Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Never view being a girl as an obstacle

Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie A. Pearson

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Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention is another read online via Edelweiss that was mostly there. Carrie A. Pearson’s book was more fleshed out than the other sample I read, and perhaps is one of the best biographies of an unknown person I have read. And of course, I will find a copy when it comes out to fill in the plot points missing. Dr. Virginia Apgar would invent a test that would help doctors evaluate newborns and their health, […]

Imagination & Play Andrew’s way

Up Where the Stars Are (Andrew's Adventures in Nature by Ryan Jacobson

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I started reading this on Edelweiss online. It was a medium sized sample, but I think I got enough to know that I enjoyed this book and when it comes out, I want to see more of Up Where the Stars Are (Andrew’s Adventures in Nature). The story is centered around Andrew, a young man with special needs. His situation is not the focus, or what he cannot do, but what he can do. The part of the story I was able to read was […]

Celebrate differences

Princess Hair by Sharee Miller

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In 2017 Princess Hair probably was a fresh, new idea. I do not remember too many titles with children of color and their hair as the subject, but it was starting to become more mainstream. However, now, the story is a bit dated, as it has been done before. Though, it still is a good book for the younger child and their possible hair issues, or if in need of a little self-esteem pick-me-up. The nice part of Sharee Miller’s story is that there is […]

Mycology

Mason Goes Mushrooming by Melany Kahn

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Today I do not like mushrooms. Yesterday I was not crazy about them. But ask me tomorrow and I might have changed my mind. You see, mushrooms are one of those foods that I must be in the mood for. But our hero in Mason Goes Mushrooming (by the way, his name is Mason), loves mushrooms year around. And there is nothing wrong with that. And if you are like Mason, you should read Melany Kahn’s picture book and learn about the different mushrooms and […]

The story of two unhoused children

Home: A Story of Two Children Thrust Into Homelessness and Uncertain Housing Situations by Tonya Lippert

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Homelessness was not something talked about when I was young. I knew it happened, but at the same time had no concept of what that meant. Friends of the family were living in a tent for a while. There was the person who slept in the neighbor’s horse trailer when I was little. And I knew the stories of “hobbos” who used to come to my grandmother for food. But what did that mean? It was not until I was much older did the word […]

“Is this book written in an alternative version of English? I have no idea what is happening”

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

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Proving I learned very little from the Intellectual Property law textbook in my previous review, I stole the title of this review from one of the top questions about this book in GoodReads. To your question I saw: I am with you, sir. The other title I considered was “Am I a bad literature major?” Maybe I’ll leave that as a theoretical question, I feel like Pynchon would appreciate that. This is a slender little volume that I think is commenting on conspiracy theories and […]



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