Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I am grateful for good books

Gather Grateful by Megan Litwin

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I was not going to write up a review for Gather Grateful. In fact I was not going to read it. I figured it was going to be like all the other thanksgiving books (and I don’t mean with a capital T, but a thankfulness, mindfulness, gratitude story). It was not until after the fourth or fifth time I saw pop up places that I said, “OK! Universe! I get it! I’ll read the book!!!” And as usually happens, I enjoyed it. However, Megan Litwin’s […]

Did you hear the one about…?

How to Make a Turkey Laugh by Chris Cate

Spooky Silly Halloween Jokes  by Chris Cate

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Hello Dads and Little Kids. I have two joke books for you. First, How to Make a Turkey Laugh by Chris Cate and second, Spooky Silly Halloween Jokes  also by Chris Cate. If you know a dad joke, you are ahead of the game. If you need to learn dad jokes, you came to the right place. Both of these books are due late summer 2025, and therefore, ready for the holiday season. You can eat your ‘taters and find out why the turkey shouldn’t be […]

Old and New Traditions

Just Us by Molly Beth Griffin

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I am one of those people who do not like change. Unless it’s when I get money back from a purchase that I have made. Seriously, though, change can be hard for people and children especially. And especially when it has become a tradition filled with pleasant memories, good feelings and food (I do like food).  Molly Beth Griffin’s Just Us shows how when something changes, it can also be a good thing, just different. The narrator of the story is upset that the winter […]

This book hits differently when you’re going through it

You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms

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Whelp, this one hit home a bit more than I would have liked.  I picked this up on Audible last year or the year before (I don’t really remember) and decided to finally listen to it around this Thanksgiving.  The main story revolves around a family of siblings meeting every year for Thanksgiving, and we see three different years (I think they’re at least two or three years apart.)  The first year, the oldest brother is married with a child on the way.  The younger […]

Happy Holliday’s With a Couple Yummy books

Jan Brett’s the Nutcracker by Jan Brett

Peyton Picks the Perfect Pie: A Thanksgiving Celebration by America’s Text Kitchen Kids

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I was mentioning to a coworker that if you wanted to count how many different versions of a story there are, he should be looking at The Nutcracker as he had mentioned he was going to count how many different versions of Charles Dicken’s Christmas Carol came in. Soon after that, Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker came onto the scene. And of course, I had to read. With a few differences (Mouse King vs. Rat King or Mouse/Rat Queen are the big differences I have noticed) […]

I’m not kitten, two new Bad Kitty books are on the way

Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving by Nick Bruel

Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa by Nick Bruel

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Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving is like all the Bad Kitty books. Therefore, if you are a fan of Nick Bruel’s title kitty you will laugh and laugh. You will think the naughty holiday antics of Bad Kitty beyond funny. If you are not a Bad Kitty fan, you will sit there and wonder why this bad cat (and I do not mean in the cool and fun way) has been written about at all. My reader copy did not have them, but the […]



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