Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I Hate It and I Love It (Running, Not the Book)

Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley

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Best for: Women interested in distance running. In a nutshell: Author Heminsley shares her journey to becoming a long distance runner, and what she’s learned along the way. Worth quoting: “After a while though I began to realise that no one was really watching.” Why I chose it: I’ve been running half marathons for about 14 years now, but this year I decided to get a running coach to see if I can improve my time. Then I saw this book and decided why not […]

The non-swimmer in his crocodile family

Swim, Jim by Kaz Windness

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One day in the swamp, three crocodile siblings are born. Kim, Sim and Jim. Kim and Sim both jump right into the water to swim, but Jim? Well, he just puts his toe in. And like typical siblings, the others tease Jim. But though his parents reassure him he will swim when ready, he feels the swamp is too big and he must find a smaller swamp, and then everyone will realize that Jim can swim in, Swim, Jim by Kaz Windness. Okay, so the […]

“There’s plenty of happy treachery available to the pickler with a slightly sadistic streak”. Sounds entertaining in theory, but I still have no idea how to play.

Pickleball is Life by Erin McHugh

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I’m guessing like most people, I know a handful of people (mostly colleagues) who have gotten bitten by the latest fitness trend, pickleball. Even though it’s apparently been around in some form since the 1960s, the past 5 years or so have really seen the sport rise in popularity. I’ve never played, and am not terribly interested in joining a league, but I was a little curious, and I’d hoped that Pickleball is Life might be informative. I have not learned much; I don’t understand […]

When Nathan Found Himself

Call Me Nathan by Catherine Castro

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I was going to call this review, The Girl with a Justin Bieber Haircut. But this book is more than just about a haircut. I mention that, however, to give you a time frame of when things are set. Therefore, if you are looking for a solid book about a trans person coming of age with who he really is, Call Me Nathan might be what you need. However, due to graphic images and triggers (such as self-harm, sexual situations, and body dysmorphia issues) this […]

Trick or Baseball?

Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween by John Steven Gurney

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The series Fuzzy Baseball is known for occasionally breaking the fourth wall, but this time, in Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween everything is broken! Yes, it is funny, and still has the fantastically clever baseball name puns, but it feels like John Steven Gurney has gotten a few balls to the head and is close to a strikeout. I think it is time to hang up the catcher’s mitt and move onto a new gang of players. Though, the Halloween aspect is funny and even though […]

Second most fun I have had with a basketball book

Hoops by Matt Tavares

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CBR15Passport own The Matt Tavares graphic novel Hoops is the most fun I have had with a basketball story since Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang. Based on real events, this is a great story for fans of graphic novels, basketball (girls/women’s, boys/men or either), or a great friend’s story. We follow the brand-new girls’ basketball team where basketball is king and the players royalty. That is, if they are the boys team. The newly formed girls’ team is expected to wash their own uniforms […]



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