Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Definitely a… Creative approach, and a good one too

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

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This book is set in a modern day workplace, specifically a PR company. The main character, Gerald, is an everyday office worker at the company, not too significant. One day, he is sucked into Slack. He has to learn to navigate his new world with no external stimulus. His productivity is through the roof, so no one argues with it. As he begins to panic and search for help, there seems to be more afoot in this company than just the PR disaster caused by […]

This is what happens when you pick a book based on the title

But You Don't Look Autistic At All by Bianca Toeps

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The audiobook was recommended to me in Spotify, so I put a pin in the audiobook for Never Let Me Go (my wife insists the book is better than the movie, which I couldn’t get into, but the audiobook is a slog too) and started on this one, seeing it was short. It being short was its only saving grace, I must say. I mean, this woman punched a man for blowing a whistle too much. I kinda lost all interest in her viewpoint after she […]

Worth it for the story, not so much the pop-up part

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Pop-Up Edition by Charles M. Schulz

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Yeah, I know I’m a little late on this one. My wife bought me this in December and I kept meaning to read through it, but silly, absent-minded me put it up on display with my other Peanuts Christmas decorations and forgot about it. As a result, it wasn’t until just a couple days ago that I finally read it, using our dog Winston as my stand-in for the human child we don’t have yet as I read it aloud. He was very interested in the […]

A red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles

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  CBR16SweetChallenge #New (representation in my reading)   They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems came to my attention because there was an online reader copy of the companion novel, They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid’s Poems and I realized that while it might not need to be read in order, it might be a good idea to get this first one. Author David Bowles has a story that was new to me (after all I thought I didn’t know them, but I had read […]

Stories, food, cats and pride. Oh my!

A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg

Boys Don't Fry by Kimberly Lee

How Mr. Silver Stole the Show  by Kate Klise

Pride: A Seek-and-Find Celebration: Adventure Through the History of the Queer Community by Diego Blanco

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CBR16SweetBooks #Binge Picture book binging is always a favorite activity of mine. I sat down at lunch one day and read four picture books from online reader copies. A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg; Boys Don’t Fry by Kimberly Lee and illustrated by Charlene Chua; How Mr. Silver Stole the Show by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise on the illustrations and finally Pride: A Seek-and-Find Celebration: Adventure Through the History of the Queer Community illustrated by Diego Blanco, published by Epic Ink Books (due in mid/late April 2024). Well, I skimmed Pride and this is […]

Read a book, get a hundred suggestions

Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount

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CBR16SweetBooks #New  Jane Mount is a new author Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount is one of those books that I am not sure if I liked, but know I do not dislike it. The theme has two parts. The first is the basic story of Lotti, a shy girl who likes to read. She worries about “being weird,” her brother can be annoying (as little brothers can be) and her parents are outdoor-types who like to hike and bike to the farmers market. […]



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