Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

You have to pick a book or two

Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy

Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago

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Picture book round up time! Both these books can be for any age, however, there are sensitive issues that might not be for everyone. Wombat Said Come In is a multiple layered story. It is about friendship, loss and even about limits. Wombat is sitting down when he hears a knock, a friend is in need. The land is on fire and one by one the knocks on the door find another friend in need. Of course, maybe a bit hesitantly (especially when the house […]

” … we ourselves are inseparable from nature.”

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

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CBR book bingo – Holiday (and another Bingo!) – this book takes place in an airport, as two men talk as they await a delayed flight Two men who more or less knew each other in college meet in an airport. Their flight is delayed, and one has access to a first class lounge, so they sit together. Our unnamed narrator (a writer) listens to his former acquaintance, Jeff Cook, tell a tale about his life post college. Jeff’s story begins with saving the life […]

Rocks matter, too!

I’m Trying to Love Rocks by Bethany Barton

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I was that kid who liked looking at rocks. Not geodes (though I had a few) or anything special, I just liked rocks. I figure it was the shapes, and colors (though I’m sure my family would say they matched the ones in my head). I have always been a visual person. When older I liked crystals (hey! It was the 90’s… for those who were there, you get it), but never got into the science of rocks. Not until I was much older was […]

Pizza, outdoors and friends

Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3 by Mika Song

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco 

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A slice of pizza or an adventure with a lion? Which do you prefer? Well, if you like to read, you do not have to choose!  You can pick up either of the early-to-mid-readers for you and your child/children. Both books are aimed at least ages five and up to be read to, but at least six and up could start reading solo (and/or assistance). Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3) by Mika Song is a series that is still cute, but for the adult […]

Does everyone suck? Well, at least they have magic

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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BINGO – Bird – As in, birds of a feather flock together Six of the best magicians are invited to join The Alexandrian Society which protects all of the knowledge of the Library of Alexandria. Six are invited to live and study at the Library, but only five will make the cut after two years. Nico and Libby are both physicist magicians who can control the forces of nature like fire, waves, and the physical aspect of things. Parisa is a telepath. Callum is an […]

Good Cop/Bad Cat

The Eloquent Scribe: The Sitehuti and Nefer-Djenou-Bastet Series Book 1 by T. Lee Harris

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Cbr14bingo Font The main character is an Egyptian scribe turned investigator The Eloquent Scribe is the first book in a mystery series set in ancient Egypt and features a pair of unlikely investigators — Sitehuti the junior scribe and Nefer-Djenou-Bastet (aka Neffi), the sacred cat of the Temple of Bastet in capital city Pi-Ramesses. While the “mystery” in this novel is pretty straight forward and not terribly hard to solve for the reader, the charm of the story is in the characters and the potential […]



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