Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Cows On Strike

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

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In my time with CBR I have reviewed very few children’s books. Mostly its because I don’t have many kids to read to so my exposure to and enjoyment of children’s books is limited. But I do have a wonderful coworker who read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type to her own kids a few years ago. When we were having lunch together shortly thereafter she told me about it and when I expressed delight at its conceit she bought me my own copy for […]

Florida Gothic

This Is Not My Beautiful Life by Victoria Fedden

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I’ve read that the Florida Man archetype is due in large part to police blotters being unrestricted in that state compared to others, but I have to say, it really seems like Florida is the USA’s very own Night Vale. I just reviewed The Orchid Thief and said it was basically Tiger King as written by the New Yorker; this is Tiger King mixed with Say Anything as written by Us Weekly. We find Victoria Fedden eight months pregnant and staying with her mother while […]

Reissues of dePaola

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by Tomie dePaola

Marianna May and Nursey by Tomie dePaola

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My quick journal entry mentioned the death of Tomie dePaola. I recently found, three new (to me books). I haven’t read Fight the Night, yet, but did get a chance to read Marianna May and Nursey along with The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. Many know dePaola as both the author and illustrator of the book. However, he has illustrated several books for others. The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog was created by Sarah Catherine Martin as […]

Superheroes 101

We Are the Justice League! (DC Justice League) by DC Comics

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I like Super-Heroes. But for movies, I tend to be Marvel over DC, but my heart will always belong to Adam West, Burt Ward, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar, Burgess Meredith and Cesar Romero. Yes, 1960’s Batman with all the BAM! POW! And KRACK! I will always have a soft sport for DC characters. And in We Are the Justice League by DC Comics/Random House, your child (grades first to (lower) third grade) can be introduced or continue their love. Included in We Are the Justice […]

Delicious Froth

The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

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In fraught times such as these, I am so glad I still have one or two Georgette Heyers that I have not yet gotten around to reading.  So even though this might not be prime Heyer, it was a delight nevertheless.   The ultimate Corinthian, Sir Richard Wyndham (he of the Windham Fall fame) is being pushed into marriage with a suitable bride, a veritable (as she is in no ways loath to admit) iceberg.  Even her own brother, Cedric, advises Windham to make a […]

“Write everything down.”

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

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This was my first Nora Ephron book, and likely my last. [If this isn’t a good representation let me know and I’ll certainly revisit!] This is a collection written in the early 2000s, far enough past 9/11 that it’s enjoyably light and perhaps too far from the present that some of the lines are a little…dated? I don’t know. She lived in a different world than I ever have or will – fancy NYC apartments with five-digit monthly rents, East versus West Manhattan sunlight woes, door […]



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