Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

It lost originality points, but makes up for it with important representation points

Pride by Eric Huang and Amy Phelps

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I have several places where I can review a book. One of them has a list of points the book could hit. One of those is Originality. And here is where Pride by Eric Huang and illustrated by Amy Phelps loses points. No, this book is not original. We have other books out there on the subject of pride, on the subject of celebrations, and expression of family. Therefore, why purchase/read this book? Well, if nothing else, the illustrations are really fun. But the way […]

“We work together. I give you a soft, stable place to recharge. You energize and embolden me.”

Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

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This book was not my original pick for the Pride square for Bingo, but I’m currently trying to sort out what is going on with my library purchase request for Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer (it won’t get here in time for me to get it read for Bingo). Also, I hadn’t picked out any seasonal romances for myself this spooky season, and then I saw all the reviews people were doing on Goodreads and felt a bit left out. So here we are […]

To Take Pride

The Stonewall Reader by ed. The New York Public Library

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Read as part of CBR16 Bingo: Pride. The book is a collection of oral histories on the LGBTQIA+ Movement before, during and after the Stonewall Uprising.  This is the book I’ve been looking for. The history of equity, freedom, liberation for LGBTQIA+ persons in this country is long but not well-recorded. The reason is obvious: many, most, really all of these human beings was considered morally corrupt at best and illegal at worst. It’s only in the last 15-20 years as straight, cis people start […]

“If eyes were the windows into the soul, Delilah’s had long been shuttered.”

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

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4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: New (author and series) CBR16 Book Bingo: Pride Delilah Green grew up in Bright Falls, in the care of her wealthy, but emotionally cold stepmother (after her father died), and never managed to forge a connection to her always perfect stepsister Astrid either. Astrid had her two best friends, Claire and Iris, and more than once Delilah overheard them saying mean things about her. When she got the chance, she left Bright Falls for New York and has rarely been back […]

June is Pride Month but these work any month!

Linus by Stuart Hausmann

Plátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

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June is Pride Month. I have been trying to catch up on some older titles, but there are a lot of new ones, too, so I just never seem to be able to. However, the other day I found two older ones called Linus written and illustrated by Stuart Hausmann and Plátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris with illustrations by Mariyah Rahman. I was able to locate online reader copies, but both titles are currently out.  It was easy to see by page one how […]

Baking with Pride means lots of food coloring

Baking with Pride by Janusz Domagala

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Baking with Pride involves a lot of baking with color; seriously, stock up on gel food coloring if you plan on baking much out of this book. Janusz Domagala was one of the fan-favorites on a recent season of Great British Bake Off, and his book is out just in time for Pride month; not a coincidence, as Janusz sort of quietly advocated for LGBTQ causes his whole season (watch his shirts). Every other recipe or two page has factoids about LGBTQ history, or some […]



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