Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

For those who question and have big feelings

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty

Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival

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The Questioneers and Big Bright Feelings series are a set of books dealing with social themes, such as confidence, being different, trying and failing, fears, lack of friendships all set for the (strong) four and up crowd. Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts on illustrations, and Tom Percival doing double duty with Meesha Makes Friends continue the themes. Beaty and Roberts use bold, bright, busy text and colors in Aaron Slater, Illustrator. The rhymes and fantastic illustrations (that are brassy, sassy, and […]

Thank you so much Dome’Loki

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Last week had some real ‘kick-in-the-teeth’ moments, so I was so thrilled to have a glorious start to my Monday. First, I got my Book Exchange ’21 book from Dome’Loki, and it looks fantastic! I haven’t read it, the cover is gorgeous, I think Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a terrific story teller, and I have something new to curl up with tonight! Thank you thank you thank you, and have a happy, relaxing holiday, Dome’Loki. In addition, I got a gorgeous holiday card from Katie who […]

A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving (1989)

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

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One of the first adult books I read when I was younger. I don’t mean adult in terms of audience exactly, but adult in terms of you more or less need to be an adult to appreciate a lot of what this contains. In part, this is a book about the Baby Boomer generation told from within, and that the memories and experiences tied to that generation fuel a lot of the book. It’s also helpful to have some world experience and world weariness. So […]

“Why follow me to higher ground? Lost as you swear I am Don’t throw away your basic needs Ambiance and vanity”

Great Jones Street by Don Delillo

Smoky Joe's Cafe by Bryce Courtenay

The Divine Comedy by Dante

The Junkie Quatrain by Peter Clines

The Eye of the World by Robert Jones

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Gone to Earth by Mary Webb

Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny

The Earth is Weeping by Peter Cozzens

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Great Jones Street – 3/5 Stars This is an early Don Delillo novel that is ostensibly about a rock musician who seems to be in his mid-to-late 30s, living in a hotel on Great Jones Street in New York City. I don’t know a ton about New York, but I did happen to see Great Jones Street this summer, and these days, it’s a relatively bland and corporatized street in lower Manhattan. In the novel of the novel, it’s a little more sinister feeling, but […]

MANY content warnings but a beautiful depiction of the author’s hometown and culture

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

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Content warning: gun death, drug use, addiction, violent sexual assault with disassociation Oooh I am TORN on the review for this one–I feel like this book has so much promise, but at the end of the day there’s just too much going on for the length and reader’s ability to keep up with plot points. This is a beautiful ownvoices story of Daunis, a half-Ojibwe half-French Canadian high school senior living in Sault Ste Marie. From her French Canadian side, she’s the daughter of a […]



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