Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

See you yesterday Lizzie

Doctor Who:  The Runaway Tardis by Kim Smith

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cbr12bingo I wish I told someone today I am a “baby geek.” I can tell you the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek. I know Tom Baker is the “Doctor with the Scarf” and knew I would laugh alone when someone said I was a Shield Agent due to my required mask being a face shield, and them not getting the connection. And the Pop Classics book series (popular culture such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Back to the Future, and X-Files in a […]

Two books, two ways of telling the same story

Ocean! Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty

The Sea Knows by Alice B. McGinty

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cbr12bingo How-To How does a person who likes children’s books find a “how-to book” that is not dull or confusing? I have found several “how to” books or even science or craft kits, and thought, “I’m college educated, and I have no idea what is going on here, how is a kid supposed to figure it out?” But I put my thinking cap on and while waiting for those few minutes at the end of the day to go by (that 10 minutes you can’t […]

Warm Fuzzy Feelings

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

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I have been very vocal in the last few months on the fact that the current cultural zeitgeist is that dark equal deep and that the entertainment we consume has no place left for complex emotions like joy, sweetness and even melancholy (the good kind). This was further aggravated by the discourse around The Last of Us II, and how it forces the player to commit cruel acts for the sake of trying to create a complex story.  I also spent most of the last […]

New car, caviar, four-star daydream. (CBR12Bingo: I WISH)

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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This might be a little bit of a cheat, because I don’t actually want to be “Crazy Rich.” But bog-standard garden variety rich? That I could do.  My 2007 Toyota Yaris just broke in a way that will cost half the blue book value to fix, and I’m lucky enough that I have a 401K to take a loan against for the replacement car’s down payment. But man, would it be nice to have a “just for the hell of it” trip to Paris to […]

Thank you Pacific Ocean! And good night!

Lloyd Finds His Whalesong by Skylaar Amann

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What book was going to be my cbr12bingo Music block? Though I could not remember the title right off, I knew a book about a whale I had read would be perfect. After bugging a coworker to 1) read it and 2) tell me the title I found it. The background to the book is almost as fun. as the book itself. As I said, after I had found this book that had caught my eye because of its lovely blue cover, that allowed me […]

cbr12bingo – Violet! well, lavender really. Teenage Re-Reads: Do They Hold Up?

Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers by Louise Rennison

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison

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A few weeks back I was a few drinks in and thought it would be an excellent idea to order the entire 10-book Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series. I  read them initially as they came out, what with being a ridiculously over the top teen girl in the early aughts, and loved every second that I spent with Georgia and the Ace Gang. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging kicked off the series back in 2000, and the series came to an end in 2009. I had […]



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