Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This is my world and yours

Coexist by Lauren Grabois Fischer

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Every page in Coexist by Lauren Grabois Fischer has the words, “This is my world.” Until the very end and you have, “Yes. This is our world.” And, not counting the parental afterwards and the extras, this is the entire story. Therefore, this works best with the really young listener or the young reader who is just starting to read (as they will probably memorize). However, if you are like me when babysitting, or with the nephews, and had to read the same book over […]

Blueberry Muffin Brains and lots of other stuff

The Body A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

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I started The Body A Guide for Occupants about a year ago; I had kind of a pattern starting the year off with a science book of some sort. This year, I guess I’m also ending with one. This book is on the one hand pretty readable since the science is explained in some detail without getting too technical; my last biology class was well over a decade ago. On the other hand, it’s also incredibly dense, making it sort of hard to read for […]

Mermaids, lantern fish and a little courage

A Dive Into the Blue. by Ellie Huynh

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The one fear/issue I did not have about learning to swim was that the drain in the pool would pull me in, like some Kraken waiting to bring me to Davy Jones locker. But, now well, I still don’t. And that is because of the little girl in A Dive Into the Blue. Ellie Huynh gives us a story of courage and bravery and literally diving right into the problem. Our small girl is at the edge of the diving board, the drain looking up […]

Don’t pick your nose, pick a book

Got Your Nose! by Alan Katz

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Let’s get it out of the way: If I had to pick a nose (book), I would pick this one. I can’t catch my nose, it’s too runny. I hope I don’t blow this review. Alan Katz did similar and a few more jokes inside the pages of Got Your Nose! The “you’re never too old for silly fun” is the center of the tale. When Becky’s grandfather Max makes a surprise visit, they sing and play music and end up on a surprise adventure: […]

Get your D&D on

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club V01: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag

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I started Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club V01: Roll Call awhile back. I then put it aside as I was trying to read it online (and as you know, my phone is not friends with online formatting). Not only was my phone slow and dragging, but I was also not able to see the images clearly or in a larger format. Therefore, unless you have a SCREEN to view things on, then this might be best in the physical form. And the physical form is […]

Special relationship

Bailey and the Blanket by Emily House

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I am fairly certain I have read Bailey and the Blanket before. Perhaps I have not reviewed Emily House’s book here, but even if I have, every time you read a book you find something different (or I do). Or your feelings change as you are in a different mindset or have had new experiences since then. Of course, you could also feel the same way as you did the first time. That is the magic of a book. You never know where it will […]



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