Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Faith blankets you

Blankets  by Craig Thompson

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CBR16SweetChallenge #Exciting Craig Thompson is a new author for me and one that I will check out again as Blankets was a powerful and interesting read. I was going to put this as a New category because of that, but Exciting came after finishing. I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, and all of the blue that was on that cover and inside. I was hoping to find a copy from my library, and eventually did find a mid-2000s published edition. After finishing, I want to find the […]

A red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles

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  CBR16SweetChallenge #New (representation in my reading)   They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems came to my attention because there was an online reader copy of the companion novel, They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid’s Poems and I realized that while it might not need to be read in order, it might be a good idea to get this first one. Author David Bowles has a story that was new to me (after all I thought I didn’t know them, but I had read […]

I’m so excited and I…. gotta sit down and read books

Loveykins by Quentin Blake

Pavlo Get the Grumps by Natalia Shaloshvili

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CBR16SweetBooks #Exciting To get me excited over a book there has to be something about it that just grabs me. And of course, that does not mean it works out in the end but some times it does. The covers of these two picture books fit that bill of they “grabbed me” and got me excited. The first is about a bird that is from its cover, a crossed-eyed, awkward looking chap (think Quentin Blake illustrations as it is by Blake). And the second is about a cat that just […]

Among misfits you’re family

Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault

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I was cleaning out my old online reader links (once again…. this is going to take longer than I thought) and found Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault. I had thought I had lost this link, but I was excited to see that I had not. This book has been something I have wanted to read since I first saved the link, but never had the opportunity to read it. And the wait was mostly worth it. This is a terribly cute story about family and […]

Stories and ads tell the tale

Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

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I am not sure I was the intended audience for Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers. However, I think everyone should read this graphic novel as it is not just about the hair of women of color but the story of women in the bigger picture. I feel anyone can find a piece of themselves inside these stories. There are triggers (including but not limited to drug use, abuse, bullying, racism within the community), but they are there to move the story along/to show the situation […]

There’s oil in those hills….and a lot of sh** too

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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TRIGGER WARNINGS in this book include, but not limited to: assault, drinking/drug use, language, death, environmental issues. The actual ducks of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands do not show up until almost the end of the book, but are really only one part of a very large, complex and messy story. The “culture” of the oil camps is the setting for not just the day-to-day life of author/illustrator Kate Beaton, but also the coming-of-age of Kate’s understanding of how “things work” or should […]



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