Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Pipi Longstocking meets Swiss Family Robinson meets Dora the Explorer meets Tangled

The Runaway Princess by Johan Troianowski

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Bright illustrations that are very detailed and simple text is what is found on the pages of Johan Troianowski’s The Runaway Princess graphic novel. Keeping with the European feel of other books in this standalone series, and the author themselves, this time we have a story that is part Pipi Longstocking meets Swiss Family Robinson meets Dora the Explorer meets Tangled if Rapunzel was a 10-year-old (or younger) girl. The book is broken into separate adventures with connecting but each with their own complete stories. […]

“A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It’s like a bicycle but with emotions.” ― Trevor Noah

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

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On February 20, 1984 Trevor Noah committed his first crime. He was born. It would not be his last. My Trevor Noah experience is from watching Facebook videos (him from his show or some of his stand-up). And it is hit or miss. But having read his young adult adapted version of his story, It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood I can see where some of the stories come from and how a mischievous, intelligent, super-fast runner, and yes, deliberate […]

PLAGUES: the critters behind history’s worst diseases

Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield  by Falynn Koch

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#cbr11bingo #science If you have not guessed, I enjoy the First Second published graphic novels. These books really “get” their readers. And when I saw they did a science series, I was curious. Therefore, I picked one that I had a little interest in as I knew a little about it and yet, was not my favorite subject or something I knew well. Studying plagues is a bit unusual to start with, but of course, necessary.   Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield by Falynn Koch is […]

Why Shouldn’t Quiet Be Strong? (CBR11 Bingo)

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story by Debbie Tung

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I love a list, LOVE them. When Bingo is unveiled I happily settle in and draft up what books I want to read for what squares, cross-referencing them with my other reading challenges to see which books might cross-pollinate, and finally devise a schedule to try to get a Blackout by the time Bingo wraps up. It worked perfectly last year as I snuck in just under the wire with my 25th review. This year its been a slightly more bumpy road, two months in […]

Come on James just tell me what to listen to so I’ll be cool.

Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster

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I promised myself I wasn’t going to read this book in one sitting, but, like everything else James Acaster related, I gobbled it up as soon as I got my grubby little hands on it. Perfect Sound Whatever is Acaster’s defense of 2016 as the best year for music OF ALL TIME. Also, he was having a slight breakdown at the time. Totally unrelated. Let me be very clear: the only reason I bought this book was because of my un-ending adoration of James Acaster. […]

Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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CBR11bingo: Reading the TBR BINGO, Four corners plus center square: Remix, Reading the TBR, Summer Read, Cannonballer Says, Own Voices I think my favorite thing about CBR bingo is that it motivates me to go the library and borrow the books that have been languishing on my TBR list. Good Omens is yet another in the long registry of “Why the hell (ahem) did I wait so long to read this book?” It seems improbable that this novel could be floating around the periphery of […]



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