Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

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There’s something enjoyable about watching a person go on at length about their favorite medium. Not always and not everyone but occasionally, it’s just fun to listen to someone’s passion for music or movies or sports. Even if I don’t share in their full commonality or appreciation, I admire their reflections. And man, it’s just so much fun reading Quentin Tarantino as he talks for 10+ hours on the movies that have helped form him. I’m not a cinephile, much less an addict like Tarantino […]

An overwhelming world told by Bex Ollerton

Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health by Bex Ollerton

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Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health by Bex Ollerton is not a “how to” or “mindfulness” book, but is a collection of comics that forms a graphic novel that allows us to journey with the author as we see their mental health journey. There are “no true wayisms” but ways that worked for them, things that are for you the person dealing with mental health and those who need a little boost to help a loved one dealing. Ollerton is also neurodivergent (autistic […]

A red swimsuit and a copper diving helmet

Else B. in the Sea : The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep by Jeanne Walker Harvey

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Else B. in the Sea : The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep by Jeanne Walker Harvey and illustrated by Melodie Stacey is due early June 2024. Therefore I read via an online reader copy. This is an amazing introductory picture book on a person, Else Bostelmann, who we are not probably familiar with. She was not only an artist but also a scientist. She was hired, in the 1930s, to paint the ocean. But not the waves or the creatures above those […]

“I should like to be famous and unknown.” Edgar Degas

Degas & Cassatt : A Solitary Dance by Salva Rubio

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Degas & Cassatt : A Solitary Dance is a graphic novel told from the point of view of Edgar Degas himself, the flow of the text is romantic, artistic and even a bit abstract. We see the life of an artist with contradictions surrounding him, the selfishness and the reasons behind his lifestyle. The arrogance of the Degas oozes off the page, the haughty attitude towards dogs (nothing is worse than a dog, unless it is …. and he rattles off a laundry list of […]

All good in the hood

Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo with Donal Logue

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For a character actor known for tough guy roles, Danny Trejo has become surprisingly ubiquitous in Los Angeles.  Trejo’s Do-Nuts and Trejo’s Coffee shops are scattered about the city, and his voice is one of those who greets you at LAX.  And I’m all right with that.  LA could definitely do worse.  But the story of his life and how he got to this point would be laughed out of a writers’ table as just too improbable. He was in and out of most of […]

I got a little excited… it’s not due until next year….

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape by Amy Alznauer

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The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape is not an easy picture book to write about. Afterall, I didn’t understand half of it! This is due to the fact that there are a lot of scientific and mathematical terms where some went over my head. Therefore, this is a book that might be aimed at the “picture book crowd” but could also have an older reader group as well.  Amy Alznauer and Anna Bron (illustrations) made this March 2025 (yes 2025) […]



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