Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

From Innocent to not so

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto

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The book was read. The book was being digested for thoughts. And it was almost not written about. That book was A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto. It is an odd, unusual, emotional, relatable, out there story. Everyone gets out of it what they put in, where they are in life, their likes and dislikes and hates and loves. It is an experience to read but what that experience that is, is up to you. A couple learns they are going to have […]

Dan! Dan! (Santat)! Is the man

Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson

The Day the Books Disappeared by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard

All the Hulk Feels by Dan Santat

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I like the illustrator Dan Santat. While I like the colors, the silliness and the medium to busy details, I have never been sure exactly what draws me. The nice thing is, there are a lot of titles (some he is the author as well of), to explore to figure it out.  And there are three new/recent ones that you should try out to see if you can help explain it to me. First, there is  Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson. It is a […]

Halloween stories are not just for one day

Murray's Howl-o-ween: A Halloween Picture Book by E. G. Keller

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Unlike Murray in Murray’s Howl-o-ween: A Halloween Picture Book by E. G. Keller I love the country (though “after cow” isn’t my fave scent). Murray is a dog that likes the sounds and smells of home. He’s less than impressed with the odd smells, the weird  decorations and the company (a cat). But eventually, he will learn about the wonders of something called Halloween and the treats are much sweeter than the tricks of earlier. Due in July 2025, it will be out in time […]

You’ll flip for this adventure(s)

Double Booking: The Tail of the Mummy Cat by Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris

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Do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? (FYI: they still have them. ) Anyway, at first, I thought that the book, Double Booking: The Tail of the Mummy Cat by Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris, was going to be one of them when I found an online reader copy of it (though currently available). I figured, well this will be interesting to try and read. Thankfully (or maybe not thankfully depending on if you think it might be fun to try a […]

The title tells it all: Trigger

Trigger by C.G. Moore,

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The title Trigger tells you all you need to know about this book. Well, the important things, anyway. I would assume that the author, C.G. Moore, took some of their own experiences and gave them to their main characters. The feelings of loss, guilt, shame, wonder and the lack of memory.  There are triggers of all types are in this book: First for the reader (such as, but not limited to: a rape, toxic relationships) and second for the character (they are trying to trigger […]

The girl, the mother, the countess and the parrot

The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo

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Author Kate DiCamillo is one of those authors I find myself having hits and misses with. I still consider her an author I enjoy, but I’m not always the audience she was going for. With that said, I was excited when I found a copy of The Hotel Balzaar (illustrated by Júlia Sardà) in our (unfortunately) damaged books. I had been wanting to read something that was a novel to break my graphic novel habit (as you know a favorite genre) but nothing too heavy. […]



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