Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

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With her mother and her brother arguing too intensely to notice her, nine-year-old Trisha MacFarland veers off the path during a family hike intending just to go to the bathroom and rejoin her family on the trail. But a wrong turn followed by another wrong turn and just like that Trisha is lost. Uncertain what do, and with only a walkman for company, Trisha begins wandering through the dense Maine forest, struggling to fight off hopelessness while listening to her beloved Red Sox on the […]

The First 10 Naked in Deaths

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb

Glory in Death by J.D. Robb

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb

Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb

Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb

Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb

Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb

Witness in Death by J.D. Robb

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  Well one thing about COVID and the state of the world, all I have been able to do past few days is read. I have been able to get through my library backlog, but I also really really wanted a comfort read. I tried to start The Chronicles of Narnia and started to get annoyed so set that series aside (will get back to it around Christmas I think) and then wandered around my shelves at home and was like I really need something […]

Sing those Yellow Dog Blues

Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan

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You just have to read this book to understand what is going on in this book. I can summarize that it is about a young boy looking for his dog and all the crazy, wonderful things that happen along the way. This is a “boogie-woogie” journey (according to the publisher description). Alice Faye Duncan and Chris Raschka made Yellow Dog Blues just plan a pleasant book, funny, and terribly charming. The publisher description also has this: With swinging free verse and stunning hand-stitched art, Yellow […]

What the flying King Kong-Godzilla was that????

Van Dog by Mikolaj Pa

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When I saw Van Dog I was thinking, okay either we will be dealing with a vehicle or not. And it was not about a van. The title by Mikolaj Pa is a play on Van Gogh as our dog is a painter. And Gosia Herba paints the scene for us that Van Dog is doing. Well, first they paint all the bizarre, weird, crazy, out of this world, mixed up, screwed up, impossible, outlandish, comical, ridiculous, off the wall, freakish things that happened. A […]

Relatable awesomeness

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

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I will start with a controversial statement. I am not always a fan of the drawn natural hair look. For me, it does not “translate” well to the page. I feel something is lost from the “real look” verses the “page look.” However, in Frizzy Rose Bousamra really pulled it off. Marlene (our heroine) and her natural look is amazingly done. And Claribel A. Ortega’s story is equally wonderful. Now, I am not a Dominican middle school girl who has the same self-esteem issues s […]

Wondering

Where Do Butterflies Go at Night? by Jeanne Balsam

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Where Do Butterflies Go at Night? Find out in this picture book by Jeanne Balsam. You will see how the young narrator makes wonderfully silly, fun, and even serious guesses about what happens to the butterflies when it is time for the day to sleep. Wonderfully poetic, simple, but detailed, the story unfolds with the magical and imaginative illustrations of Stella Mongodi. These amazingly rich, deeply colored and a mix of light and dark, shadows and glow, and hidden gems flesh out the story.  They […]



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