Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A cute but maybe unnecessary standalone

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

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Regan is having a hard time with her friend group. After one of her friends inadvertently makes ‘queen bee’ Laurel mad, Regan chooses the security being close to said popular girl brings, and the other girl is shunned. But when Regan learns something upsetting and confusing about herself, she makes the mistake of confiding in Laurel, who takes it badly and mocks her. Regan runs away from school, but while heading home, she stumbles upon a doorway in the trees that says ‘be sure’. She […]

I live in a house with service mice and a grumpy old man

I Live in a Tree Trunk by Meg Fleming

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  I live in a tree trunk. I live in a barn. I live in a shoebox. I’m down on the farm… So say the animals (and much more) of I Live in a Tree Trunk. Each animal, in simple text by Meg Fleming and simple art by Brandon James Scott, tell us where they live. Things are aimed at the aged three and up, with a few rhymes to help pass the time. There is nothing OMG Best Book Ever! to this picture book, […]

Harper and Sam running for their lives 

Black Star by Eric Anthony Glover

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 CBR15Passport, already own I read an interesting graphic novel. There are interesting illustrations that support, compliment, and become its own character. The equally interesting text can be taken “as is” and straightforward, or you can look for a deeper meaning. This is not a onetime read, as there are several parts and a few layers. What is this graphic novel called? Black Star by Eric Anthony Glover (or Eric A. Glover or Eric Glover depending on what source you are using, and since the book […]

Just like Aunt Bea

Zora, the Story Keeper by Ebony Joy Wilkins

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I read a book. I thought about it so I could write a review. And then I wondered, is this something I can do justice to? I mean, there is nothing hard about Zora, the Story Keeper. It is a story about a girl, Zora, and her beloved Aunt Bea. And in the end, after their beautiful times together, where they told stories, and costumes are worn, Aunt Bea passes away, so it is also a book of grief and holding onto the stories Aunt […]

Get the tacos!

Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel by Adam Rubin

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I remember reading, and liking, Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin. However, as I was reading Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel (still by Rubin) I did not remember a ding-darn thing! And while you can read these two books separately, it does help if you know the first book as there are a few things referenced in book two that are “need to knows.” This time dragons are not eating tacos, as they have run out of tacos. And it is up to them, […]

Staring at the Sun

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

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“Either this is madness, or it Hell.” “It is neither; it is Knowledge.” Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland is, in this reviewer’s calculations, 35% Just for Fun, 30% Social Satire, and 35% Devotional to Truth. I like all of that stuff, so I really liked this book. I recommend it to anyone looking for real answers, what I like to call The Search. The narrator/writer of Flatland is a square. I don’t mean a boring person from the 1950s; I mean an actual square on a […]



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