Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Other American Dream

American (And the art of getting over it) by Luke Healy

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American (And the art of getting over it) by Luke Healy can be slow in a few places. A few times I was feeling as if I was hiking a long, hot and sometimes repetitious trail. But overall the novel-graphic novel memoir is an interesting look at another American Dream. Luke grew up in Ireland with a tight family, quirky and during a time when many young Irish people were leaving Ireland for work in other places. And he had a dream. A dream to […]

The beets are simply beat

Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray

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Goodnight, Veggies is one of those books where I read it and think, “Huh. Did I like this story?”  Then I look again and think, “Do I like the art?” I then realize that there is a worm wearing a hat and a single boot, but nothing else. This is creepy number one when it comes to dressing animals in a story. Please do not dress the worm, Zachariah Ohora.   However, despite this wardrobe malfunction, Diana Murray has text that helps counter this issue. […]

Born a Slave Became a Botanist, Scientist, Inventor

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta

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While The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver is a lovely snapshot of one piece of Carver’s life, I wish there was a little “more” to it. I do not mean Carver’s life as a whole. I was not looking for a biography, but I was looking for more about the growing plants in his garden and learning about them. Gene Barretta has strong text telling a good story. Everything that is told and shown is nice. It is poetic with Rank Morrison’s lyrical illustrations. […]

“I don’t know what’s so scary about zombies. … ” said the author in her hit graphic novel

The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by Noelle Stevenson

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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures is not for everyone. It took me some time to get through Noelle Stevenson’s memoir. Before I go into the details, I will say, read this book as many times as is needed. This is not an easy read, not just because of the themes, but because of how it is written. A graphic novel is not always the best way to present yourself but also, what better way for an artist to do just that? […]

Procrastination Made Tasty

Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible by Erin Gardner

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I am both a life long baker and a life long procrastinator. I have certainly engaged in procrastibaking – the baking you do to avoid doing the things you need to do. When I saw Erin Gardner’s Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible, on NetGalley, I knew I needed to read it. This is an honest review in exchange for an arc. There is a lot to love about Procrastibaking and a couple of things I didn’t love. In […]

Bullies, Lies and The Answer

Farah Rocks Fifth Grade t by Susan Muaddi Darraj

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The first point I need to make is that there were a few “technical” difficulties with the story for me. It reads as if it was book two/three in a series. While researching to see if it was a series, I noticed that it looks like just Farah Rocks will not be out until at least August 2020. However, there is enough information in Farah Rocks Fifth Grade to be a stand-alone title and a “prequel” is not needed. Susan Muaddi Darraj created a book […]



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