Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

To be celebrated

M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose

Black Girl Magic A Poem by Mahogany L. Browne

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Both books are hard to rate. Because if you say, “I did not care for them.” You are instantly bullied and told you are racist. No, I just feel that there was something missing. Or maybe the art was not my personal tastes. Or maybe the book is, frankly, just plain bad regardless of the subject. I will start with the one I preferred; M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child. Tiffany Rose has written, a lovely and wonderful book. If I […]

I admit it: I didn’t get it. But then again, I got it like a hot stick between the eyes

Birthright by George Abraham

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I have maybe 20-25 pages to go in Birthright and cannot finish George Abraham’s poetry collection. This has only happened once before, but that was because I was having a little trouble with the concepts of that other book. That poet had tossed out a lot of current events (just when they were starting to become hot/coming back into our consciousness) and there was a lot to absorb. This time it is for both similar and different reasons. This contradiction is throughout the book for […]

I’ll have a cup of tea, a dragon and a great story please and thank you

The Tea Dragon Society Vo1 by Katie O’Neill

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(image 100% stolen from internet) The Tea Dragon Society Vo1 is by the author of the Aquacorn book I recently read and reviewed. And this book is filled with contradictions for me. First, I do not think I would have gone onto the Aquacorn book had I read about the Tea Dragons first. There is a lot to love, but it is not as strong as her later book. However, at the same time it is better. Second, I rate this a four, but it […]

I wish last time I stubbed my toe the ending was a sweet

Because I Stubbed My Toe by Shawn Byous

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Because I heard we had a few new damaged copies of books I looked on the shelf at work that housed them. Because I looked at the at shelf, I found several books I thought might be interesting to read. And one of those books that was there was because Shawn Byous wrote a book. And it was also there because the store was able to buy it for its selves. But because it was damaged, it was there to be read by me. And […]

Since I couldn’t pick just one, this is a long review with no pillows included for a break nap

beast feast by Douglas Florian

Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

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cbr12bingo Gateway As a former-full-time bookseller and now part-time bookseller, I do not have that one book, author or genre to get a person reading. I have a book/author/genre to fit the person I am speaking with. However, within some genres I do have a go-to author or in one case, publisher. Two areas that many are not familiar with are poetry and graphic novels. Or more accurately in the case of school-aged students they do not want to be familiar with poetry and adults […]

There is more than just that silly ol’ bear

Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne

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cbr12bingo White WhaleWhen I was looking for a book for the Roaring 20’s, I found Now We Are Six in the process. I realized afterwards, I could have picked any book for my White Whale (I have so many) but while looking at it, I realized I have never read A.A. Milne. Or if I have (or had him read to me) I do not remember. And for $3 (minus my discount) what did I have to lose? What did I have to lose? About […]



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