Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Dragons will make thing right

The Weirn Books V02: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon by Svetlana Chmakova

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So, my phone has decided it no longer wants to support some of my online reading apps. Therefore, I must do readings at lunch on my work computer. Well, that can be awkward since sometimes well, you just want to read something that is not maybe 100% okay to read at work… like Blessed Cure by Mario Oliveira, which has WAY too many male dilly-dongs to be work friendly…even if I’m not on the sales floor.  So that leaves me with my children’s books.  And […]

The Heart of the Lion

Lion Dancers by Cai Tse

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I did not know what to expect with the graphic novel,  Lion Dancers by Cai Tse. I guess I figured it would be about learning how to be a lion dancer. I figured there would be Kid One who is “troubled” and learns about lion dancing to “get his energies out” and/or connect to his culture. Then there would be Kid Two (or more) trying to stand in their way. And, it is a little bit like that, but there is more to things, too.   […]

About hair and life

Knots by Colleen Frakes

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I liked the graphic novel Knots by Colleen Frakes. It is a cute story of growing up and the hair that is the center of the woes, but also the love. Well, maybe not the center of the love, but it all comes together. This is a cozy story that is somewhat based on the author’s life experiences. We have Norah, her family and her opposite personality best friend. We have school issues, life issues and, again, the hair issues. We have family problems (younger […]

The Cheese don’t stink

Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar (Book 1): Attack of the Snack by Kevin Alvir

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Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar (Book 1): Attack of the Snack by Kevin Alvir is a lot of things. I was about half way through when I realized it probably was mostly a commentary on capitalism, mom & pop stores vs. the big man and the greed of “bigger and better” and addiction to that (via fast food joints).  It is a story of love and friendship and demon possession. If a humanoid-unicorn had a superhero origin story this would be it. There was more […]

Magic Sunday

Sunday by Marcelo Tolentino

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The idea for the picture book Sunday by Marcelo Tolentino is simple. The family gets together on Sunday, like they do every Sunday, and our hero decides to spice things up and make some fun. The child, Martin, and his dog make a Sunday at home into an adventure to faraway places. All he needs is a lot of imagination. Seeing penguins, pirates and deserts is just the start. When he is finally ready to come home, he is ready to regale his tales to […]

Not so picture-perfect

Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu

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I looked at the cover and said to myself that I knew exactly what this book was about. Well, I wasn’t wrong, but I wasn’t right.  I guess I was on a superhero kick at the time as I felt it would have more of that element. I also thought she would have to struggle to paint/do art. And instead, she isn’t a “real magical power superhero” but our gal does perform a pretty neat trick: Getting Art Students to do the dreaded Group Project […]



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