Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The wild world of ramen, fireworks and gunpowder

The Asian Hall of Fame: The Discovery of Ramen by Phil Amara and Oliver Chin

The Asian Hall of Fame: The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder by Phil Amara and Oliver Chin

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The curiosity was great within me and I had to find the other Phil Amara and Oliver Chin titles other than the chess one in The Asian Hall of Fame series. Therefore, I filled out my trusty interlibrary loan forms and found a library that could grant me my wish. And because of that, The Discovery of Ramen and The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder are now checked off my TBR. These are picture books on two very different subjects, but both equally historical making. Probably most people have seen a fireworks show, know […]

Move it and groove it

Tammy The Troll: A Dance in the Forest (Prop-Based Dance Stories for Classroom and Anytime Fun)  by Diana McDermott

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Recently I was given the opportunity to read Tammy The Troll: A Dance in the Forest (Prop-Based Dance Stories for Classroom and Anytime Fun) as an online reader copy which was sent to me by the delightful Terrel (who enjoys letting others know about the Once Upon A Dance books). I was excited to try it as lately I have found some favorite reads from chance encounters with reader copies. Plus, I had enjoyed another book from this company, Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement […]

These campfire stories don’t end with smores

Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin

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The cover of the online reader copy I had of Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin was first odd and second scary. And scary won out for the final thought of what it was for me.  And so are the short stories told around the campfire by a group of teens/possibly early 20-something friends. These stories can be graphic with language and imagery, especially the last one. They are based in Native folklore, legend, mythology, everyday and realistic events. They might be talking about demons, but those demons […]

A Complex Stepsister Grapples With Her Path Forward

A Spark in the Cinders by Jenny Elder Moke

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When Ellarose, Aralyn’s stepsister, asks her for help saving the kingdom, her first thoughts are of revenge.  After all, ever since Ellarose married the prince and stole the future that Aralyn and her mother had planned for Aralyn, her life has been nothing but a misery.  However, once she starts looking into the matter, she discovers a number of things that challenge everything her mother has taught her.  Working together with a lady knight, Aralyn sets off to find a fey weapon that might be […]

It did start to drag on…*

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Bingo Square: Take the Skies (has dragons and riders) Violet Sorrengail has always known she would not be a dragon rider like her brother and sister before her, she’s far too delicate and would die even attempting to train. She’s going to be a scribe and hang out with books and history, where it’s safe. But then her mother, a general, decrees that Violet will join the cadets after all. And now Violet has to survive various tests – as well as murderous students – […]

Disney Songs, Supernatural Problems, Romance, and Death

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

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Bingo 19: Queer Lives I’m not sure where I saw the blurb for Masters of Death but it was pretty catchy; it also did not hint at the queerness within, but that’s ok. I have to say, I found this pretty enjoyable. There are about 8 main characters, some more main than others, and half of the book revolves around them finding or re-finding their special person. Everyone is ‘inter-species’ to some extent, and one of the more important couples is  same sex; the member […]



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