LaFitte’s working relationship wasn’t as fun as it was depicted in the […]

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8/22/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:29 |

A dark and witty novel about teenage alienation, strained relationships and the allure of the outlaw life.

We Are Pirates by Daniel Handler

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Piracy used to conjure up visions of rabid men roaming the dark seas, festooned with tattoos and covered in facial hair. Now it’s more likely to bring up images of overweight young men sitting in basements in front of glowing computer screens. From Blackbeard to Neckbeard, if you will. Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler throws the older, vicious idea of the roving corsair into the modern day in this strange look at teenage angst and the life of an outsider. 14-year-old Gwen is angry. Angry at her parents, angry at the world, and angry at her own dull life. Caught […]

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7/14/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:7 |

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