Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Worth it for the illustrations alone, but there is SO MUCH more here.

This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook by Henry James Garrett

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Embarking on reading This Book Will Make You Kinder I knew extraordinarily little. I could not say I was familiar with its author and illustrator, Henry James Garrett although his visual work is what he is most known for. I had spotted ASKReview’s review (which must be how it ended up on my to read list), but that was pretty much it. But at some point this winter, I plunked it on my library requests list without too much thought other than, I could, in […]

A Kind Sister World

The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship. by Ibihaj Muhammad

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Picture books have been my life line of late, and one of my more favorites is, The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship. This is a companion book to another Ibihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, Hatem Aly creation, The Proudest Blue. While this time, I was not as taken, I enjoyed reading it. We are exposed to not just another culture but we have a sibling story as well. We see how we can create our own special worlds, like a kindness world, or […]

A Destined Cadre Makes a Delightfully Breezy Read

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

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Legends & Lattes is a perfectly delightful book. I read it because it had been described as such and, you know what, it delivers in that respect. What’s this book like? If you can see the cover art, then that’s it. That’s exactly what it’s like. No one could have designed a better, more fitting cover for it. Truly, dear cover artist and designer: Job well done! I guess the best way I can review this book is to say, the day after we watched Dungeons & […]

Gentle and Kind, Existential and Grounded: Monk and Robot

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot #2) by Becky Chambers

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First time on Cannonball Reads. First comment on Pajiba two days ago (after 10 years of lurking). First time in years that I’m bothering to review. Thanks for exiting and offering a platform for whatever T H I S is that I need for right now… Which aligns with my reviews for my first reads of 2023 that aren’t library/ work-related: Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot novellas, A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. These two novellas – not sure if we can call them […]

Tiny Monster Big Ol’ Heart

Anzu the Great Kaiju V01 by Benson Shum

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Looking around for fun reads I found Anzu the Great Kaiju V01. At first, I was not sure if Benson Shum’s creation would be fun, but the cover had potential. And after reading, I decided that yes, Shum’s book was fun. We follow a tiny monster that is a Kaiju. When they come of age, they get their own city to terrorize. Their own city that they can unleash their own, unique, special talent. And Anzu comes from a long line proud monsters. They can […]

Be Kind and Proud and Loud and You

The You Kind of Kind by Nina West

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Nina West was introduced to me by RuPaul’s Drag Race. She was a contestant that was both loud and proud and actually had a dimmer switch. She would go from 1000 to 999 in 30 minutes or so. In other words, she was/is a Queen among Queens. And when I found that they had written a book, I was wondering which personality will they present? Nina West at 10,000 flew off the pages in The You Kind of Kind. Nina West is the stage name […]



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