Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Questionable Gendering of Food on the Frontier

The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond

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Bingo 19: Horses I figured that The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier would have some mention (and pictures) of horses; I was right. I figured this cookbook would be pretty basic bad for you comfort food; I was right. I’ve seen the tv show, and I figured the cookbook was going to sound a lot like that. I was wrong. I’m not sure why, but the attempts in the narrative bits between and above recipes trying to sound friendly, cutesy just end up […]

I picked the nice online images from the book

Twig by Skottie Young

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The story behind Twig by Skottie Young and Kyle Strahm is almost as interesting as the book itself. I have tried for about two years now to read it. I have had a few online reader copies, tried to order it, and other reasons kept piling up as to why I was unable to read. Finally I said, “Hello Library? Could you PLEASE get this book for me?” And they did! And I am glad I waited. I know that at the time of release, […]

The food she ate, the wine she drunk, and the sexy times in between

An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley

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If I had An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley before her others, I don’t think I would have liked her writing as much as I do. Usually her work has a humorous edge to things, even when it is the serious story of dating, getting married or having a baby. Her semi-autobiographical books (the younger readers) also are lighter and great in color and details but are not overwhelming. With her travelogue graphic novel we are given a journal/diary of a few […]

A few muffins, scones, and cakes to go with the stories

Donna Bell's Bake Shop by Pauley Perrette, Darren Greenblatt, Matthew Sandusky

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Bingo 17: Vintage Cookbook about vintage style baking bakery. Donna Bell’s Bake Shop apparently closed in 202, thanks to the pandemic. But before that, it was a Southern-style bakery in NYC. One of the main selling points was the recipes from the name sake Donna Bell, who is one of the owners’ mother. Most of the recipes are pretty straight forward, almost to the point of basic. I kind of have to wonder that if this kind of thing is what the bakery actually marketed, […]

Plant a seed watch it grow

The Pumpkin Seed's Secret: A Life Cycle Poem by Hannah Barnaby

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The autumn season is upon those of us in those regions. We get to have cool nights, crisp days, wind, rain, sun and sometimes within a 15 minute time frame! And there are changing colors of the leaves, crazy squirrels and the thought of pumpkins. And in this review we learn about the pumpkin in a way that allows us not to be scientifically bombarded with just the facts. When you read a book and the title (The Pumpkin Seed’s Secret: A Life Cycle Poem) […]

The Brothers 3 and their Dad and this person name Carey do a really cool series

The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

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This probably goes without saying, but I will say it, “Read volumes one to three first.”  So, why am I writing this review for volumes four and five? To let you know that the series gets better as it goes along. Now, things might be a bit slow for the old school reader of D&D like graphic novels (especially at first), but the humor and accessibility for the newbie or someone not fully familiar with that format can get into it. I once gave a […]



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