Each year Cannonball Read holds a (completely voluntary) Holiday Book Exchange, and we’re excited to continue the tradition this year. It’s a lovely part of our community here at CBR and a great way to get to know a fellow Cannonballer a little better. We hope you’ll join our bookish end of year … [Read more]
Never Again, for Anyone by Stacy Friedman and Elly Stern
The title, Never Again, for Anyone by Stacy Friedman and illustrated by Elly Stern, might be a favorite read of the year or at least in my top 15. Sure there are a few bumpy parts, such as jumping into the middle of the story when it comes to the concept of Palestine and why the protesting is … [Read more]
Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero by Erin Entrada Kelly, Eliot Schrefer and Jeannette Arroyo
Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero by Erin Entrada Kelly, Eliot Schrefer and illustrator Jeannette Arroyo has one of the more creepy beginnings in a middle grade novel. Of course, what made me want to read it, though it has been calling my name for ages (it has been out since July 2026 but I was able to still … [Read more]
Eureka by Victoria Chang
Eureka by Victoria Chang is a historical story with a modern feeling to the text and pacing of things. It is also a story in verse, with the verse reading as a prose novel. You forget the format is poetry, as it just flows as sentences as it would in any book.. The idea is to show how racism … [Read more]
The Last Starry Night by Jamison Odone
The Last Starry Night by Jamison Odone is the kind of graphic novel that if you want a biography, this is not it. Yet, if you want a poetic love letter of admiration to the man, Vincet van Gogh, then this is it. There are facts intermixed with a story about a man doing the thing called life, but … [Read more]
The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
I don't know what to even say. This started off interesting and went completely off the rails (in a bad way) at like the 30 percent mark. And the worst part was this was also boring. Even the whole why behind the murders was so dumb I had nothing to even say except okay then. I think Clarke wanted … [Read more]
The Easter Wolf by Linda Bailey and Brandon James Scott
A Christmas Full of Poetry: A poem for every day of December by Joseph Coelho, Viola Wang, Debora Adachi, Laura Martin and Fatima Ordinola
Truco O Susto. La Noche de Halloween / The Haunted Playground by R. J. Palacio
This review reminds me of the scene in Lilo and Stitch where Jumba and Pleakley toss the b*mb back and forth and say all the holidays. Or: It is a mish mash of a bunch of holidays. First I will start with a February 2027 title that I liked a lot more than I thought I would. It is called The … [Read more]
