Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

2 for 2027

Flybaby by Jan Brett

Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett

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Jan Brett is at it again with two new books. One is due in April 2027, Flybaby, and the earlier in January 2027, Hedgie Blasts Off!. Starting with the illustrations, they are wonderfully and perfectly Jan Brett. I can’t say enough about how colorful, fun, clever and wonderfully busy they are. However, the stories didn’t “hit home runs” for me. They are cute, but there was always something missing for me. With that said, I know they will be huge hits with fans of all […]

Neighbors

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin

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When I get on a browsing spree, I find myself down so many rabbit holes, I twist my brain. This means, I will find something I like the looks and/or sound of and find a copy. But when I do finally get the copy, I forget why it drew me in. So it is a wonderful surprise. This happened with My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin (author/illustrator and translator respectively).  In the end, the reason I wanted to […]

I probably shouldn’t admit I liked this…

Hide and Seek by Naono Yoshiko and Ryan Holmberg

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Hide and Seek by Naono Yoshiko and Ryan Holmberg (translator) is not a nice book. But an amazing read.   I would have given it a 5 but a few pieces of “scare” and culture might have been lost in translation so I was not sure why the situation was supposed to be “that scary” or the exact “thing” that was going on. Also, the images were a bit “blended together” for my tastes. I do like the black and white look as it keeps […]

One of the few rated five

Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sentô, Cécile Brun and Oliver Pichard

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When I read Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sentô, Cécile Brun and Oliver Pichard, I had two feelings about it. The first was that it was horrible. The second was that it was amazing.  These conflicting feelings are both real. This book is a book that I felt as much as I read. And all the feels I was having, got mixed and mashed together and made me not have a happy tummy. Yet, I can’t get over how good things […]

A new reading goal

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo

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My new goal is to find as many books I can find that are written and illustrated by Julia Kuo. I have read only a few, but know that I won’t be disappointed when I find others. The one that I recently found and has sealed the deal for knowing I will enjoy their books, was Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by them. And all I can really say is that this is just amazingly and beautifully done. Overall, it starts out […]

I published this review before the next installment in the series is out!

Entirely Emmie by Terri Libenson

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The nice thing about the Emmie & Friends series is that they are mostly predictable. You know what you are getting. There is a formula of events that will happen, you know the voices of the characters will be the same, and the illustrations won’t change much. With book nine, Entirely Emmie, Terri Libenson did not disappoint. We return to the beginning of our beloved characters with Emmie and learn more about the jokester Joe. And while you know the pattern the book will follow […]



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