Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Yo ho ho and a slice of politics

Geronimo Stilton Reporter #10 Blackrat’s Treasure by Geronimo Stilton

Mayor Good Boy by Dave Scheidt

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Two books I read that are cute but not “all time faves” for me are the two below. As an adult reading, they were nice quick reads, but for the child reader it will make them sit and read. Reluctant or seasoned veternas alike will find these delightful. I have seen the books Geronimo Stilton for several years now, but never felt I needed to read them. I knew the types of kids that were reading them; therefore, I could easily recommend the books to […]

Fly away Seemore

Seemore the Seagull by Ralph Tufo

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I need to change my worst book read this year. It is actually, Seemore the Seagull by Ralph Tufo. And while my dislike does not come from the fact that I think I could do better (I am not an illustrator, or even a serious writer), it is coming from the fact the book has some major flaws for my personal tastes. At first, the rhyming of the text was fun, if not a bit on the cliché side. But it then felt forced quickly […]

There’s no place like home

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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Having read my 4yo son the first Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind graphic novel this year, I thought it was time to advance to an all-words-no-pictures book and see if he could handle it. So I scoured my shelves in search of something fitting. Harry Potter? Hmmm not quite yet. The Witches? Bit scary. Alice in Wonderland? Too contrived. Then I came upon an old faded copy of the Wizard of Oz that held much promise. Of course this story is extremely well-known, […]

There are no others like us…and there will never be.

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

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Coming off the high of reading the first couple of A Crown of Thorn and Roses books, I enjoyed the first book in this trilogy but was a little less enthusiastic about it. Compared to the ACOTAR books, well, I just wasn’t feeling the same pull. They share a lot of the same things: heroines who struggle with their “powers,” love triangles, fantastical worlds, but Shadow and Bone didn’t quite suck me into the story as much. I think part of it was having a hard time with the […]

To the blessed darkness from which we are born…And to which we return.

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

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I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the next book in this series. Expecting a hefty tome like the preceding books, I was kind of disappointed when I picked up this thin little volume from the library. I was ready to tuck in for the long haul, but this 4th book is more like a novella. However, it does take place during Solstice celebrations so slightly festive and somewhat appropriate timing for me to be reading it now. Again, this is book 4 so […]

Witch Hunt!

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

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The mix of modern crime procedurals and the deep stupidity of superstition just didn’t click for me. Katherina Kepler is a war widow (or at least she assumes so, since her husband never came back), and one of her sons is Johannes Kepler, authority on the newly discovered revolutionary laws of planetary motion.  She herself happens to be an authority on herbal remedies, but not everyone in the village has confidence in her treatments.  The random cow has a bad spell, and apparently at some […]



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