Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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. […]

3 friends were the laughs never end

Bat, Cat & Rat #1: The Cozy Home: Three-and-a-Half Stories by Ame Dyckman

Bat, Cat & Rat #2: Vacation: Three-and-a-Half Stories by Ame Dyckman

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I like Ame Dyckman’s writing. I also like their online persona. They are a hoot and selfishly answer tweets and comments to her. You can count on a funny squirrel story, something about their fox in the yard, something the college kid said, or the husband shook his head at, as she colors her hair yellow, pink, or blue. And I love how she shamelessly promotes her own books! And that is how I learned of Bat, Cat & Rat #1: The Cozy Home: Three-and-a-Half […]

Tea for you and me

Tea with an Old Giant by Jane Yolen

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Sometimes when you find/see a book and/or title, you think it is one thing. You base that assumption on the cover image and/or the author and/or illustrator’s name. Or you base it even on other books you have recently read. And when you finally do read that book (I was lucky enough to have one of my book dealers send me a finished copy), they turn out to be different than expected. Now, a title called Tea with an Old Giant that has a giant […]

From Lima, Peru for Sunny City, California

Vampirita and the Angry Mob (Book 1): A Charming Tale of a Young Vampire's Adventure in California by Mariana Llanos

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Vampirita and the Angry Mob (Book 1): A Charming Tale of a Young Vampire’s Adventure in California by Mariana Llanos and illustrated by Laura Brenalla is the story of a “new kid in town” but has a slightly different twist to it with a vampire as our main character. However, the relatable issues of homesickness, not fitting in, and trying to be nice when you want to be anything but, is familiar. However, regardless of how much we know this story, the author has fun […]

Whimsy and Whoa

If You Want  to Ride a Horse by Amy Novesky

Perla The Mighty Dog by Isabel Allende

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Picture book round up part… I have lost track! As they are so much fun I just read and read and read….. I am sure if I piled them up they would tower over me a few times over! All were read via an online copy, but both are currently available.  The publisher’s description of, If You Want  to Ride a Horse, says it is “A whimsical guide through the steps of riding a horse, whether the horse is real or lives in the imagination” […]

Coming to America

Frankie D, Vegan Vampire by Sally Dutra and Brian Dutra

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Frankie D, Vegan Vampire by Sally Dutra and Brian Dutra, with illustrations by Tiffani Brown is set up as if The Addams Family were from today, a lot more modern (though their understanding of things still not the same as “normies”), plus were actual vampires. This is a fun and sweet book. The silly and clever retelling of a fitting in theme has been done before, but the humor this time around makes it fresh. The characters are maybe a bit of caricatures (there is […]



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