Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Archives for December 2021

One bada$$ Girl!

Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky

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Girl on a Motorcycle is a poetic look at the strength one woman, Anne-France Dautheville, had have to beat the odds and find a place (or in this case the world) she was most happy. Anne-France wanted to find a place where she belonged and was able to be free. This is the true story of Dautheville, who was the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world. Each place she goes (flying to Canada first, heading to Alaska, Japan, and other nations) has […]

A Holiday Gift With PERFECT Timing!

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Here’s a HUGE thank you to LurkeyTurkey whose Holiday Gift Exchange package was sitting on my porch when I got home yesterday morning. After getting sick with what turned out to be my SECOND bad cold since the beginning of November, I’d had to drive over to my doctor’s office to make an appointment for later in the morning because their phone lines were so tied up that no calls would ring through.  And sitting on my porch was a package addressed to “The Incredible […]

Do you wanna catch a killer with me?

Danger in Numbers by Heather Graham

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As an impressionable, young teenager, Heather Graham was one of the first romance writers I ever discovered. I remember loving her books, but I imagine I would have some major problems with those 80’s romances nowadays. Anyway, I saw that Danger in Numbers (2021) was newly available at my library and I decided to give Graham a nostalgic try. I like suspenseful thrillers, and this one seemed like something I might enjoy. I was also curious how I would feel about Graham’s writing now, more than […]

Need to feel good? Grab a book or four

Chirp!: Chipmunk Sings for a Friend by Jamie A. Swenson

Sunny-Side Up by Jacky Davis

We Are Better Together by Bill McKibben

Let’s Do Everything and Nothing by Julia Kuo

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Do you need some feel good stories? These books are positive, hopeful, and have a modern take on subjects. Each one ranges in the best age for it, but most ages five and up will be fine. Chirp!: Chipmunk Sings for a Friend by Jamie A. Swenson  This book is a simple story: a little chipmunk is alone and keeps singing for a friend. Scott Magoon illustrates the clever gem of finding the perfect note of friendship. The colors are simple, light without being muted. […]

For those who question and have big feelings

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty

Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival

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The Questioneers and Big Bright Feelings series are a set of books dealing with social themes, such as confidence, being different, trying and failing, fears, lack of friendships all set for the (strong) four and up crowd. Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts on illustrations, and Tom Percival doing double duty with Meesha Makes Friends continue the themes. Beaty and Roberts use bold, bright, busy text and colors in Aaron Slater, Illustrator. The rhymes and fantastic illustrations (that are brassy, sassy, and […]



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