Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I can’t wait to go out and do things again

Lets go to the farm by Caryl Hart & Lauren Tobia

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One of the worst parts of lockdown is not being able to see people and take the kids out to do all the things that we did.  I have very fond memories of a childhood holiday on a farm.  We got to go and get the eggs in the morning, from the double decker bus where the chickens were housed.  I’m not sure why, maybe it was highly effective at keeping the foxes out, but four-year-old me didn’t care.  I should also point out that […]

We’re going to risk our lives

We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury

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This was a Christmas gift to my nephew, and another one that passed me by as it wasn’t printed until I was ten.  I’ve seen it on a lot of bookcases in recent years so assumed it was going to be another excellent read.  How wrong was I?  As I’m not a parent I shouldn’t really judge, but what idiot takes their children and dog to find a bear? Since children’s book don’t come with a synopsis, I had mistakenly assumed that this was more […]

Rugby stories I couldn’t put down

What a Flanker by James Haskell

Loose Head by Joe Marler

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I’m an armchair rugby fan, and have been for nearly 30 years, but its only in the last few that I’ve read some autobiographies of coaches and players.  The two books I’ve just read back to back are by two England players, one former and one current, and were both so good that I read each one in one sitting. The first, What a Flanker, was written by the retired James Haskell.  I’m going to openly admit that I had bought into the public image […]

A delightful introduction to Acorn Wood

Rabbit's Nap by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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I have continued to read to my nephew via FaceTime, although at this point, I think it’s more for me than for him.  This time we moved onto Rabbit’s Nap by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, who are probably best known for The Gruffalo which Donaldson wrote and Scheffler illustrated.  It’s a book I’ve yet to read and its on the list for this year as I gave it to Toby for Christmas.  It’s a paperback though and as we’re still struggling with the reading […]

Another Scottish Crime Writer I’m adding to the shelves

Bury Them Deep by James Oswald

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Last year during a brief sojourn between lockdowns I discovered a second-hand bookshop not far from where I live.  It’s a perfect little place as its just stacked with books and once we are released into the still slightly controlled wild, crosses fingers for at least tier three when they let us out again, I shall be heading to Ironbridge Bookshop almost immediately as I look for more books to try out this year. While perusing their selection, which I had to do quickly as […]

The spin off that’s developing speed

Hidden in Plain Sight by Jeffry Archer

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Jeffrey Archers latest novel features a character previously introduced in the Clifton Chronicles series.  The twist here is that William Warwick, was the lead in a series of books written by Harry Clifton, who was himself the protagonist of the series.  Try saying that three times quickly and you’ll quickly decide it doesn’t matter how William Warwick came into being.  I don’t know if Jeffrey Archer intended to use the characters when he created them, but I’m glad he did. We follow the recently promoted […]



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