Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Strange and stranger

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

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  I received Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor through the CBR Book Exchange (thanks again!). I absolutely loved this book. It is fanciful and beautifully written. Lazlo Strange is an orphan with dreams of a bigger life than he has. He escapes the drudgery of his early years by pretending to be a mythical warrior from a magical land. One day, the name of this land is lost, and Lazlo knows that there must be magic involved. He eventually finds his way to the […]

I think I liked Ruby Red but I don’t think it’s a very good book

Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

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Ruby Red is a young adult novel about a 16 year old girl who learns she has the time travel gene when she suddenly travels back in time. All her life, Gwyneth thought her cousin Charlotte had inherited the gene. Everyone did. Charlotte is beautiful, poised, and intelligent, all of the things Gwyneth doesn’t think she is. While Charlotte has spent the last ten years learning dancing, fencing, history, and languages, Gwyneth has been a normal kid, hanging out with friends, watching movies, and doing […]

“Theorizing that one could time travel …”

The Time Museum V01 by Matthew Loux

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The Time Museum has been on the TBR list for a while now. I finally got around to picking it up after it fell on the floor (after all, it was in my hand). I went at this book without a lot of pre-knowledge other than Matthew Loux had a book that had a girl in it, there was going to be some science fiction by the looks of things and was probably funny as the cover image did not look a 100% serious. I […]

Katie O’Neill continues to write charming, inclusive, all ages books

The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill

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Katie O’Neill continues to write my favorite all ages books.  This is her second Tea Dragon book, the first was The Tea Dragon Society, which I reviewed for CBR10.  In the tea dragon world, society is made of several species; mundane humans, people with horns/hooves/antlers, animal people, and dragons.  There is a small amount of magic in the world, and it is all brought charmingly to life with O’Neill’s soft illustrations. Both books are wonderfully inclusive.  People come in a wide range of hues.  Relationships […]

Pass the tacos and hold the screams

Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale

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When I first saw the cover of Apocalypse Taco, I was wondered if it was going to be a mystery or a cultural coming of age story. I never expected mutant tacos that replicate cars or a multiple armed and legged person who is besties with a tooth monster. Never having read Nathan Hale, I had no idea what to expect. But then again, I did not expect mutant bee-squid creatures or alien dimensions. But, of course, neither did our main characters, 11-year-old twins Axl […]

Fun with Classics and Art

Andy Warhol What Colors Do You See? Board Book by Mudpuppy

Bookish Cats Board Book by Mudpuppy

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I am not always a fan of the “click bait” book for toddlers. You know the type: they are trying to make an activist of your baby, or posh or something that a hipster parent wants. The child themselves could not care less what the subject is. They are more worried if they can they eat it or not. But every so often one of these modern books is clever and something that is worth the time to partake in. Since I will be laughing […]



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