Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

All Y’all’s Rave Reviews Finally Got Me

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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Red, White, & Royal Blue had been on my radar for a few months now, but when I picked up a copy at the bookstore and flipped through the first few pages, I thought it was a case of misplaced hype. Alex acts like such a dick to Henry in the first chapter, for seemingly no good reason, that I was turned off by the whole dynamic. Not to mention, the adult son of the president should know better than to get drunk at an […]

“Reading…is fun to do and it lets you feel superior to other people.”

Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman

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Josh Gondelman has been one of my favorite comedians for a while now. I often fall asleep to comedy albums and specials. His second album, Physical Whisper, is frequently in the bedtime rotation and his more recent album, Dancing on a Weeknight, also makes its way in from time to time. He is one of my favorite Twitter people (@joshgondelman). I was so excited when my library hold on his memoir, Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results, finally became available. Gondelman begins […]

A time to love and a time to hate… and a time for peace and a time to be grumpy

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

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Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang seemed to be the “sleeper” book that popped up every place towards the end of last year. It was not a book I really was interested in but needed a break and there before me was the board book. At first, I figured it would be a quick “Monkey is Grumpy. He is now not Grumpy. Yay!” Kind of book. Instead, it is an in-depth book about a chimpanzee named Jim who is having a grumpy day, his friends try […]

She didn’t end the book talking about butt stuff, and that’s important.

You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson

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I decided randomly a couple of months ago that I was only going to read books by or about badass ladies in January 2020 (the only time I could possibly hold to a theme month is the beginning of the year; it gets too messy later on). It feels auspicious to start out the year this way, and this book was a great start to that. Comedian and podcaster Phoebe Robinson is smart and funny and she has great things to say. This book is […]

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The Joke Machine: Create Your Own Jokes and Become Instantly Funny! by Theresa Julian

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First official Review Of 2020 I thought that The Joke Machine: Create Your Own Jokes and Become Instantly Funny! by Theresa Julian was going to be a lot of dull facts and a school book. I figured there would be long explanations that were academic and hard to understand. And while, yes, there are fact sand there are explanations, for the most part they are easy to understand. I say for the most part, as the book says it is for the 8 to 12 crowd. […]

A book Susan Eaddy and Lucy Fleming made

Eenie Meenie Halloweenie by Susan Eaddy

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Let’s end the year with my favorite holiday, Halloween. Eenie Meenie Halloweenie is a clever rhyming book that uses the child’s imagination to pick out a Halloween costume. Should she be an elephant or penguin? She is sure whatever it will be, it is going to be something she can make and the clever ideas on how to make a penguin or monkey will be great for dress up time any time of the year. Her solution is clever, if not necessarily the most realistic, […]



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