cbr11bingo – Page 54 – Cannonball Read 17

With great power comes great responsibility

Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West

August 16, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Own Voices Even though (as an adult reading) I needed “more meat” to Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! this introduction to the Mia Mayhem series is a good start to a new superhero series for ages 6 to 8 (first/second grade). My review is from a reader copy from December 2018: I would like to see the full artwork of Leeza Hernandez as the cover and few images included have a great start/is a great teaser to what is to come. You come to learn […]

Beautiful writing, if a little drifting

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

August 16, 2019 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

I’ve joked that a friend once recommended a Dan Brown book and I no longer take recommendations from her, but I lied. Less was her suggestion and I am so so glad I listened. Arthur Less’s 50th birthday is approaching, as is the wedding of the young man he was until very recently dating. He’d prefer to deal with neither of these things, so he instead accepts every other invitation on his desk and signs up to send most of the year traveling much of the world, […]

“Can I handle the seasons of my life?” Fleetwood Mac LANDSLIDE

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

August 16, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Pajiba (and should finish my Bingo board) While predictable in many ways, Daisy Jones & the Six has a lot to like. Some parts of Taylor Jenkins Reid novel are strong and fast pace. Other parts move a lot more slowly; making it difficult to want to go on. And while I never really liked anyone (even the more “likeable” people) they are all well done. These are people you know. You have been these people. Or you are these people. Okay, we are […]

We All Deserve to Be Happy

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sophie Hagen

August 15, 2019 by lumenatrix 2 Comments

I found the incredibly funny Sophie Hagen through her podcasts, Made of Human and Secret Dinosaur Cult. She is a lovely Danish standup comedian that now lives in London and she is very, very funny. She is also fat, and has been for most of her life. As most of us who are on the heavier side probably know, this means she has had certain experiences in life that are less than ideal. She decided it was time to really look into the ideas that […]

Surgery Before Anesthesia and Antiseptics

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

August 15, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

Bingo 17 (Science!) The Butchering Art is part biography and part history of medicine, but mostly medicine. Do not read this is you are squeamish about some fairly graphic descriptions of surgery before things like antiseptics and anesthesia. The focus of the book is one the career of a Quaker named Joseph Lister in Victorian England; if his last name sounds vaguely familiar it should, and I’m surprised it doesn’t get more attention or pointed out sooner than it actually does. I’m also slightly ashamed […]

Fine enough for a short vacation (Travel)

The Infernals by John Connolly

August 15, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I would never have known if it were not for cannonball read that apparently there is a whole slew of Samuel Johnson books – the hero of this book and its predecessor – as I purchased this for a buck at a library sale and only bought The Gates after learning this was not a stand alone book, as the amazon link specifically notes it as “a Samuel Johnson Tale.” Not trying to be too negative, but I’m having a real Ann Veal moment here. […]

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