Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Bad Ass On and Off The Pitch

One Life by Megan Rapinoe

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Best for: Football (soccer) fans; people who like awesome people. In a nutshell: One of the world’s best professional footballers shares her story of growing up, becoming a star, and speaking out about things that matter. Worth quoting: “In a country of 330 million people, only 23 women get to make a living the way we do, and you need to be a gladiator just to get on the team.” Why I chose it: I love football. I am a US Women’s National Team and […]

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Griz by Eddie Cleveland

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I’ll be the first to admit guilt: I had zero expectations about this book. The blurb sounded mildly entertaining, a comedic fake relationship romance with a college hockey backdrop. Strike that. I had low expectations. I totally judged GRIZ by E. Cleveland by two things that really shouldn’t have any bearing on the quality of a book: the title, the cover and the fact that it was a Kindle Unlimited selection. Okay, that was three things, but bear with me here. Griz is the name […]

King Her

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

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As I’ve gotten older, I’ve shrugged off my manly man view of what real sports are. Cheerleading is a sport. Golf is a sport. Bowling is a sport. And for God’s sake, chess is a sport. I’d rather get sacked by Aaron Donald than try and sit in front of a grandmaster and play them at chess. A few years ago, I read Michael Weinreb’s entertaining The Kings of New York about a chess team at Brooklyn’s Edward R. Murrow High School. Weinreb, a writer who usually entertains me, […]

Adapt or Die

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

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BINGO MONEY! I admit that I chose to read this book because I needed something for the Money! bingo square.  I could have used my “read whatever you want” option, but I figured I would save that just in case.  I really like baseball though, so I figured that this book might not be a bad choice.  I was right. Having just watched the World Series between the LA Dodgers (a very high payroll team which means they can afford to get top expensive players), […]

This made me miss the Olympics.

Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein

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Quick review for a fun book with a good backbone. This was a Book of the Month selection a couple months back, and I’m glad because I don’t think I would have ever gotten around to it otherwise. Head Over Heels is a romance, but that’s just a portion of it. Most of the book follows heroine Avery’s emotional journey back from a crushing injury, one that ruined her career as a professional gymnast right on the eve of her chance to compete at the […]

Summarizing the entire series after reading the last five books in it

Amulet V04 The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi

Amulet V05 Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi

Amulet V06 Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi

Amulet V07 Firelight by Kazu Kibuishi

Amulet V08 Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi

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Ages ago I read book one and two of the Amulet series. Kazu Kibuishi’s illustrations are fun, the storylines familiar and it seemed like a good series to get involved with. After all, only 8 (now 6) books and they were short so what could go wrong? Well, it wasn’t “gone wrong” but it is an odd thing and one I’m a bit embarrassed to admit. Either I missed book three or I have absolutely no memory of it. And that has colored the rest […]



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