Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Since the dawn of time, dogs have been friend, protector, mayors of cities

(Definitely) The Best Dogs of All Time by Jadan Carroll

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(Definitely) The Best Dogs of All Time by Jadan Carroll has no rhyme or reason to which dogs were chosen. The choices come from the fact the author thinks all dogs are grand, therefore, any dog really would do. However, these dogs are ones that spoke to him and he has chosen dogs that are of legend, from the US Navy, a dog park dog, the pampered pooches of royalty and even a dog called Duke who is the three-time elected mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota   […]

Cutie and gets to the point!

Cutiecorns V01 Heart of Gold by Shannon Penney

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I try and keep an open mind about the early chapter readers that are “cute books.” You know the type: books with rainbow fairies and pretty kitties and happy princess. These are fun books, but not necessarily great literature. However, you never know when something (mostly) good might come along. Or at the very least, something that you can give to a reader who like princesses and fairies and such. One such book is Cutiecorns V01 Heart of Gold. And while it is your typical […]

When not busy inventing, Layla and her friends Rock Out and help others

Layla and the Bots V01: Happy Paws by Vicky Fang

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What does a reader do when they want something to read, but the brain has decided anything too taxing might overload the system (and by too taxing I mean something with over 100 pages…)? That is when I turn to my collection of early-chapter book readers. Ages first to young third grade can get their reading-on with something like Layla and the Bots V01: Happy Paws by Vicky Fang. Due in May 2020, this is a cute story about trying and not getting it right […]

Not sure if it’s me, the genre, or the book… #SummerRead

Gone Viking by Helen Russell

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…but I’m inclined to think it’s the book. I picked up Gone Viking earlier this summer for my book club (we’re all internationals living in a city in Denmark, and we chose this one because of links with Denmark). I was willing to give it a go, even though I never really read chick lit. (Note: not dissing the genre at all, just saying it’s usually not the sort of thing that interests me!) Since no one among us liked it (and others didn’t even finish), […]

Superheroes are human, too

Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop

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Dear Justice League, How did you know that ages 7 to 10 (and the big kid in all of us) would want to read this book (called Dear Justice League by author Michael Northrop) over and over? This format of your Justice League character (Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Superman) fans emailing you a letter (and actual pen and paper writing to Batman) asking about things as deep as “Do you ever make mistakes?” to “Does Aquaman smell like fish?” is […]

Two for the price of one review

Frog Meets Dog: An Acorn Book (A Frog and Dog Book #1 by Janee Trasler 

Sadiq and the Desert Star by Siman Nurrali,

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Books that grab the young reader are always a treat to read. You never know what you might find. However, the adult reader actually might miss things that the child reader will enjoy. Therefore, two books that had a great start, but fell short for me, is the subject of this review. This very easy reader by Janee Trasler (Frog Meets Dog: An Acorn Book (A Frog and Dog Book #1) is good for the just starting out sight reader. However, the story itself is weak. […]



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