Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

She works hard for her money and channels Julia Child in the process

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

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Measuring Up could cover several categories in cbr12bingo, but I am going to use it for Money. Even though the money aspect is a small part of the story, it is also not as small as it might seem at first. Lily LaMotte’s story of Cici, a young girl from Taiwan, moves to Seattle, with her mother and father and leaving behind her beloved paternal grandmother. Her A-ma was more than a grandmother, she was a best friend, teacher and the one person who “got […]

One of the best books I’ll read this year

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

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#CBR12 Bingo: I Wish (Travelling anywhere right now seems like an utter impossibility, but I would love to be able to hang out on Marsyas Island with its cast of unique residents) Linus Baker does not live an exciting or interesting life. When he’s not visiting orphanages and checking up on children and teens with unusual abilities or magical powers, he sits in his utterly anonymous cubicle and writes detailed and thorough reports. He goes home to his non-descript little house, occasionally exchanges words with his […]

If you want to read a book that makes you sorry you read it, but in a good way, this is for you.

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

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Riot Baby is one of those books that you really cannot talk about. And yet, of course, you must. But if you do, you tell the whole story. It is raw. It is gritty. It is gut wrenching. But if you do not, people will miss out on something…… maybe special; maybe horrible; maybe great; maybe…. I will leave it up to you to decide. As you follow Ella and Kev through South Central, Harlem, Rikers Island and back to Watts, Tochi Onyebuchi will make […]

Come one, come all to the Picture Book Ball

You Be Mommy by Karla Clark

I’m Sticking with You by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

An Alphabet of Hugs by Emily Snape’

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Come one, come all to the Picture Book Ball. Okay, maybe not a Ball-Ball, but I think most people will have fun reading these diverse and unique books. You Be Mommy is Karla Clark’s story at connecting with all the moms out there who are just too tired to be mommy today. Clark lovingly shows how mommies are people, too, and they need some lovin’ now and again. Mommy asks her child to do al the things that she would have done so she can […]

Gods, Goddesses, Mortals, Action!

The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles by Orpheus Collar

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Rick Riordan is a popular author. I have not had the pleasure of reading his novels, but I have meet him once and have read two of his books adapted for the graphic novel format. The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles was adapted by Orpheus Collar. And while it is a good story (we are following Egyptian mythology this time), it is also a slow story in places. It took me several days to finish it, as I was only able to […]

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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Glamour magazine said it best in their review, “It’s impossible not to get sucked into this satirical novel.” Crazy Rich Asians is simply fun entertainment. I can totally see why they made a movie based on this book – the fashion, the architecture, the opulence, OH MY! Now, I can’t wait to see it. Also, when I started the book, I assumed it was a stand-alone novel. I had no idea it was the first in a trilogy. As soon as I ended on a juicy, […]



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