Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I just pretended to be someone else…. And I won an Oscar!” Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn by Michele Botton

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When I started acting I didn’t have a method, on set and on stage. I just pretended to be someone else, like little girls can do for fun. And I won an Oscar!” – Audrey Hepburn I knew of Audrey Hepburn as a UNICEF ambassador more than as an actress when she first came on my radar. I was a fan of “the other Hepburn” (usually given to Audrey), but (not realizing it was her) enjoyed My Fair Lady. And I’m fairly certain I have […]

Second time is still a charm

Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero

Squire & Knight V02: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler

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Two sequels that show that you need to continue with a series to find out what they are all about are the theme of this review. Just read Doña Quixote one and Squire & Knight one before you read these two, but no real spoilers here, only teasers to make you want to! Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero and illustrator Monica M. Magaña was a  graphic novel that I did not care for as much as I did the first […]

Barbara did whatever she set her mind to do

Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah MacKenzie

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You might have read my review of Dear Duck, Please Come! by Sarah MacKenzie and Charles Santoso and learned that I was trying to read Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah MacKenzie and illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen instead, but a mix up with the online link brought me to the duck book. It was a nice surprise, but I still wanted to read about Cooney and was eventually able to locate another online link to the book. Therefore,  I was able […]

It’s not a walk in the woods

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

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I’ve already read A Walk in the Woods and The Body by Bill Bryson, and I found them both entertaining and informative. So, when I went looking for another audiobook for my commute, I decided to give At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010) by Bryson a shot. Bill Bryson lives in an old parsonage in a rural part of England, and he uses this home as a framework to work through a lot of history that made his home a home. Although he goes into a number of […]

“He was going to be very upset if this seemingly nice man was taking them down to his murder room.”

After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M Lopez

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Classic opposites attract in a very unexpected setting. Plot: Alex has a huge chip on her shoulder. Growing up as a third (fourth?) generation Mexican American in Kansas to a huge family meant always fighting to be seen for herself, and as an American. She fueled her rage into a wildly successful bartending career with huge social media presence. But when her beloved grandmother has a bad fall, she’s thrust back into small town Kansas life, even further complicated by a rich white dude from […]

The Right Read at the Right Time, almost

The Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark

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Bingo Free Space Yes, I know Bingo technically was supposed to end two days ago, but since this is the extra free space I never ended up using, I’m still going to finish that off. I’ve been struggling to find a novella that I wanted to assign to an intro to lit class this coming spring (for reference, I’m at a regional state school) because I didn’t want to re-use anything too recent and I wanted to avoid something easily findable on the internet (either […]



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