Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Bring It On + Monsters

Dying With Her Cheer Pants On (Stories of the Fighting Pumpkins) by Seanan McGuire

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First, let me tell you the hook for the short stories in this collection: High School cheerleaders (various squad combinations) fight monsters, aliens, and evil gods while also cheering for their school’s football team and participating in cheer competitions. Now let me try and explain the format/setup of this book as best I can by using some of the author’s own words. This quote is from the forward of the collection where Seanan McGuire writes about growing up in the 80s and loving sandbox novels; […]

The New Evil

The New Evil by R.L. Stine

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Bless. There’s a point in this book when you want to shake Corky, Debra, and Kimmy. And I just shook my head. But honestly though, most of the book works. I do love that when I think of Christmas these days, my first thought goes to crazed killers though. Reading R.L. Stine as a teen will do that to you. This is the fourth book in the Fear Street Cheerleaders series. Just a continuation of the prior installments with Corky and her friends trying to […]

Learning to stand up for yourself and do not bite people

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

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cbr14bingo Adapt (Camel) Level 2 If Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier book becomes a series (or is a series already as several books today have started as webtoons), it could become the next Heartbreaker series/sensation. However, I like how the book ended and would be fine without a sequel. Or if there is a series, maybe focus on another character, as there are a few that would be fun to learn about. The friendship story we know (best friends drift apart, and […]



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