Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A better read with more knowledge of Russian/Soviet Culture

Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov

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The free verse poems do seem to do what the title of the book suggests – draw a portrait of the various artists, authors, poets, dancers and so on without using paint. I would have enjoyed it more if I knew who more of the artists were. I also wish there had been a bit more historical notes – considering how many of those dealt with in the book were killed on Night of the Murdered Poets maybe explaining that event say.   However, in part because of the lack notes, I do find myself wanting to read more in […]

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2/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

“Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.” – Jose Marti

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya

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Arturo Zamora and his family are tight — and I mean the whole family.  He and his extended family all live in the same apartment complex. The heart of the family is his Abuela, who still manages her restaurant “La Cocina” which she and her late husband opened when they emigrated here from Cuba. Her daughter is the master chef, but Abuela makes her daily rounds, greeting every customer — and her love and attentiveness is half the reason the restaurant is always packed (the other half is amazing food of course).  Arturo has finally gotten a job there (though […]

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1/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

CBR11 #3 – Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley

Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley

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In which Siege tracks down some older work by a new favorite poet, with mixed reviews.    Important takeaway: Buy Rachel Wiley’s books so she can give up her day job to spend her time writing amazing poems and touring the country performing them for people.

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1/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

Poetic feels

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a coming of age story written in poetic verse. Xiomara Batista attends Catholic high school and forced by her mom to attend catechism classes. Her mom has a very strict idea of what her daughter should be. Boys are definitely off limits. Thus, she pours all her teenage angst into her prized notebook. Also lots of feelings about her classmate named Aman. It’s only when she joins the poetry club does she begin to find her voice. Unfortunately, she has to lie to her mom about it. Her mom thinks she is at church […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

Y’all…. This one’s gonna be a bit different

There is No Good Card for This; When Life Hits the Fan; TIny Beautiful Things; 180 more Extraordinary Poems for Every Day; the sun and her flowers; The Art of Comforting; Rising Strong; How to Be a Heroine; Raising Human Beings by Kelsey Crowe & Emily McDowell; Janet Fouts; Cheryl Strayed; Billy Collins; Rupi Kaur; Val Walker; Brene Brown, Samantha Ellis; Ross Greene

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  Lemme tell you a not-so-secret-secret about ‘adulthood’: Nobody knows what the f they are doing. So much of being an adult is dealing with sucky situations – all the sudden a lot of your friend’s parents are dying, or your sister-in-law gets cancer (again), or this one has an affair that devastates that one, or your cousin suffers another miscarriage while her sister is expecting twins.  Literally, life just becomes chock full of situations that you are not prepared to face, and suddenly you have no other choice but to face them.  At least, that’s what adulthood has been […]

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11/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

I’ve been waiting for this moment for Cannonball my life, oh Lord

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

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CBR10Bingo: Backlog (Cannonball! and Bingo! Woohoo!) After reading a few Sherman Alexie books a few years ago, Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony started popping up in my suggestions, and for some reason, I thought it was poetry rather than a novel. Once I read the description, I put it on my wishlist, where it languished for several months until I finally bought a copy last summer at The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles on a long lunch break from jury duty. I’ve pulled it off my bookshelf a few times when looking for my next read but never quite pulled […]

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9/8/2018 's CBR10 Review No:52 |

The play’s the thing

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

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CBR10Bingo: This Old Thing (The Tempest) and Birthday (Hag-Seed) I’m a big fan of Margaret Atwood’s novels. I haven’t read everything she’s written, but I have a shelf full of her books and have loved all but one (sorry, The Heart Goes Last). I always watch for her new releases, and she’s one of the rare exceptions I’ll make to buy hardcover. When Hag-Seed came out a few years ago, I was all excited and ready to buy, until I looked at the cover blurb and saw that it was a modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, a play that […]

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9/8/2018 's CBR10 Review No:51 |


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