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How Is It Almost September? Catching Up with Cannonball

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary Trump

Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas

Crime In Progress by Glenn Simpson & Peter Fritsch

Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block

The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block

The Burglar Who Like to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block

Seinfeldia: How A Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting by Rebecca Harrington

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album by Ken Caillat and Steve Stiefel

August 27, 2020 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

O.K., I admit it, I have not posted any reviews this Cannonball. It’s just been a weird and for too many, sad time, hasn’t it? But I have managed to do a little reading. These may just be capsule reviews, but that’s just about all I can handle at the moment. There have been some good books and not so good books, but it’s 2020, so that’s par for the course. Looking at this list I realize that I have been drawn to books to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anand Giridharadas, Burglars Can't Be Choosers, fleetwood mac, Glenn Simpson & Peter Fritsch, I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Jerry Seinfeld, Ken Caillat and Steve Stiefel, lawrence block, Mary Trump, music, Nora ephron, politics, rebecca harrington

xoxoxoe's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anand Giridharadas, Burglars Can't Be Choosers, fleetwood mac, Glenn Simpson & Peter Fritsch, I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Jerry Seinfeld, Ken Caillat and Steve Stiefel, lawrence block, Mary Trump, music, Nora ephron, politics, rebecca harrington ·
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Penelope

May 25, 2014 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

My Freshman year was incredibly different then the one depicted by Rebecca Harrington’s Penelope. I arrived at my Big 12 school only knowing one girl, who spent most of her time back in Texas, and the boy who would end up being my on & off again boyfriend for the better part of two years. I then spent the next 8 months drinking, sporadically attending classes and breaking up & getting back together with said boyfriend. Sure, there are unspoken “rules” on any campus but […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: college, penelope, rebecca harrington

Caitlin_D's CBR6 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: college, penelope, rebecca harrington ·
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