Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I thought how great it would be if we could trade in Fudge for a nice cocker spaniel.”

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

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Okay people. I think the last three reviews I have written start with hand-wringing about being behind in reviews. This time is no different. Except for how I am determined, or should I say DETERMINED to get caught up. I have a twisted process in that I don’t like to keep reading if I haven’t reviewed, so now I’m in this twisted merry-go-round of I want to read, but I’m behind in reviews, but I’m more behind than I’ve been in a bit so it […]

This is no wonky donkey

Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech

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As I mentioned in another review, I read two radically different books this weekend. The first was Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteiu and the second, Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech. If you read my review of Boteiu’s book, you know that Creech and Boteiu have little to nothing in common with their themes in these two books. Saving Winslow is a cute story about love and protection. You are dealing with the theme of “you get attached to something/someone and the leave.” There […]

Move over RuPaul there are new queens (and kings) in town

Kings, Queens and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteiu

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I read two radically different books this weekend. The first was Kings, Queens and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteiu and the second, Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech. If you know Sharon Creech, even her “edgy books” are tame. Especially tame compared to drag queens and kings. And there are kings, queens, and in-betweens galore in the book of the same name. Boteiu has characters that flow naturally even if some of them tend to be a bit of a cliché. But it works. This is a book […]

I’m Naked! I’m Naked! I’m Me!

Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

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Fred Gets Dressed is a modern story about a child finding the outfit that fits that day’s expression.  As a wild, independent, and typical kid, Fred, runs around naked. Then decides to try an experiment with their parents clothing coming to an understanding what outfit works best. It is an obvious story, simple and sweet. The “middle ground” with the liking or not category would be: “I did not hate it but did not love it.” There will be several “OMG! Loooooved it!” (Said in […]

I’m a cat person, Beanie, but I still love you.

What’s Up Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics by Alina Tysoe

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When you see the title, What’s Up Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics and only see the word Beanie as that was the nickname of your best friend growing up (we meet the night before the first day of kindergarten and in true kid form the next day we said, “I know you! You’re my friend!” and the rest was BFFs for several years and a around 40-year off/on friendship) you know you must pick it up. The book starts with Baby Beanie, a four-year-old who comes […]

Family

Why Is Everybody Yelling? Growing Up in My Immigrant Family? by Marisabina Russo

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I had a small roller coaster ride of thoughts and feelings about the graphic memoir, Why Is Everybody Yelling? Growing Up in My Immigrant Family? At first, I thought, “Sounds fun.” Then, “Huh, what’s going on?” And “This is slow reading.” With, “Oh, yeah digging this, getting meaty.” Along with several, “If this was fiction nobody would allow such a stereotype!” And finally, “Well that was a ride. And that afterwards was a good roundup.”   Our narrator, Cookie is “the lucky one” of her […]



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