Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Hello and welcome to the Galactic Peacekeepers Society…… We come in peace

Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers: Book One Volume 1 by Frances Lee

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The powers that be do not want me to write a review for Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers: Book One Volume 1 by Frances Lee. I had a long review typed out,  when I went to post, I hit something and the entire thing was erased. I then tried multiple times to restart it and it kept screwing up. I finally got it into a document and then couldn’t remember what I wanted to say/what I had said!. Wracking my brain, I came up […]

The Good Stuff.

Peter and Wendy/ Margaret Ogilvy by J. M. Berrie

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No pic, sorry!  Old book. This volume, which I picked up in an estate sale somewhere, is an old one, published in 1913.  It features an account of the author’s mother, Margaret Ogilvy (which was written in 1896), as well as the original version of Peter Pan.  As far as the former goes, we meet his mum as a widowed Scot with a devious turn of mind and not a care in the world as to what anyone thinks of her.  That was fun. But […]

The boy who became a fighter

Worthy : The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce by Andrea Wang

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I read a book that at first glance, I figured wouldn’t be “all that” as American Civil War stories are known, people of color are having their stories told and Asian people are having their stories told. How could this book be different? Well, when author Andrea Wang and illustrator Youa Vang got together they combined the three elements and made a unique, well-thought out story of one man and how he triumphed over adversity. That man was Joseph Pierce. His birth name has been […]

Bishop might take Knight, but the Queen wins

Elsa's Chessboard by Jenny Andrus

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For the grandmother that wanted to play chess with her granddaughter, author Jenny Andrus wrote Elsa’s Chessboard. She was a child who did not have interest in an “old dusty game,” but now she is giving us a peek at the woman who would change chess in ways unexpected. Based on the life of Elsa Konstandt Weisz, we go from Vienna to San Francisco as a young Jewish woman flees WWII and makes a new home in the United States, all the while keeping her […]

Break a leg, have fun, and learn along the way

Bravo for Backstage! by Mary Rand Hess, Randy Preston and Marilena Perilli

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Looking through an online catalog I found a couple titles that looked interesting to read. At the time they did not have a link to them, so I emailed the rep of the publisher to see if I could get a reader copy either digitally or physically. I found it a little funny as she is a former coworker of mine from the sister store. I gave them a little gossip, and asked for a reader. They had just gotten digital ones and sent me […]

Play ball, swim, tennis, hockey and more safely and comfortably

This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game by Jennifer Cooper

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History has many layers. Dresses can have many layers.  But whereas history plays out, it is hard to play most sports or ride a bicycle in dresses. Especially the outfits that many women athletes would wear before some enterprising women decided to change things up. This Skirt Won’t Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game by Jennifer Cooper and illustrator Eva Byrne follows how tennis went from a long skirt to a 1920s fashion statement. How women hockey players would change […]



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