Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Around the world in a book

Lunar New Year (Celebrations & Festivals) by Natasha Yim

Martina Has Too Many Tias by Emma Otheguy

The Masjid Kamal Loves by Ashley Franklin

Lali’s Flip-Flops by Farhana Zia

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I was in the mood for picture books, and when I went looking for one, I found four. (I was surprised I only found four). And when I started to really look at them, I realized they were all culturally based.  And due to the shorter nature of them, it would be hard to write individual reviews, so here is a “Around the World ” in four books themed review. All are currently available and all are good reads and I will probably read the […]

Our house is a very fine… okay it is a piece of crap but it’s where we lay our heads, along side the rats

UTown by Cab

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cbr15bingo Dwelling the building  they live in is being torn down as their neighborhood is being hit by gentrification  Will a slacker stay a slacker or is there more for him? Dreary images show the seedy, dark side of things in UTown. CABs (Caroline Breault) story is realistic, gritty, raw, and maybe a bit too relatable. There are mature themes, language, and content. A true literary graphic novel that is not for everyone, but maybe everyone should read. The book report portion of this review for UTown is […]

Sparkle Dragons are a blast(ish)

The Sparkle Dragons (The Sparkle Dragons, 1) by Emma Carlson Berne

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cbr15bingo Strange Worlds doesn’t get more strange than Trolls making smoothies  I was not the audience for the book, The Sparkle Dragons (The Sparkle Dragons, 1). However, I know a lot of girls ages six to about nine who will love the pretty dragons, the bratty princess, and the (probably) evil unicorn (okay he is SO the evil genius of the book). The story is both typical (magic and adventures) and modern (dealing with an environmental issue and civil rights). The illustrations were minimal colors (mostly […]

A romance I read back in March

It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday

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15-word review: Bridesmaid Wendy keeps hooking up with former crush Noah, who’s the brother of the bride. Wendy’s best friend Jane (from One and Only) is getting married, and she’s delighted to be asked to be the maid of honour. Unfortunately, the best man is the bride’s older brother, Noah, who Wendy nursed a crush on for pretty much her entire adolescence until he broke her heart by standing her up at the prom. She has spent most of her adult life going on strategic […]

I found my soulmate

A Very Cranky Book by Angela DiTerlizzi

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Usually I prefer books with a message. But sometimes you need a book that, well, is just for fun and a message is not needed. And that was A Very Cranky Book. Of course you could say that there is a message, about being a cranky person/book and dealing with friends like that, but overall, it is just a silly story by the wife and husband team of Angela DiTerlizzi and Tony Diterlizi. The cranky book is this story is, well, cranky.  They do not […]



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