Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“A lengthy light bulb” from Teeth

Date & Time by Phil Kaye

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#cbr11bingo #TheCollection Officially, I have not finished Phil Kaye’s debut poetry collection, Date & Time. However, I have about ten poems left, but feel confident I have gotten the point of his work. I will say that I am not sure of the title, Date & Time, other than saying he does do snapshots of different dates and times in his and his family lives; but I honestly think he might have come up with a stronger title. But that is just me and it […]

You can always learn something, even amid explosion sound effects

Rivals! Frienemies Who Changed the World by Scott McCormick

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They say this is for ages 8 and up, and the sound effects and voices help with that, but there really is a lot of information in this! After finishing my other Audible Original for the month of July, The Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs, I thought I was pretty caught up on my dino knowledge.  Turns out, nope! That didn’t even mention anything (that I remember) that was featured in this section!  Maybe it was due to the fact that that one was made in […]

I love that I got to read two good books and get to tell y’all about them

Real Friends by Shannon Hale

Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holmes

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#cbr11bingo  #ILoveThis   (Warning long review) This is the second time I have read Real Friends by Shannon Hale. And it is still as good, if not better this time around. The great thing about this newer generation of graphic novels is that they are so much more relatable than they used to be. Of course, there is still the stigma that they are “just comics” but even “back in the day” they were so much more than that. Books like Shannon Hale, Jennifer Holm or […]

“I fell in love at a bad time.” Clio in Orpheus Girl

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

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#cbr11bingo #remix First, I will say, this book may have some trigger moments (The italics is taken from Good Reads: There are scenes in this book that depict self-harm, homophobia, transphobia, and violence against LGBTQ characters. As well as the images of the “treatments”). And then I will say that this review is not all positive and possibly not politically correct. It might go against what you personally believe, but this whole review is how I feel about Brynne Rebele-Henry’s book Orpheus Girl. There is […]

Getting your period really isn’t anything to be excited about, Margaret

Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

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#CBR11 Bingo: Banned/Challenged (has been on the list among the most banned/challenged books for several decades now) Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret starts to wonder if she’s normal. There are some things about growing up that are hard for […]

A satisfying end to a romance series

Nobody but You by Jill Shalvis

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This is the third and final book in the Cedar Ridge series. I have reviewed the first two books in the series, Second Chance Summer and My Kind of Wonderful for previous Cannonballs. You don’t have to have read these to get the book to make sense, but it has more emotional resonance if you’ve at least read book 2 (which is about this hero’s twin brother). Jacob and Hudson Kincaid’s mother started getting dementia at an early age, and it became very difficult for the twins to manage the household with […]



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