Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

As an aunt of an autistic nephew I’ve used some of the tricks and plan on using others.

Little Victories by Yvon Roy

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I started Little Victories by Yvon Roy on a Saturday and because it was not an easy read (subject and the presentation is weighty), finished it on Sunday. After I was done, I knew three things: I was going to have to get a copy for my sister and cousin, I was going to write a long review and I was not sure how to recommend this book so that it would be “publisher friendly.” I mean, I liked it, but I did not like […]

Care. Tasks. Are. Morally. Neutral.

How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

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Are you a parent? If no, are you at least a human? Do you struggle with any of the following: housework, meal prep/planning/obtaining/cooking, laundry, the constant mental energy suck of parenting, daily hygiene? Is any of that a result of depression, ADHD, disability, life-is-a-marathon exhaustion, lack of support, having more to do than there are hours in the day? Do you feel: guilt, shame, anxiety, depression, shitty self-worth, like a failure? If you answered yes to any of those questions or anything similar, BUY THIS […]

They fought the law, and everybody won.

About a Girl: A Mother's Powerful Story of Raising Her Transgender Child by Rebekah Robertson with Georgie Stone

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Rebekah and her husband were excited when they had twin boys, George and Harry, and quickly settled into family life. George knew from a very early age, however, that she was really a girl, and started going by Georgie. While Rebekah was immediately on board with Georgie’s gender identity, dad was unsure at first about how to deal with this revelation. It didn’t take him long though, to realise what was happening and to join in with supporting Georgie’s expression of herself.  Mum, dad and […]

This book scared the bejeezus out of me!

Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell

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BINGO PANDEMIC I don’t know why I chose to read this book during a pandemic that already had me on edge.  Maybe because it had been on my bedside table for so long that I decided its turn had come.  Maybe because I was looking for something besides the usual mystery escapism I had been reading.  Either way, I am glad I read this, even though as a parent of middle schoolers, it terrified me. Ms. Fagell is a school counselor at a well known […]

Kids and grown-ups are different! (Why is that so hard for me to remember? )

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber

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I haven’t read a lot of parenting books–I’d rather read fiction–but I had a 4-month solo parenting stint due to COVID, and there was a point in the middle of that stint, after a long, loud, frustrating day, where I thought, surely, there must be a better way.  I Googled, and bought this book. This book is a winner.  It’s easy to read, the anecdotes are illustrative and snappy, and the principles are repeated so your foggy parent-brain can remember them, but not repeated so […]

More than womb and board

You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood by Laura Prepon

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I am not a fan of Laura Prepon. I have occasionally enjoyed That 70’s Show but not enough to watch all of them, or even to go onto Orange is the New Black (like my cousin did after learning other actresses she liked were on it. And in the meantime, became a follower of Prepon’s cookbook). But when I saw we could request a reader copy of You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood I thought I would get it […]



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