Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Maybe this will quack you up more than it did me

One Cool Duck V01: King of Cool by Mike Petrik

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Occasionally I find a book that I read and think, “Huh.”  And One Cool Duck V01: King of Cool was one of those books. The concept is easy enough, we learn about what is cool and how to be cool (do not brag, be nice to others, do not show off, ad help others). And Mike Petrik’s story is good for all of that. They write a story for the (read to) five and up crowd, but one that readers just starting (with help and […]

A story and book full of possibilities

I Could Be a Million Things by Jessy Humann

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If I could be anything I think I would be a wombat. After all they have cube poop and are bad a$$ (literally, they can injure predators with their butts). But that is not exactly what I Could Be a Million Things is about (I just wanted to mention how cool wombats are). This is more about the things around us, the importance of those things, and the inspiration we can get. It is about a world of possibilities.  There is a bit of thoughtfulness, […]

“Mesmerizing illustrations combine with poetic text”— School Library Journal

Ancient Night by David Bowels

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CBR15Passport New Author Two Nahuatl traditions are given a new twist in Ancient Night. But I was not aware of that until after finishing it.  I was assuming when I picked up this picture book (and that was because the cover was intriguing) it would be an adaptation of a folk tale, but not which people. And I came away with thinking, “Oh, well, that’s nice. Different. Do I like it?” This is not a onetime read or a book to read quickly. I did […]

Dead men might not tell tales, but they can fight Captain America

Captain America: The Ghost Army by Alan Gratz

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When you are tired and really have no brain power, but you want to read, what do you do? I tend to pick up what looks like an easy graphic novel or picture book. This time I picked up a what looked like an easy graphic novel. And while there was not a lot of “Deep Thoughts” to Captain America: The Ghost Army, it was not as “fluffy” as I thought. But then again, I should have realized that Alan Gratz would not write “fluffy […]

“I never wanted to be a hero, but that doesn’t mean I’ll let you turn me into a villain”

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

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Cora has returned from the Moors but feels the Drowned Gods whispering to her. They want her back. Feeling too close to open doors at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, she asks to be transferred to its sister school. There, students are not searching for their doors or a return to other worlds. They are being taught to fit into this one, to leave all that behind. Seeing how determined Cora is, Eleanor reluctantly lets her go. But Eleanor knows how awful the Whitethorn […]

“It’s not like I grow up to be some great war hero or any all-important savior but thanks to my parents at least I get to grow old. Not everyone does.”

Saga (Volume 9) by Brian K Vaughan

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Back again with another Saga installment! I can’t believe I’m almost finally caught up. What a roller coaster this series is. I saw that when this series first came out, it was billed as “Star Wars meets Game of Thrones” and I give two thumbs up to that comparison. The only thing I would clarify there is that it’s less “Star Wars meets Game of Thrones” and more “Game of Thrones set in a Star Wars-ish Universe” because every other volume has it’s own Red […]



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