Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Behind the Fictional Music

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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CBR11Bingo – Pajiba The genius of this novel lies in the presentation. We’ve all become familiar with the oral history as a narrative form in recent years, whether in magazine pieces or in longer forms like the SNL history “Live From New York.” To a fiction writer it offers a comparatively easy way to utilize multiple narrators, unreliable narrators, differing perspectives and faulty memories. It also allows Reid to quickly characterize each of the seven members of the titular band and the other major characters. […]

He was tall, and could fight, and was a smartass…and all the women loved him.

Rebel Fleet by BV Larson

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CBR11 Bingo: Summer read I’ve long struggled with BV Larson. He’s, supposedly, one of the most popular ebook writers, but his books have been….problematic. And this one is no different. Rebel Fleet starts off well enough. Leo Blake, out of the US Navy, is now a beach bum in Hawaii. He stumbles upon a mysterious vessel in the ocean, and is propelled through a series of violent interactions that lead, ultimately, to him joining a vast intergalactic fleet of starships. It gets a little outrageous. […]

CBR Bingo: Youths!

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby

Prince Caspian by CS Lewis

The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

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CBR Bingo: YOUTHS! I missed posting last night but am determined to knock just a few more reviews out before the week is over! All of the below qualify for the “Youth” category of CBR Bingo which makes them pretty easy to lump together for tonight’s lightening round of catching up on Cannonball! !! The Secret History of Us, Jessi Kirby In the “YA” faction of youthdom we have The Secret History of Us which follows Olivia (Liv) as she wakes up from a coma […]

“Plot, Character, Smut – you’ve got the whole package”

Stacked by Aviva Blakeman

Say My Name by Aviva Blakeman

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Y’all!!!! Firstly – I’m here! It’s been a very intense couple of years for me. This is my first review in a while and I declare complete review bankruptcy on anything I read during that time. No obligations, no guilt, no shame. (This review fills in the “And So It Begins” CBR11 Bingo Square) Secondly – y’all. Y’all? Y’all.  Sometimes a friend or acquaintance writes a book and I read it and it’s… well it’s bad! Sometimes it’s mediocre, sometimes it’s serviceable but not great, […]

When your crazy camp founder wants you to find his (possibly real) lost treasure

Pathfinders Society: The Mystery of the Moon Tower by Francesco Sedita

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#cbr11bingo #RadingtheTBR Not out until April 2020, I am seriously unable to wait patiently for the second book/for the ending! Ending on a slow cliffhanger, Francesco Sedita and Prescott Seraydarian created a fun graphic novel for kids into adventure, realistic fantasy, and friendship in The Pathfinders Society: The Mystery of the Moon Tower. Ages 8 to 10 can follow Kyle, Vic, Beth, Harry, and Nate, five kids with nothing in common but being at the Pathfinders camp, where kids swim, deal with random and frequent […]

Students, Nonviolence and History Begin Made

March: Book One by John Lewis

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#cbr11bingo #History   March: Book One by John Lewis is one of those books I wish I did not have to rate. Mostly because, while I enjoyed the experience of reading it, I am actually not a fan. Let me explain. I appreciate everything about it: the build up to the historical March on Washington. The showing of the Civil Rights movement by the youth of this country has a slightly different spin then what your textbooks probably taught you. The seeing history unfold does […]



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