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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Getting to the Bottom of Flatulence

I’m Trying to Love Farts by Bethany Barton

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If you know me, I was drawn to Bethany Barton’s book because I already like farts, so I wanted to see how the girl in I’m Trying to Love Farts (or Flatulence) (due in November 2025; read via an online reader) book would make others convert, too. Our main character is a young girl who loves science. So, she loves the way that there is a science behind farts. Her younger brother just likes farting. There are a lot of gags (and not just due […]

The man, the woman and their influences on books

Outside In and Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner

Fanny's Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born by Richard Michelson and Alyssa Russell

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For the longest time, biographies were the only non-fiction reading I did. I would  explore that genre more as I got older, but I always hold a spot in my heart and read piles for biographies. And picture book biographies have become a staple to read. Two that grabbed my attention and made me need to talk about them were Outside In and Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner and Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born by Richard […]

Funny thoughts and melting glaciers

Montana Diary by Whit Taylor

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I had not officially finished Montana Diary by Whit Taylor as I typed this review. And it is only 30-odd pages (another reviewer’s entire review I borrowed:  A (very) short comic about a visit to Montana. A little history, a little nature.). It has taken me two days to get as far as I have. Now, I will say that I am sure Taylor is a lovely person and I would like to sit down and have a cup of tea with them. I would […]

A zine from Mariah-Rose Maire

Sipping Season by Mariah-Rose Maire

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Silver Sprocket seems to be my go to publisher/vendor right now. In my subscription there were a few zines that I never would have picked up on my own. And one of them was Sipping Season by Mariah-Rose Maire. It mentions their book Cook Like Your Ancestors: An Illustrated Guide to Intuitive Cooking with Recipes from Around the World. I was expecting all of it to be recipes about drinks from around the world. And there is some of that, but there is also a […]

The Stake of love

Bloody Mary by Nick Winn

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Silver Sprocket publishers had a sale. I looked up titles, found a few I wanted, and signed up for their monthly subscription for books. One of the books that came out of that mish-mash was called Bloody Mary by Nick Winn. It is a smidgen longer than a usual Zine, but it is more zine than what I consider a full-on graphic novel.  The first issue I had with it was that there are several moments where I felt like I started in the middle […]

I probably rewrote this review a billion times before I thought I was done, then realized I needed more, so just read this book okay? 

You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir by Harry Bliss

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I learned early on in my journey of reading Harry Bliss that there are two styles when it comes to his artwork. One is kid friendly and the other adult friendly. However, via an online reader copy of You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir, I learned there is a third type to Bliss: the really adult Bliss. This memoir takes slices of life and puts them on the page of a journal. These journal entries, illustrations and more come out in the book. He […]



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