Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Maud: Meet Cannonball Read. Cannonball Read: Meet Maud.

Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris

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The other day, several books dropped on my foot. After a few frails and dressings were uttered, it became clear that one of those little darlings turned out to be a skinny (though pointy cornered) beginning graphic novel called Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris. Looking at it I asked myself, “Self. Why did you buy this book?” I answered myself, “Maybe because it has a Koala Bear? You like Koalas.” Regardless of the why, I figured that this was a sign to […]

Two Tickets to Paradise and a bottle for rumrunners

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel by Jennifer L. Holm

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Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel is based on Jennifer L. Holm’s novel of the same name. We follow a spunky girl named Turtle as she comes of age in the late 1930’s when sent to live with family she has never met in Key West. The town her mother and aunt grew up in still has cousins, old friends, and Turtles not-so-dead grandmother still there. Turtle has been forced to be an adult before her time as her mom has her head in the […]

NOTE TO PUBLISHER: put all books out in one collection. Please and thank you.

Super Sons V02 The Foxglove Mission by Ridley Pearson

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The Super Sons series should be read back-to-back as it had been at least a year since reading book one (The Polarshield Project) and I had forgotten the action/plot of the book. This made reading book two, The Foxglove Mission, awkward to say the least. Book two of Ridley Pearson’s graphic novel series is obviously the “middle book.” There is the buildup, some action, but in the end, you know it is the diving board for you to jump into book three. It is not […]

What’s going on under there?

Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John

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Perhaps Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear is more of a 2.5 than a solid two, as the ending does have a slight twist one does not necessarily see coming and it was amusing. However, the ending was also flawed for me. Bear leaves home thinking they have forgotten something in Jory John’s picture book. They just cannot put their finger on it. Bear travels the forest, meeting friends, and is nervous about the thing he forgot; the thing that is “wrong” […]

Play, pass, shot and have fun

Game Day!: Patty Hits the Court. by Patty Mills

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Sometimes finding a book is more interesting than the book itself. When I found Patty Mills book, I was looking to see if we had a book in stock even though our system said we didn’t. This was due to a royal mess up from the publisher, but of course, I could not be that lucky. However, instead, I found two books that I wanted to read. One was a graphic novel (Agent 9: Flood-A-Geddon!) and this book: Game Day!: Patty Hits the Court. I […]

The language we say and don’t say

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

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The Shape of Thunder is a 3.5 rating instead of a three or four (I am not sure what I will put as my rating officially as I’m writing out a draft before posting). This is because I was looking for “something” that never came about in this Jasmine Warga middle grade reader (around ages 10 to 14, but younger (and older) could read). The story alternates chapters with the two main characters, Cora and Quinn. They were best friends until “the event” and Cora […]



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