Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Watch out for Grandma Billy and the crazy Gods (I’m more scare of GB though!)

Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

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No matter how many times you tell me, I cannot believe that T. Kingfisher is Ursula Vernon (and Vernon is Kingfisher). They must be two different people! After all Vernon has one voice and Kingfisher has another. Okay, maybe four people actually, as Vernon has three main tones that I have found. The first is fun, quirky, and young. The second has a middle ground voice but can be edgy. And the third is mature and not to Kingfisher’s level, but is not Vernon’s middle […]

When they say Good Boy, do they mean the dog or the kid?

Good Boy: A Graphic Novel by Andy Hirsch

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Good Boy: A Graphic Novel by Andy Hirsch started out rough for me, but ages (strong) six to 10 will get a kick out of a Dog and His Boy! The story is short, sweet and not a lot of traditional action, but has a few points where things happen. The child of this story is off on his school field trip. But he becomes ill (warning: Vomit) and must stay home. This is not the first time his nerves have gotten this bad. Therefore, […]

Huntng the Haunted

Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman and Frank Cvetkovic

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The rating for Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman (illustrator), Frank Cvetkovic (letterer) is a four as it is not really a 3 or a solid four, but 3.75 (but we don’t have a .75). The four rating is because kids are going to love it. But I did not like two parts of the story, so I took a bit off. One thing I did not care for is that some characters did not get what they deserved (bullies who bully should […]

I’m liking this publisher

The Vole Who Looked at the Moon by Mila Teras and Nora Surojegin

Imperfectly Perfect Posey: A Wobbly Yoga Story by Lizzie Brooks and Enni Heikura

Meet Reba by Stephanie Wheeler and Annika Chamber

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Spinning Wheel Stories, the publisher of No Fish in My Dish and Button Up, Buttercup! by Ted Forsstrom also has three other books. All five were published in July 2026, and read via an online reader copy by moi! This company is perhaps a European company as the contributors come from mostly Finland and England, but a couple people hail from the US. Regardless of their home bases, they created some interesting stories I would like to share with you. First, we have The Vole […]

Do you like Pets?

No Fish In My Dish by Ted Forsstrom, Asa Lucander, A.A. Prime

Rebecca the White House Raccoon by April Genevieve Tucholke and Dave Szalay

Button Up, Buttercup! by Ted Forsstrom, Asa Lucander and A.A. Prime

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Most people have had at least one pet in their life. I had a few cats (mostly shared as family cats), several fish, tons of rocks and a shared dog with my uncle who was dumb as those pet rocks (the dog, not my uncle; then again as I think about it…) Anyway, if you haven’t had/can’t have or even if you do have/or had, that wouldn’t stop you from reading about pets. Below I found three titles that are about Pets. Some are pets […]

Edgar Allen Poe: The MUU-SIC-CAL! (jazz hands)

Edgar Allan Poe: A Tale of Mystery and Intervention by Norm Konyu

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I laughed. I laughed some more. I laughed until tears almost ran down my leg.  Oh sorry, TMI. Yeah, Edgar Allan Poe: A Tale of Mystery and Intervention by Norm Konyu is an A-M-A-ZING! tale. All of Poe flashes before your eyes (or at least the highlights of his written career) in a funny, rhyming poem that outlines the wails and woes of our beloved author. Things are delightfully somber, lively, with bold images colorfully dancing across the pages to illustrate the Glory Be of […]



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