Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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You don’t want to be treated like family by THIS family

Cry Out Loud by Tara O’Connor

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Tara O’Connor has four authored and illustrated titles to her name, plus several others she is the illustrator of. Cry Out Loud is one of those titles she is the complete creator. I have read three of her works (the fourth is being searched for…). Each one is a little different from the others, yet they all have a similar tone. However, one of the interesting things is that I would say each book is for a different audience. Their memoir Roots, is for the […]

Saving Seprant Guardians, culture and the Earth

The Search for Gluscap (Adventures of the Pugulatmu’j) Volume 2 by Brandon Mitchell, Kielamel Sibal and Veronika Barinova

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The Search for Gluscap (Adventures of the Pugulatmu’j) is volume two in the series. They are both written by Brandon Mitchell, Kielamel Sibal (letterer), and Veronika Barinova (illustrator). This book assumes you have read the first volume (Giju’s Gift), so I do recommend reading it first. But I have not read book one, but I am curious how the characters are introduced as we have a Native girl and a spiritual being that will guide us along who we are already supposed to know the […]

D&D by any other name will still be D&D

The Last Session Vol. 2: Rerolled by Jasmine Walls

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The Last Session Vol. 2: Rerolled  by Jasmine Walls,  Micah Myers (letterer), Dozerdraws (illustrator) This volume is similar to volume one (The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll for Initiative) with different characters (which is just like a good roleplaying game). The concept is not new (learning to work with each other, speaking up, finding yourself, helping the community, being a good role model) but still is fun and a good read. Bold illustrations fit the story and it is a good read for someone who […]

Dance Dance Dance….

Emma & Capucine, Volume 1 by Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum

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While I enjoyed reading the two parts that are inclined in  Emma & Capucine, Volume 1 by Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum, I was not able to be WOWed by it. There is nothing new to the events or thoughts happening. However, it is still a nice coming of age story Part One. We deal with growing apart from an older sibling, dealing with a dream not happening, finding new dreams, parents learning to support rather than push for themselves, and jealousy. There are at […]

Not that I need it, but I have a subscription to Silver Sprocket comics/books…..

Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by Colton Fox and Beige Blum

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I have a subscription to Silver Sprocket books. I need to pause and/or cancel as I have so many books from them and I just cannot keep up! But I did get a chance to read Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by Colton Fox and Beige Blum. When I opened the package, stickers and a few postcard items fell out. There was a Witch Hazel poster and another book. I was amused at the fact that the book was in a comic book style, but was […]

Do you let your children read Stephen King?

Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

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You might have heard that Stephen King took Maurice Sendak’s illustrations and sent them out into the world as a picture book called  Hansel and Gretel. Here is the story of how I finally read it:  One Saturday I needed a change of scenery and took a few hours to browse my local library. I sat at a table (in a too tall chair), read half of an adult graphic novel (while charging my phone, and after breaking a fingernail trying to get said book), […]



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