Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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What’s so bad about expressing enthusiasm?

The Point! by Nasser Hussain

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The Point! by Nasser Hussain due early September 2026;  mostly “read” via an online reader copy. (My rating is an average of my feelings on the book, so actually it is a 2.5) After writing a draft of this review I read it again via a phyical finished copy. Didn’t change my mind, yet I just got a bigger giggle out of it. Also I read the publisher review for it and found the first line interesting. Which, I am glad I did not read […]

I might have gone overboard adding (internet) images, but they were too fun not to share

Haiku Cats by C B Fraser

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One two three four five You will get some fabulous Cat hilarity   When you read Haiku Cats by C B Fraser.   Okay, that is not the best haiku ever written (but hopefully not the worst…).  But regardless, if you like cats then you NEED this adorable, cute, clever, fun and perfect for all types of cat and poetry lovers book. In the 5/7/5 syllable haiku pattern we learn the nature of the beast of the toe beans and purrs.   Oh sure we […]

Midwestern soil reminds me a lot of New England

A Man with a Rake by Ted Kooser

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Though available, I read via an online reader copy of the poetry book A Man with a Rake by Ted Kooser. And due to the back of the book saying there are 18 poems inside (and the fact there did not seem to be a lot I read, though I did not count) I am assuming the physical book itself will look small. However, there is a lot packed inside. The symbols of water, rural life, family, death and so much more grace the pages. Straight forward […]

If this is the third volume of poetry, wonder what the rest is like

Life in the Past Lane by Peter Carlaftes

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I had an online reader link to Awe and Other Words Like Wow: Poem by Kat Georges. I was somewhat excited because I had no idea what it was going to be like. I had little description and since it was one of my older saved links, I had forgotten why I had saved it in the first place. I only knew it was poetry because it said Poem. I clicked on the Click Here to Read Button and this image of a gray hair (I assumed) […]

I’m not ashamed to say, I didn’t get it.

Water Look Away by Bob Hicok

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CBR15Passport  author I only give Water Look Away a one as the book was not for me. I wish that I could put in two ratings, one rating for me (a one) and a three for the potential for someone else. Maybe this book by Bob Hicok was too sophisticated for my personal reading tastes. Or maybe the subject just was not for me. Either way I was just unable to really get into the poetry. The biggest issue I had was that the poems […]

Subject Love.

Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska

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Love at First Sight is actually a 3.5 rating, as I admit, I really did not understand a single thing I read. I even read it twice. Okay, I lied, I do know this is about lovers and chance meetings (or were they), but at the same time, the subtleties are what make this book a slow read. Therefore, I took a second read. Then I read the publisher description and then got most of it. I can then safely say this is not a […]



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