Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Ready, Set, B-I-N-GO start this off with a splash

Shark Summer by Ira Marcks

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  cbr13bingo  HOME  The journey I took to read the book Shark Summer: I heard we were having the author (Ira Marcks) for a virtual event. I found the reader copy. I did not read it until after the event, which I also forgot was happening. Therefore, I was unable to partake of the knowledge, information and questions asked of him/passed down by him. However, that was a good thing as one should not go into this book knowing too much about it. Those spoils […]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! A mouse!

Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale

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I needed a quick, easy read recently. Looking through future publications in reader copy form, I landed on a Minnie Mouse book. And what could be easier than an aged (strong) 5 to 8 aimed graphic novel? After all, pop culture books tend not to get too deep. It took me two days to actual read it as Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale and the Walt Disney Company put me to sleep. (Yes, I was not the audience for […]

All kind of washed out

RWBY The Official Manga vol 3 by Bunta Kinami

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I’m pretty sure I may have reviewed a previous volume of this manga adaptation of an animated series elsewhere, but I don’t remember. So my bad if I’m repeating myself a whole bunch here. RWBY: The Official Manga vol. 3 is more of a retelling of the animated series than anything else. So these 4 main characters (Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang- odd how the color/name thing isn’t explained here, although it is in the animation) are all students at a school for Hunters/Huntresses, where the […]

Just like never meet your heroes, don’t revisit a childhood favorites unless you are ready for an eye-opener

The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo

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I had little knowledge of the Smurfs history outside of them being from Belgium, they were “three apples high” and blue. I knew the cartoon of the 1980s, but at the time unaware of its comic/graphic novel background. This collection, The Smurfs Tales #1: The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo tells a little of the behind the story (in afterwards that was previously used as an introduction in other collections) but is mostly separate comics. And it starts from where the company producing […]

Sheep trying to take control of things, tricksters, talking dogs and a few other things

Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic by Thom Pico

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Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic is a cute and fun graphic novel. However, it is definitely the sequel to Aster and the Accidental Magic. To help you understanding the pieces of this puzzle, you really should read the first book to understand the twists and turns of this section one. Thom Pico is continuing the misadventures of one gal named Aster. Forced to move to the middle of nowhere for her mother’s work, Aster learns that there is magic in dem darn hills…and dogs and […]

The Alphabet is not just for learning to read

R Is for Rebel by J. Anderson Coats

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After misplacing my copy of R Is for Rebel by J. Anderson Coats, I found it again a few days ago. The nice thing is that even though I had read a good chunk of it, I remembered enough as the book is pretty easy to remember, and therefore I was able to start where I left off without too much trouble. However, since there are several characters and a few overlapping stories, I do not recommend reading it that way. This middle grade read […]



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