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Grab Bag

The People of Paper by Salvador Plascensia

Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

Mountain by Cixin Liu

The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakmi

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson

Homecoming by Eddie Huang

The Matchlock Rifle by Walter Edmonds

Two Logs Crossing by Walter Edmonds

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

July 23, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Mortality – 4/5 Stars This is a partial memoir and final notes first published by Vanity Fair and then in book form from the final days of Christopher Hitchens. There’s a part in the middle of every thing where someone tells Hitchens something like “God works in mysterious ways” and Hitchens wonders what is so mysterious about a heavy smoker getting advanced lung cancer. That’s the basic idea here. First things first, it’s not secret that Hitchens is a bit of a bugbear, and for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction Tagged With: adapt, cbr14bingo, charlotte perkins gilman, Christopher Hitchens, cixin liu, Eddie Huang, hans christian anderson, haruki murakami, Haruki Murakmi, Salvador Plascensia, Sun Tzu, Walter Edmonds, Washington Irving, william maxwell

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:383 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction · Tags: adapt, cbr14bingo, charlotte perkins gilman, Christopher Hitchens, cixin liu, Eddie Huang, hans christian anderson, haruki murakami, Haruki Murakmi, Salvador Plascensia, Sun Tzu, Walter Edmonds, Washington Irving, william maxwell ·
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a mermaid’s tail made of donkey skin (a dual cbr13bingo and #cannonbookclub adventure!)

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

September 9, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

well, not exactly. What we have here are two retellings of classic fairy tales: Charles Perrault’s deeply upsetting Donkeyskin (recently reviewed by our very own BlackRaven) and Hans Christian Andersen’s  also unsettling The Little Mermaid. Both of these entries are picks for our upcoming #cannonbookclub event- and I’ll be discussing Deerskin further during our Zoom- but in the meantime, let these two help you choose your pick(s)! Also- both of these tales of girls on the cusp of womanhood have been reclaimed and retold by women. […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: backstory, Billie Fulford-Brown, book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, charles perrault, dogs, donkeyskin, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, hans christian anderson, high fantasy, Home, Love, magic, mermaids, mythology, retelling, Robin McKinley, Romance, Sarah Henning, Scribd, the little mermaid, trauma, Xe Sands

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:78 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: backstory, Billie Fulford-Brown, book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, charles perrault, dogs, donkeyskin, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, hans christian anderson, high fantasy, Home, Love, magic, mermaids, mythology, retelling, Robin McKinley, Romance, Sarah Henning, Scribd, the little mermaid, trauma, Xe Sands ·
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The Hans Christian Anderson classic is updated and spun into a Christmas story

December 24, 2015 by TylerDFC 3 Comments

With Matchless I’m at review 52! CANNONBALL! I don’t expect to do this again, I had to sacrifice longer novels for shorter ones to meet the goal and stretch with some graphic novels at the end but I’m satisfied with my reviews and enjoyed the challenge of pushing myself to stay on a reading and writing schedule. Apologies to my work for the countless lunch hours (and sometimes beyond) spent writing these up. On to review 52! Matchless began its life a spoken word performance […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cannonball, CBR7, christmas, gregory maguire, hans christian anderson, Matchless: A Christmas Story, the little match girl, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR7 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cannonball, CBR7, christmas, gregory maguire, hans christian anderson, Matchless: A Christmas Story, the little match girl, TylerDFC ·
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