Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

We Were Pushed!

Terminal Uprising (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, Book Two) by Jim C. Hines

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“I miss the days when all I had to worry about was that strange citrus smell from deck B.” (Kindle location 476) If you haven’t read Terminal Alliance, the first book in the series, be aware that this review will contain spoilers for that book. The short version is: If you like any of: comedy, scifi, “humans are space orcs”, zombies, and warmongering space-wasp lawyers, you’ll like this series. And if you don’t like any of those things, you might give it a try anyway.

How is this my first Jen Lancaster book?

Stories I'd Tell in Bars by Jen Lancaster

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Jen Lancaster has written a lot of memoirs, and I’ve somehow never picked one up. This e-book ended up accompanying me on a camping trip, and it was a fun read. None of the tales were particularly life-changing, but as a collection, it was as advertised — like hanging out with a friend at a bar, telling stories. Apparently she chose to self-publish this collection after it was turned down by her usual publishers. That had to have stung, after years of success, but no […]

Ron and Tammy Two

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

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Like most red blooded Americans I am a huge fan of Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally both as individual actors and as a couple. The duo are best known for their respective portrayals of Ron Swanson & Karen Walker but throughout the years they’ve become synonymous with #CoupleGoals and for good reason. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told is an oral history of their lives together and is probably best enjoyed in the audio-book format. I actually don’t know how this would work on paper, I’m […]

Vamos down to the market and maybe you can understand this for me

¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by  Raúl Gonzalez III

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¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raúl Gonzalez III (or Raúl the Third) is one of those odd books that you love or hate. And, I am sorry to say, I am part of the later here. The art made me feel unsettled and more than a little bit woozy. I was never able to get settled into the story itself. Literally. I was unable to sit and comfortably read. Therefore, I do not recommend it for anyone with sensory issues. This was partly because of the […]

The crack of the bat, the stench of popcorn, the cheers of the fans!

Fuzzy Baseball Volume 1 by John Steven Gurney

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I learned about Fuzzy Baseball when a Facebook friend of a friend of mine turned out to be the author of the series. John Steven Gurney also commented on the fact I was planning on picking it up by saying he was in talks with our events person to come to the store. Therefore, of course, I had to read this book about baseball. Ah! Baseball! The game with the sticks and hats and balls! That pastime that we sing about. The one that has hard bleachers, […]

DOOOGS IN SPACE! (OK actually in 1925 & 1850 America)

Time Dogs: Balto and the Race Against Time by Helen Moss

Time Dogs: Seaman and the Great Northern Adventure by Helen Moss

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If the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne, the Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner and Paw Patrol got together and created a younger version of themselves with dogs and a time traveling van, you would get The Time Dogs series. The first two Time Dogs by Helen Moss are a sweet mix of fact and fiction. Clever stories bring to life the history of famous dogs and their people. The first book, Balto and the Race Against Time has our doggie […]



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