Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Reviews 1 & 2

A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis and Marie Lafrance

Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect : The True Story of Pakistan's First Woman Architect by Marzieh Abbas and Hoda Hadadi

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I decided to start my 2025 reading with a few books I found in 2024. And as I like easing into the new year, I decided to start with a picture book or two. Always a favorite genre of mine, as they can be both fun and informative. And the below titles are fun and especially informative with the second. I read both via an online reader copy but they are currently available.  Book One: A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis and illustrated […]

A girl and her dog learn what loves got to do with it

What's Love All About, Minimoni? by Rocio Bonilla

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While What’s Love All About, Minimoni?, written and illustrated by Rocio Bonilla, is a bit idealistic, it is also cute. When a young girl asks about what love is, she has a mature journey to finding it. What she learns is what many adults do not even realize: Love is a little bit of everything that is good. And she can imagine sharing that with the world. As I said, it is a bit idealistic, but it does have some silly moments, too. This means […]

Orange is the new pumpkin

Little Orange Pumpkin by Erin Guendelsberger

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I was looking at my online reader copy lists and found Little Orange Pumpkin by Erin Guendelsberger and illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin. It came out  in August 2024, making it ripe for a Halloween story. Which it is, as Little Orange Pumpkin is all excited about going out and trick or treating. Of course, she thinks she is ready to go out on her own, but her parents have other plans. In the end, we have a magical journey when Little Orange Pumpkin is sent […]

Orphans and them

We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles

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I have had We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles as an online reader copy for a few months. I have had opportunities to read it, but for the most part I figured it would expire before I had a chance to. Thankfully I was able to find it and read it at lunch today. It was an interesting experience. This graphic novel is an on book. We know the dystopian aspects (a girl wakes up one morning to find […]

The crazy is coming!

The Shindig Is Coming! by Charise Mericle Harper

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The Shindig Is Coming! in August of 2025. Charise Mericle Harper’s book was read by me via an online reader copy. I probably will not purchase a final copy, but I know that it will be a hit with others and they will want to have copies for themselves and as gifts. When Mouse comes running in yelling, “The shindig is coming!” It causes all sorts of havoc. Nobody knows what or who it is. It could be a green swamp monster or a pink, […]

The (rear) end

My Brother's Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez

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Just in time for the Halloween season (or more accurately, late summer 2025), My Brother’s Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and illustrated by James Rey Sanchez will be out. Hopefully. I mean someone could raise a stink and say it is inappropriate, it is a real foul bomb or something. I mean, many people will think this is a gas, but you know people can sometimes not get into the spirit of things. When two brothers go to spend the night together at their […]



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