Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The battle for home

Amazona by Canizales

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Have you read a book and thought, “Well. Now what about that?” You are not sure what you are feeling about it. Oh, you know it is not a “I disliked this,” but is it a “I liked it” read? Amazona was like that for me.  Canizales story (translated by Sofia Huitron Martinez)  is a multiple layered story about how Columbia’s actions against their native population and the land affect everyone; and not just in their country, but worldwide. There were several bumps for me […]

You can call her a hero

Adora and the Distance by Marc Bernardin

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I have been debating on reading Adora and the Distance for sometime now. The cover made it look like it was a typical “Girl of color is our hero” and “Down with the patriarchy and non-representation!” novel. Well, this book by Marc Bernardin is proof one should not judge a book by its cover. Oh, yes, it is a young nine-year-old girl of color who is a hero, off on adventures, but if you look closer, it is more than that.  At first, I was […]

Read them books!

Tzimmes for Tzipporah by Megan Hoyt

Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh

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It’s time for another picture book round up review. This time there are two books I enjoyed reading, but did not feel I could honestly do a full review of. Both stories are sweet, but are not necessarily for everyone.  Are you looking for a new book about getting out and about on the farm? Well Tzimmes for Tzipporah is a new book (or will be in September 2023) dealing with a farm during harvest time. It is written by Megan Hoyt and Christine Battuz […]

Welcome to OZ

Tin Man by Justin Madson

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I was looking at some online reader copies the other day. I found one by Justin Madson. And I then saw they had a first book, Tin Man. Or maybe it started another way.  I am not sure, because I do not remember even seeing the book that made me want to request this book from my library.  But regardless of how it happened to be found, I found myself with a copy of the Tin Man graphic novel. When reading about it, I was […]

Taking the stigmatization out of natural hair care

Wash Day by Tiffany Golden

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When you see a picture book cover that has two sassy looking girls on it, you know things will either be super silly or… no,  you know it will be super silly. Yet, Wash Day has more to it than humor. We follow a young girl who tells us how hard it can be to have her hair washed. It is not until her sister shows her another way that things get better for our narrator. Tiffany Golden’s story is sweet, and educates people not […]

A down-on-his-luck weredogs misadventures

 Lumine Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic novel by Emma Krogell

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“Oh boy, this looks like a manga series,” I said to myself (I knew it was me, as I recognized  my internal voice and was wearing my You Don’t Gnome Me socks). “Nope, I won’t read….” But then I saw the cover. Lots of blue, black and this shock of white. (Fascinating. So simple, but that is a real draw. Oh, is that a white wolf?) Then I saw that fateful phrase, WebToons. Oh! I like WebToons. And so, I said, “Self,” (again, it was […]



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