Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Nothing like a sister

 Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends The Graphic Novel by Francine Pascal

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Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s I read the Sweet Valley Twins High School series by Francine Pascal. There were a few others that would come along over the years, such as I seem to remember reading about the middle school years or at least seeing them on the shelves of the bookstore I would later work at and/or on my sister’s shelves. I think maybe I was just reading about the high school years and then a few college days, but I know I […]

Move it and groove it

Tammy The Troll: A Dance in the Forest (Prop-Based Dance Stories for Classroom and Anytime Fun)  by Diana McDermott

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Recently I was given the opportunity to read Tammy The Troll: A Dance in the Forest (Prop-Based Dance Stories for Classroom and Anytime Fun) as an online reader copy which was sent to me by the delightful Terrel (who enjoys letting others know about the Once Upon A Dance books). I was excited to try it as lately I have found some favorite reads from chance encounters with reader copies. Plus, I had enjoyed another book from this company, Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement […]

These campfire stories don’t end with smores

Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin

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The cover of the online reader copy I had of Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin was first odd and second scary. And scary won out for the final thought of what it was for me.  And so are the short stories told around the campfire by a group of teens/possibly early 20-something friends. These stories can be graphic with language and imagery, especially the last one. They are based in Native folklore, legend, mythology, everyday and realistic events. They might be talking about demons, but those demons […]

Use your words

Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey

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I’m pretty sure I picked up Love Her or Lose Her (2020) by Tessa Bailey because I needed another audiobook for my work commute. I’ve always thought romances were easy to follow, even with driving distractions. And Love Her or Lose Her looked interesting. I found out after I finished, that this is Book 2 of 3 of the “hot and hammered” series. I’m not sure I was looking for “hot and hammered,” but it does explain all of the sex. Sometimes, this book teetered on the edge […]

“There must be no greater feeling in the world than to know that this isn’t forever.”

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

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TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea was the sort of whimsical, heartfelt novel that felt like an instant classic. It is perhaps no small coincidence that it’s publication coincided with the early day of Lockdown in March of 2020. What I (we?) were looking for at that time were books that provided a soft landing. The House in the Cerulean Sea offered what so little in the world could offer at that time – a sense of home and comfort. The characters were […]

It did start to drag on…*

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Bingo Square: Take the Skies (has dragons and riders) Violet Sorrengail has always known she would not be a dragon rider like her brother and sister before her, she’s far too delicate and would die even attempting to train. She’s going to be a scribe and hang out with books and history, where it’s safe. But then her mother, a general, decrees that Violet will join the cadets after all. And now Violet has to survive various tests – as well as murderous students – […]



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