Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A humorous and insightful exhortation

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell

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Cbr11bingo Listicles (From Roxane Gay Book Recommendations) Bingo #8 The full title of this book is The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6’4”, African-American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmantic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian. And all of that detailed identity is covered in this collection of funny, provocative, thoughtful essays that are part memoir and part cultural/political commentary. I have to admit that the only thing I knew about Bell before reading these essays is that he […]

Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical School!

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang

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Off and on in my graphic novel and First Second researching, Level Up by Gene Luen Yang has come up. Yang is the author of American Born Chinese, the Boxers and Saints series as well as numerous other books and graphic novels. I had a passing interest in this book, but it was not first on my to be read list. Thursday night I was walking home, my path taking me past the library. I had a few minutes, went to their young adult graphic […]

Moon Girl on the Rise

Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur: In the Beginning (books 1 to 12) by Amy Reeder

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I did debate if I should include this book collection in my Cannonball count, as I have already reviewed the first six books. But when I realized that there is an interesting piece of information you can find in the second six books, and this collection is less expensive, I knew I had to include this review. Several of us are familiar with Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur series. In the Beginning allows for the fan to binge on this crazy series like crazy. […]

Magical words, friendships and a dog named Rex

Wondrous Rex by Patricia MacLachlan

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As much as I love Patricia MacLachlan, Wondrous Rex, was a bit “off” for me. I think this is because it was just too short! Sometimes novels only need a “handful” of pages and sometimes two handfuls. Because of this shortness, it would have made a fantastic longer than usual sized picture book. The other part that was a tad off for me was that Grace seemed a bit mature for being just 7. Yet, the child reader will have no issues with this. The […]

Here’s the scoop

Whose Poop Is That? by Darrin Lunde

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Whose Poop Is That? (yes, that says poop) is not a crappy book. It is refreshing. Darrin Lunde created a good, solid introduction for the young child about animal waste. It tells you about what animals eat. And at the end, the afterwards also gives facts about animals not talked about and their poop. This book is not gross, but straight forward and scientific. The illustrations are drawings, so you are not even getting to see the “real deal,” just a representation of the results. […]

Bruce One Grumpy ol’ Bear

Bruce’s Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgins

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I am not a Bruce book fan, for the most part. I appreciate the work that goes into making a book; I appreciate the illustrations and I understand why many people enjoy them. They tend not to be for me. However, this newest book in the Bruce series is amusing. Bruce’s Big Storm has two parts for me. On one hand, I still wish the neighbors (and his roommates) would let him be. Let him be the grumpy bear he likes being. But on the […]



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