Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Having a gloomy day, try this wordplay

Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything. by Calef Brown

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The art and text are pure traditional Calef Brown in Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything. These poems are logical in their abstractness. And even abstract in their logic. They are not for the younger reader as some subjects might be above the 4 to 7 aged crowd. These are more for the 6 to 10 crowd. (Yes, I realize there is overlap there, as some on the younger end of the age might have a more mature, quirky sense of humor). And, […]

“If everyone who’s worth a damn just leaves as soon as possible, then what’s left?”

The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark by Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester

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Apparently the authors — Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester – are well known on the internets as being Liberal Rednecks. I’ve never heard of them prior to reading this book, but I was pleasantly surprised at the content here. It’s a lot more intelligent and thoughtful than I was expecting, and makes me want to seek out more of their work. “In our humble12 opinion, the South in general’s attitude regarding the war and everything that came after needs a major paradigm […]

They can’t all be gems, some of them are just costume jewelry

Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

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This would not typically be my type of book.  I do not speak in hashtag, nor do I use a lot of slang or cute phrases.  It’s not that I’m against it, it’s just not how I communicate.  This book, and Robinson’s previous effort, are filled to brim with them, and “unnec abbrevs” (unnecessary abbreviations).  Robinson is able to poke fun at herself about her style and her humor, owning that some of the way she is writing is ridiculous.  From anyone else, I’d have […]

Three might be company, but four is one too many

Just Jamie by Terri Libenson

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Terri Libenson has several middle-school novels in her Emmie & Friends series. First we saw Invisible Emmie, then Positively Izzy and now we have Just Jamie. And while each book ties into the others, each is a standalone story as well. Done in a slightly nontraditional graphic novel format, Libenson creates a slightly idealistic (things are wrapped up nicely, certain convenient events happen to move the story along) but also a realistic view of Middle School. Jamie has her group of friends. Three of them […]

Gotta get Busy busy busy

Olive & Pekoe: In Four Short Walks by Jacky Davis

Lizzy McTizzy and the Busy Dizzy Day by Sarah Weeks

Woke Baby by Theodore Taylor III

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Once upon a time there was girl who enjoyed reading. And she enjoyed telling other people about these books as well. This girl likes stories about friendship. And while she is not a dog person, she found a must have for dog lovers in a book about two doggie friends named Olive and Pekoe. Olive & Pekoe: In Four Short Walks by Jacky Davis, is a story that is broken up into four different walks. Each of these walks highlights how different these friends are, […]

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

Emma by Jane Austen

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Jane Austen famously described Emma as “A heroine whom no-one but myself will much like.” and I might agree. Emma Woodhouse is a rich young woman in a society where not much happens. She entertains herself by fancying herself a match maker and she takes on a protegé, of lower social ranking, intending on making her a match. Her friend Mr. Knightley warns her of this endeavour, but Emma is headstrong and believes a little too much in her self to listen to advice from […]



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