Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sometimes You Just Need a Good Time

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan

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Well. I picked up this book because it concerned my favorite hobby other than reading.  I used to sew all my clothes except for jeans (my machine balked at the crotch seam), even during all the years I worked in Corporate America.  And yes, I did sew my wedding dress, and that was a trip.  Day of the wedding, it’s still not totally finished, so there I stood in it that morning with my mother and sisters frantically hand sewing the lace around the hem.  […]

Become booked

Gray by Laura Dockrill

Gwendolyn and the Light: A Picture Book by Susan Yoon

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Picture books are fun, but are hard books to write reviews about. There are usually only a few hundred words (at best) and the stories short enough that to give a description of things means you told the whole book. Recently I found two books that I enjoyed, but I am not saying, “OMG BEST BOOKS EVER” about. They are cozy, their audiences are people who like a softer toned, but strong read. Please read on to learn more about them…  The picture book Gray […]

I read two fun books

The Chilling Ice Rink Escapade by Michael Anthony Steele

Willa and Wade and the Way-Up-There by Judith Henderson

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Two books I recently read to help cleanse the palette some more (I was still working on a horror book I thought was Young Adult, but would lean a bit more adult, and therefore, more graphic , so maybe it was “new adult?” But regardless it was a lot to take and I needed “happy time” to clean my brain) and to see if one of them was good for the nephew. I picked up (as an online reader copy) Willa and Wade and the […]

Life with (and without) Bunty

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

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A bleakly funny look at two generations of a British family, each shaped by the two world wars.  The reader bounces back and forth between the two, as one sees why the characters from the older generation act the way they do (i.e., the “behind the scenes” motivations).  But no matter which generation, it’s a hard-knock life to be sure, and disaster is always just around the corner.  Money is always tight, and rationing is for real.  And then we end up with the soul-draining […]

Me, my sis and her car

K's Car Can Go Anywhere!: A Graphic Novel by Jonathan Tune

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K’s Car Can Go Anywhere!: A Graphic Novel by Jonathan Tune and Eleanor Doughty is an easier graphic novel read due out in October of 2024. I also read it via an online reader copy and not a physical reader copy, therefore, I think any bumps I had was due to the fact I was reading via screen and not the book in my hands. However, while I might read it again via that reader’s copy, I do not see myself finding a finished copy. […]

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The Scariest Story You’ve Ever Heard by Ron Keres

It's Pride, Baby! by Allen R. Wells

Not a Smiley Guy by Dia Valle

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Picture Book time! They are fun! They are scary! They are full of pride! And one of each is below.  First with have The Scariest Story You’ve Ever Heard by Ron Keres and illustrations (what they are) by Arthur Lin. Read via an online reader copy, though available, this book has mostly all black pages. The narrator says this is so because it is just too scary to see! Two brothers (or so the narrator says), let their imagination run wild when they start hearing […]



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