Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I wanted a title that represented the fact that, yes, there are religious themes, but not that would turn people off as they can just be “Nope!” to that theme, but they are really nice books, even if they aren’t your thing.

Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes

Home Is Right Where You Are: Inspired by Psalm 23 by Ruth Chou Simons

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One does not just say you should read Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Michelle Carlos to just anyone. You do, however, say, “This was a lovely story that if you have a need for a Christian book that is about the Christ child’s birth, and you do not want a fluffy book, a Santa/Christmas book or has only people in it, you should give this a chance.”  This story starts off and finishes on a poetic note. Things flow and […]

Cannonball 2024

Kobe Eats Pizza! And Helps Make It, Too  by Ashley Wian

The Birds of Bethlehem  by Tomie dePaola

Black Girls A celebration of you! by Dominique Furukawa

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I kinda sort of made my first Cannonball in January 2024. Except it didn’t happen because though I had the last three books read, I did not have them written up. I could have done it before the last day of January, but I didn’t review everything I had read, as this year was for fun reading and reviews were second. Or I guess I could say I was waiting for three special ones.  So we’ll go with that and those books were only found on […]

One for Next Year

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher

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The Christmasaurus is exactly what you expect from a Christmas story about a dinosaur who is blue, one of the kind, and lives at the North Pole. I mean I have seen candy canes less sweetly sugary than this Tom Fletcher story! That does not make it a bad book, just predictable for the adult reader. Christmasaurus wants to fly. Of course, the lessons (one a year for almost four years) do not seem to stick. But one Christmas Eve Santa came to say, Christmasaurus […]

Gift and Read

Unicorn Christmas by Diana Murray

We’re Off to Find a Fairy by Corey Reid

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Christmas is around the corner, and some people like to give books for the day.  I have two books that might work as gifts. Now it might not get to you before Christmas if your store does not have it in stock, but you can put it on your list for next year. What am I talking about? Unicorn Christmas by Diana Murray, that’s what! Okay, so I was not completely thrilled with the text (it was a tad younger than I usually like) but […]

Not so classic “Twelve Days of Christmas”

The Twelve Cats of Christmas by Feather Flores

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I admit, I do not like children or pets near Christmas trees. Not so much because they cause havoc (which they do) but for their own safety. And in The Twelve Cats of Christmas one of the things we see is how several cats do a lot of havoc and disregard safety! Feather Flores must have said one day, “Hey! I want to write a Christmas book and let us use cats in the Twelve Days of Christmas!” And we should be happy they did […]

Naughty List

The House that Santa (Almost) Missed by Paul Laud

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I am sure Paul Laud is a nice person. And if you are reading this Mr. Laud, please know that I respect and appreciate the hard work, effort and time that went into creating The House that Santa (Almost) Missed. I empathize with the dedication it takes to work at something you hope to share with others. And I know that creating a book is not easy. Far from it, in fact. However, if Santa asks you what I want for Christmas this year, please […]



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