Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The classic and this reviewers review

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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I have finally read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. While texting a friend, I said to her I think one of the issues I have with this book is that it has been so popular and pushed so hard as one of the greatest books ever written, that I think my skepticism came to light early on. I mean, how can anything be that good? If you have to force people to think something is good by pushing it so much, it has […]

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Being There by Jerzy Kosinski

Hits and Misses by Simon Rich

Proto Zoa by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Last Days of August by Jon Ronson

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: Or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis

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CBR14Bingo – Shadow – In the novel, even though it’s ostensibly about the “Buffalo Bill” killings, Hannibal Lecter is always there and always present in mind. – Silence of the Lambs – 3/5 Stars This is a book that for some godforsaken reason my seventh grade English teacher not only let me read for a class assignment but also let me make a stick-figure puppet theater for key scenes. The early 1990s were the Wild Wild West truly. It’s an interesting book that is mostly […]

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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I have a confession to make: I made it to thirty-nine years old, never having read The Little Prince. I knew of it, of course, that it was a mind-bending children’s classic and emotional philosophical journey, and I purchased a copy with the intent to read it…12 years ago. This slim novella traveled from Tennessee to Louisiana to Illinois and I never cracked it open. It was a matter of missed opportunities: I felt like I should read it, but that I should have already […]

I now understand why this book is so beloved : CBRbingo – Classic

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The Little Prince is one of those books that I have been aware of for a long time but had somehow not gotten around to yet.  It’s status as an all time great is why I chose it for the ‘Classic’ square in Cannonball bingo.  I’m using ‘Classic’ for my Reader’s Choice square to replace ‘Remix’. I became aware of the power in The Little Prince, and how it affects readers, through tattoo art relating to the book.  In most every tattoo gallery featuring art inspired […]

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I can’t tell if I have ever read this before, but I feel like I feel like I’ve read it, if that makes sense, because so many people I’ve known through the years have been obsessed with this book. Also, of course, I’ve run in more than one circle that’s been peppered with Little Prince tattoos. Anyway, I wanted to mention how after I read this, I then read about the author, and his story is quite touching and interesting. Just that when he otherwise […]



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