Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m not kitten, two new Bad Kitty books are on the way

Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving by Nick Bruel

Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa by Nick Bruel

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Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving is like all the Bad Kitty books. Therefore, if you are a fan of Nick Bruel’s title kitty you will laugh and laugh. You will think the naughty holiday antics of Bad Kitty beyond funny. If you are not a Bad Kitty fan, you will sit there and wonder why this bad cat (and I do not mean in the cool and fun way) has been written about at all. My reader copy did not have them, but the […]

“As a proper Asian, I chose death over shame.”

How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents by Jimmy O. Yang

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Jimmy O. Yang was born in Hong Kong but immigrated to the United States, specifically Los Angeles, when he was thirteen. He learned English by watching BET, smoked a lot of weed and chose UCSD sight unseen because there was a beach nearby. Jimmy eventually graduated with a degree in economics from UCSD and comedy juggernaut Mike Judge was the commencement speaker that year. He unwittingly inspired Jimmy to reject the life his parents wanted for him in favor of one in comedy. “I turned […]

Mom, red wagon and apple pie

Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda

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Interactive books that are not necessarily an interactive book are hard to find. But they are the ones that work the best for me. Call it my imagination but I can usually make an interactive book out of anything. Not always, but thankfully there are books like Hungry Bunny where you do not have to “make up” the action/play. Claudia Rueda’s signature format is steady throughout most of her books by allowing you to interact with her main character, this time a Bunny, as they […]

Strike Three! You’re caught.

Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly

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Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly and illustrated by Mark Meyers, is a to first base story: Mike and Kate are two sleuths and baseball lovers, that have solved several mysteries based around baseball. They are modern-day Encyclopedia Brown meets Babe Ruth. This time they need to find out who not only stole Kate’s moms notes about the book she is writing, but who has been pulling pranks on the Mets! The Subway series between the Yankees and Mets […]

Clap your hands if you believe in fairies

Disney The Never Girls #01 In a Blink by Kiki Thorpe

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Disney is a “love them or hate them” franchise. However, regardless of my personal feelings anything that makes kids read (even if it is a book about Tinker Belle and fairies) is all right by me! And this is just that: Disney promoting themselves by using Tink and the gang. By trying to make a girl power book: the girls are not girly and glitter (except for one, but even then, she is pretty tough) and they will go off on an adventure that (spoiler) […]

“Because a goddess’s job isn’t to be good. It’s to have compelling stories lyre players can tell about her at the court of kings and princes.”

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture by Guy Branum

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My Life as a Goddess was recommended to me by my sister, the elusive badkittyuno, who told me I needed to get the audiobook in order to enjoy the full experience. I will echo her advice- you must read this book, you should also try and listen to the audio. I know Guy Branum from Chelsea Lately but I grew tired of Chelsea Handler before Guy did so I didn’t know they’d had a falling out. It does seem like Guy has managed to come out on top […]



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