Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This Boy’s Life

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

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CBR Passport – This book is set in Scotland, as was his previous novel, Shuggie Bain. That’s actually one of the many structural similarities between Stuart’s two novels – both are set in the council flats of Scotland, both are primarily narrated by a youn, gay Scottish boy with peculiar reactions to the world around him, an alcoholic mother and absent or dead father, and two elder siblings – a violent brother and a solid sister. However, the tone of this book is a good deal […]

I can listen to video readings of two classics. Can you?

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Fox in Socks: Dr. Seuss’s Book of Tongue Tanglers by Dr. Seuss

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CBR15Passport other format (audio & video of a books) My phone was actually working the other night (I have a bad plan that allows my fast internet to go too fast, as in used up) when I found a video of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? At first, I was “Really? Do we need people reading Dr. Seuss? Isn’t that a more personal reading event?” But then I saw that it was going to be rapped. Okay, I’m interested. I am not a rap […]

The forecast is clear

Zeke the Weather Geek: There’s a Lizard in my Blizzard by Joan Axelrod-Contrada and Ann Malaspina

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CBR15Passport Different genres (science fact and fiction mixed) I am not sure if I liked Zeke the Weather Geek: There’s a Lizard in my Blizzard. I know I did not dislike it, but like? You see this is a fun story about weather, friendship and doing your best. It has some illustrations and modern touches. There are also a few “old school” parts that make it cozy and familiar, plus a bit on the fresher side. But there was nothing in Joan Axelrod-Contrada and Ann […]

I’ve been on all sides of this story

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

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CBR15Passport,already own It might have been ironic or appropriate that I finished this book on Valentine’s Day. But regardless, So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship Sophie Lambada’s memoir is a very strong, humorous, serious, clever, delightful read. Lambda’s journey is inspiring, relatable, and thoughtful. The amazing art that is both funny and powerful, gives the emotion of the words that are packed into fast-paced pages (it only took me two days to read, and had I started earlier in the evening, […]

“When you catch someone lying about a murdered girl, you go ask them why”

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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CBR15 Passport Challenge – New to me author Five years ago, blonde and beautiful high school girl Andie Bell was murdered, although no one ever found her body, despite careful searching. However, Andie’s boyfriend Sal Singh confessed in a text message to his dad and then committed suicide before he could be arrested by the police. So everyone knows that he did it, and the case is closed. Pippa Fitz-Amobi remembers Sal Singh as a kind and considerate young man, with a promising university career […]

Exploring self and style

Alone in Space: A Collection by Tillie Walden

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CBR15Passport, Books Already OwnAlone in Space: A Collection is some of Tillie Walden’s earlier works. I am not sure if things were edited a lot after the original publications, but what we have here is some raw material. Not only are there several stories (some more fleshed out than others) but some of their comments on how their style changed over time. I am fairly certain that most of Walden’s characters are based on actual feelings, thoughts and things she was going through as they […]



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