Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The House of the Mouse

Disneywar by James B. Stewart

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Several folks recommended this non-fiction tome for people like me who love the hit HBO series Succession. Since the third season just ended (and who knows when we’ll get a fourth?), I finally decided to try it. And yeah, fans of Succession will love it. Fans of corporate thrillers/backstabbing will love it too, whether fiction or non-fiction is your poison. James B. Stewart documents in great detail the rise and fall arc of Michael Eisner. These kinds of books aren’t my thing but I can’t imagine there’s a better […]

My Buddy Whitney Wrote this book, so please read!

Who Was Walt Disney? by Whitney Stewart

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cbr13bingo  Old SeriesThis biography in the Who Was/Is series is a tastefully done book about the man who made movies and influenced the world. Who Was Walt Disney? He was a dreamer (who thankfully had a levelheaded brother to help him) create what we know to be animation and cartoons. He was not always a nice man, but Whitney Stewart (who is a really nice person and has a mom the store nicknamed, Trouble) focuses on the positives, while letting you know of his faults. […]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! A mouse!

Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale

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I needed a quick, easy read recently. Looking through future publications in reader copy form, I landed on a Minnie Mouse book. And what could be easier than an aged (strong) 5 to 8 aimed graphic novel? After all, pop culture books tend not to get too deep. It took me two days to actual read it as Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale and the Walt Disney Company put me to sleep. (Yes, I was not the audience for […]

*whistle while you work* (Bingo!)

The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs by The Walt Disney Corporation

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Without regular access to interlibrary loan, the Music square on the Bingo board caused me great strife…  none of the music related books I wanted to read were available at my local branches and therefore were off limits to me. Then, I stared at my bookshelf and realized I had a book about music sitting right there, in fact, it’s been living on my bookshelves for over 25 years. I’m a Disney fan, and I find the history surrounding the company interesting (why else would […]

What to read if you want an exhaustive look at the end of the Eisner era at Disney

DisneyWar by James B. Stewart

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A few weeks ago I went bouncing through Disney+ looking for a documentary to watch (as I’ve mentioned before, my brain is really happy with non-fiction right now) and came across The Imagineering Story which is six episodes telling the (slightly biased*) story of the creatives behind the physical creation of the theme parks, and its link to the animation and other departments throughout Disney. I have a special place in my heart for all things Disney, but the Imagineers might be my favorite group […]

My Favorite Version of Beauty and the Beast Yet …

As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

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Given my love of reading, it always felt like I should like Belle and Beauty and the Beast much more than I did.  Maybe it was timing, since I saw it when I had started transitioning to life action mostly and didn’t want to watch kids’ stuff.  Maybe it’s simply that I hated the color yellow at that age.  Either way, it’s never been one of my favorite Disney stories or even fairy tales. However! I was surprised to find that I enjoyed this one […]



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