Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

What does your garden grow?

Logan's Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood

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It happened again! I was clicking on a link for book A and book B showed up. This time the book B was Logan’s Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood and illustrated by Samara Hardy. And while the book is from 2022 this online link was still fresh and ready for reading. I figured I might as well give it a shot, especially since a second book I tried had the same wrong link and I figured the universe was telling me something. Now, Logan’s Greenhouse is […]

Told in English and Chinese

Grandpa’s Magic Mask: A Story of Growth and Bravery in English and Chinese by Siping Wu

A House Just for Mommy: A Bedtime Story Told in English and Chinese by Dayong Gan

The Boy, the Deer, and the King: A Legend Retold in English and Chinese by Xiaochun Tang

Little Malan’s Debut: A Story of Courage Told in English and Chinese by Lumin Qian

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I do not speak a second language. As an adult, I regret not working harder on that, but I take solace in the fact that there are bilingual books out there and I can read the English part and admire the second language. Usually this is French or Spanish, but I have noticed that Chinese is taking its place. I’m not sure if the Chinese in these four books is Mandarin or Cantonese, so please let me know if you know! All will be available […]

Few things as fun as a good book or two

O.K. Is Gay: A Picture Book by Vincent X. Kirsch

Here Is a Book:  A Picture Book by Elisha Cooper

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There are few things as fun as a good book. Two of those books were found recently by me via online reader copies. The first by Vincent X. Kirsch is a contemporary story on how it is okay to be gay. And the other is a book about books. Or more accurately how a book goes from idea to your hands. I was a little skeptical about O.K. Is Gay: A Picture Book  as it was mostly starting out as “just another it’s okay to […]

Bats and dragons and mysteries

Silverwing: The Graphic Novel by Kenneth Oppel and Christopher Steininger

Winter Turning: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel) by Tui T Sutherland and Mike Holmes

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If you haven’t guessed, I like graphic novels. It wasn’t always that way, but they opened up to me unique experiences. I used to recommend them to my customers and had to overcome the “they are just comic books….” (sneering the whole time). No, they are much more (and besides, what’s wrong with a comic book? Your child is reading, right?) Anyway, I found a new graphic novel series and have almost finished an old one. Both of them are fantasy, but dig deep into […]

Stories need to be told

A Family Tree by Staci Lola Drouillard

Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

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When I do a combination review of two or more books, I like a theme to accompany them. This time, I really cannot find a common one outside of these stories need to be told. The first, A Family Tree, takes on a more serious nature, with nods to family and traditions, and the second, Ursula Upside Down is lighter and has humor..  A Family Tree by Staci Lola Drouillard and illustrated by Kate Gardiner (currently available though I read via an online reader copy) […]

Mine is: Damn it Jim…. Indeed.

Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes by Guy P. Harrison

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From Dr. Who, to Fahrenheit 451, to The Walking Dead, to The X-files, to Douglas Adams, to Star Wars (1977) plus lots more (and that’s just the first two dozen pages), we find 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes (according to Guy P. Harrison) in Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes. From Art to Hope to Humans to War to Intelligence to Quantum Realms, and much much more, there are quotes. To say that there is a lot packed into […]



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