Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Butt or Face out?

Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts by Kari Lavelle

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I read Butt or Face? by Kari Lavelle awhile back and enjoyed it perhaps more than I should have for a (physical) adult. The concept of a photograph showing you a piece of the “animal puzzle” to see if you can tell if it is a face or the posterior end is a hoot. Kids (and big kids) will get a kick out of seeing the adaptations the animals have to make themselves safe from predators or pleasing to mates (fake eyes, odd shaped noses, […]

Fire and Dark

Do Fire Ants Fight Fires?: How Animals Work in the Wild by Etta Kaner

Orion and the Dark  by Emma Yarlett

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I have been doing my reading of the picture books again as I needed a break from all the tough subject readings I had been doing (and plan on doing. Book two of The Teen Killer Club is now in my TBR stack). And two delightful finds are written about below. One is nonfiction and about how awesome animals are (with an adorable badger in the hoosegow, don’t worry, it’ll make sense) and the other has a fiction take on the nonfiction concept of anxiety, […]

Racing Time

Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens

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A horse called Darley was born on a farm in Kentucky a decade before the Civil War; under the name Lexington, he broke the world record for speed and left an imprint on the world of American horse racing that persists to this very day. I was never a horse girl, but in elementary school I had a phase in which I read a great deal of Marguerite Henry and Walter Farley. As such, I’ve probably seen about four horses close up throughout my life, […]

Rabbit go home

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel adapted by James Sturm and illustrated by Joe Sutphin took Richard Adams’ novel and made it into a lovely book about the power of the people, and lovely illustrations that show the good and the darkness around them. The story is the one you know and maybe loved as a child, but I was fresh to the story for the most part. I knew that there would be rabbits and people had said it was dark, but other than that, I had […]

Pretty book!

Wild Animals of the World by Dieter Braun

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A book about animals that I did enjoy reading was, Dieter Braun’s Wild Animals of the World. This was read via an online reader copy (but is currently available), therefore, I am not completely sure of the dimensions of it, but I am assuming it is more picture book sized, and I have this feeling it might be at least slightly oversize or at least larger than usual. The theme is all the different animals and fun information about them given to us in short, […]

I think the author needed a nap

Animals Rule This Land by Luke Milton

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The only reason I am reviewing Animals Rule This Land by Luke Milton is because I know someone will appreciate this, while having some clever moments but overall violent situations which can be downright oogy moments and which can really be a turn-off, graphic novel due mid-March 2024. The concept is when animals rule, humans drool. Or worse. Like getting dead worse. Therefore, if you are warped (and I mean that with much love), go for it. Though teens can read, I won’t recommend it […]



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