Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Actually I don’t mind socks 

Socks: A Kid's Christmas Lament by J.D. McPherson

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Unless we are psychic, only a few of us know what our parents and Santa will give us for the holidays (or we know the gifts because, like my parents, they got things I asked for). But the one thing the narrator of this story does not want, regardless of the situation, is socks. But since this book is tilted, Socks: A Kid’s Christmas Lament, we know that is the one thing he does get. J.D. McPherson explores how the joy of Christmas might be […]

Pandemic-Era Picture Books

And The People Stayed Home by Kitty O'Meara

Lucy's Mask by Lisa Sirkis Thompson

While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar

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Do other families have birthday seasons?  In my family, we have three main birthday seasons: From September to early November; from the last day of November through the first week of February; and from May 2nd to June 6th.  When I was a kid, we only had the one –  November through early February: The time period in which all of my five siblings, both of my parents, most of my aunts and uncles, and several cousins were born.  I was all the way out […]

Don’t we all have dangerous minds? (Not the Michelle Pfeiffer kind, though)

You Are Here by Jenny Lawson

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I originally bout Jenny Lawson’s You Are Here: An Owner’s Manual for Dangerous Minds for one of my sisters.  And then kind of ‘forgot’ to give it to her.  Not really – I did, eventually give it to her.  It was just a pre-read (and now, dutifully reviewed), pre-notated copy.  She seemed to enjoy the parts I highlighted for her, the things I thought she should pay especial attention to, the parts I really needed her to hear/see/KNOW, so no harm, no foul.  I couldn’t resist underlining […]

Demons, and the Devil — Book Exchange!

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Came home to a nice package in my mailbox, and these two lovely gifts from Malin! I might already have started reading Silver in the Road last night before deciding I should put it away so I could, you know. Sleep. And the Picture of Dorian Grey is probably my favorite thing Oscar Wilde wrote, so Creatures of Will and Temper looks to be an interesting re-imagining. Thank you, Malin!

Hooray for the CBR9 Book Exchange

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Thank you, CoffeeShopReader! I’ve been meaning to read March ever since I saw John Lewis speak at LA Review of Books in the spring. And I will be able to get all the NightVale references once I read that one. I love tea too and excited to try them all. 🙂

Books I am Giving As Gifts This Year (Picture Book Edition)

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So, there’s going to be three parts to this one – Picture books, early readers/middle grade books, and grown-ups.  Because books are perfect books forever, for everyone the end. Up first, picture books.   Little Blue Truck, Little Blue Truck’s Beep Along Book, Little Blue Truck Leads The Way & Little Blue Truck’s Christmas by Alice Schertle, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry – Do you have a three-year-old boy in your life? If so, chances are that he is obsessed with cars.  And trucks.  And construction […]



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