Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

a mermaid’s tail made of donkey skin (a dual cbr13bingo and #cannonbookclub adventure!)

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

September 9, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

well, not exactly. What we have here are two retellings of classic fairy tales: Charles Perrault’s deeply upsetting Donkeyskin (recently reviewed by our very own BlackRaven) and Hans Christian Andersen’s  also unsettling The Little Mermaid. Both of these entries are picks for our upcoming #cannonbookclub event- and I’ll be discussing Deerskin further during our Zoom- but in the meantime, let these two help you choose your pick(s)! Also- both of these tales of girls on the cusp of womanhood have been reclaimed and retold by women. […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: backstory, Billie Fulford-Brown, book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, charles perrault, dogs, donkeyskin, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, hans christian anderson, high fantasy, Home, Love, magic, mermaids, mythology, retelling, Robin McKinley, Romance, Sarah Henning, Scribd, the little mermaid, trauma, Xe Sands

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:78 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: backstory, Billie Fulford-Brown, book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, charles perrault, dogs, donkeyskin, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, hans christian anderson, high fantasy, Home, Love, magic, mermaids, mythology, retelling, Robin McKinley, Romance, Sarah Henning, Scribd, the little mermaid, trauma, Xe Sands ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

“from the housetops to the gutters – from the ocean to the shore -the warning signs have all been bright and garish -far too great in number to ignore”

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

January 26, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

The children have a game: keep their parental status secret. If they keep it secret from each other, they can keep it secret from themselves. They won’t have to be the “children of” anyone. They don’t have to claim allegiance with the drunks in the Great House who let the world burn. Their game, and much of this book in general, brought to mind strong memories of “Old College Try” by The Mountain Goats. A Children’s Bible is more than what it seems. It’s presented […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: audio, climate anxiety, coming-of-age, dystopia, generational strife, Global Warming, Lydia Millet, pre-apocalypse, privilege, pulitzer prize finalist, survival, Xe Sands, youth

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: audio, climate anxiety, coming-of-age, dystopia, generational strife, Global Warming, Lydia Millet, pre-apocalypse, privilege, pulitzer prize finalist, survival, Xe Sands, youth ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • MsWas
    on The best surprise I’ve had so far this year
    What a lovely review of what sounds like a loving and beautiful book!
  • Emmalita
    on 29 Minutes to Yummy
    I love Isa Chandra Moskowitz! I’ll have to see if my library has this one.
  • KimMiE"
    on They go into the woods and do what?
    Wow. . .I am horrified and also fascinated.
  • BlackRaven
    on They go into the woods and do what?
    I hadn't heard the phrase, but knew that it seemed to be a popular way to end a relationship (dude/dudettes...
  • carmelpie
    on They go into the woods and do what?
    I went for a beautiful hike recently. Every time I peered over the edge, the climax of this story flashed...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in