Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Picture book round up part… I’ve lost count

The Mighty Pollinators by Helen Frost

Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day by Jolene Gutierrez

Steve Irwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegar

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Helen Frost will have a new pollen book at the end of March-early April 2024 called The Mighty Pollinators. No, this is not a book and/or graphic novel about a new DC or Marvel movie of superheroes, but it is a book about the critters, insects, buggies, and even the wind, and how they make your garden, flowers, and more, grow. This is all done with fairly shorter poems that allow for the facts to be presented, but also in a fun and quick manner. […]

Alternative facts by your mother can make you one heck of a writer

There is No Shrimp … And Other Lies My Mother Told Me (UFO Catcher Ken Presents) by Kenny Loui

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Is this book by Kenny Loui perfect? No, but it is freaking entertaining and fun. The title (There is No Shrimp … And Other Lies My Mother Told Me (UFO Catcher Ken Presents) ) tells you everything you need to know (though sometimes his mother’s lies are less malice and more “age appropriate” explanations, having a tease (at her son’s expense) and/or herself uncomfortable explaining the situation). These lies range from the downright silly (why are all of her photographs in black an white? Because […]

Clever and Funny

How to be Champion by Sarah Millican

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Best for: Fans of the comedian; those who enjoy witty but not overly snarky humour. In a nutshell: Comedian Millican shares her life experiences and what she’s learned from them in a fairly light-hearted but sincere and funny book. Worth quoting: I listened to this while running so while there were definitely times when I laughed out loud, I didn’t stop to write them down. Why I chose it: I’ve now lived in the UK for over five years, and am exposed to many more […]

If Casey rode a bicycle

Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. by Charles R. Smith

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I had a few bikes in my day. I figured I was pretty good even as I fell off, had my dress caught in spokes stuff, ran into things. Oh yes, my athletics knew no boundaries of ineptitude. Of course, there was this young man in the 1800s who would have given me a ride for my money. His name was Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. And I guess he was good. He won a few races (starting at age 13) and would fight racism, […]

Never Forget

Maus A Survivor’s Tale Vol. I: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus A Survivor’s Tale Vol II: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

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Cbr15bingo history Maus is a highly acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning (1992) 2-volume graphic novel that made the news last year as the subject of a book banning in Tennessee (for bad words and a naked female mouse. Really.) Maus is about the Holocaust. Writer/illustrator Art Spiegelman interviewed his own father about what happened to him and their family in Poland during WWII. The Spiegelman family, like so many other Jewish families, was practically wiped out due to Nazi Germany’s extermination camps. In writing about this, […]

It’s Her, Fern Brady

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

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The British panel show Taskmaster has enriched my life in so many ways. Every season, a group of five comedians compete for the Taskmaster’s approval in a series of preposterous little games designed to test both their lateral thinking skills and their willingness to look ridiculous on television. One of the contestants in Series 14 of the show was Scottish comedian Fern Brady, who I’d previously seen on a few other shows but had not made much of an impression. On Taskmaster, however, she was […]



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