Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Zora Neale Hurston looking for gold

Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston by Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa

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I did not love nor hate Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston by Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa as the illustrator. It was an experience book where after reading you need to stop and think about it. You need to take your time in the first place and I would even recommend a second read.. It was interesting and different but had a familiar overtone as well. Taking the life experiences […]

If you let the wild in

The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin

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When I saw the cover of The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin I figured it was going to be a fun story. Nothing “wow” but not going to be dull either. And it is just that. We have a child letting their imagination run wild and bring out the wild within them. It is about play and individuality. It has some sweet illustrations that are not “too much” (not a lot of details, not a lot of color, not a lot of text to […]

Practice what you do

Hello Sleep by Saehan Parc

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When I write a review, I write it out first, so I can organize my thoughts. Sometimes I cannot get to the review right away and need to remind myself of what a book was about. Hello Sleep by Saehan Parc and translated by Selene Bright was one of them. This does not mean it was a bad book, but it was not one that grabbed my attention completely.  The character of Sleep is a happy character that is learning about how to sleep. They […]

Not Enough Beatrice and Benedick, Way Too Much Claudio

Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

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cbr17bingo – play (spoilers aplenty ahead) I hate Claudio. I feel like that shouldn’t be my takeaway from this play, but here we are. The play centers largely on Claudio and Hero, who early in the play are engaged to be wed. Beatrice and Benedick are the secondary enemies-to-lovers couple, but I can certainly see why some productions of the play choose to emphasize their role because by modern-day standards, the Claudio/Hero relationship is somewhat unpalatable. Claudio is a favorite of the prince Don Pedro, […]

I like books but not this one, but maybe you will

How NOT to Make a Jelly Sandwich by Ross Burach

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In my role as a bookseller, behind the scenes operator and an aunt I find many different types of books with varying degrees of likable success. One of those books I found recently was an online reader called How NOT to Make a Jelly Sandwich by Ross Burach who is doing double duty as author and illustrator.  The book’s result became one that was not different in the sense the idea was different (a girl makes a sandwich in a creative way as we have […]

Poems from new shoes and falling leaves to friendship to growing up

Poetry Comics by Grant Snider

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The only reason Poetry Comics is a four and not a five rating is there were two things I was not loving. The first is that sometimes a poem felt finished but kept on going and the second was that I was not sure why some of the poems were in that particular season. Such as many in the season of winter did not match with my idea of winter.  However, Grant Snider’s works are fun stories done in clever poetry. They made cute illustrations […]



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