Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I’ll still look into their graphic novels though

Instead of Dying (Colorado Prize for Poetry) by Lauren Haldeman

Calenday by Lauren Haldeman

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A few years ago I read Lauren Haldeman’s Team Photograph. It was one of those books I liked, but was not really about it at the same time. What was it about? How did I feel about it? Did I really like it? The answers are, “I don’t know.” And oddly enough that’s what I think I did like about it. Everything that can make a book a book I do not like made me not really hate the book. I figured I’d read it […]

History behind “The New Colossus”

What Emma Wrote: The Woman Behind the Words on the Statue of Liberty by Ann D. Koffsky and N. Tarcan

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What Emma Wrote: The Woman Behind the Words on the Statue of Liberty by Ann D. Koffsky (Ann Diament Koffsky) and illustrator N. Tarcan   While I was not WOWed by this story, I was warm and cozy with it. It was a nice story, a good introduction to the subject and made me want to learn more about the woman who is the Emma of the title. Both the text and illustrations give off comfortable vibes The publisher’s description says “with its poetic message” […]

Midwestern soil reminds me a lot of New England

A Man with a Rake by Ted Kooser

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Though available, I read via an online reader copy of the poetry book A Man with a Rake by Ted Kooser. And due to the back of the book saying there are 18 poems inside (and the fact there did not seem to be a lot I read, though I did not count) I am assuming the physical book itself will look small. However, there is a lot packed inside. The symbols of water, rural life, family, death and so much more grace the pages. Straight forward […]

I don’t know, can you?

Mom, Can I Do My Laundry at Your House?: Poems from Your Adult Child by Olivia Roberts

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When I went to college, it was the first time I really did my own laundry. And for the most part, I did not do a bad job. At least nothing was too damaged anyway. Yet, I would bring my laundry home during our various breaks. Still having to do my own laundry, I was able to do it at my leisure and not be rushed or be nervous that something might go “missing” or worse, I actually realized someone had touched my stuff! Therefore, […]

When Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky got together and made Bob Odenkirk,

Zilot & Other Important Rhymes by Bob Odenkirk

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If Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky got together and made Bob Odenkirk, the result would be the poetry book, Zilot & Other Important Rhymes. And I got all that from the first three poems.I was thinking when I thought that, what kind of other madness can be next? Trust me, I still was not prepared even knowing what kind of madness those classic writers could make (because I was unfamiliar with Mr. Odenkirk’s particular humor). There are more rhymes, there were really gross shoelaces, there were […]

And Poetry for All

The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others by Robert Schechter

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I enjoy poetry. But recently I have concluded that I need fun and lighter poetry. Yet, I want it to be adult aimed. The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others fits all categories but being only adult geared. However, I do not think a child would mind sharing their poetry book, nor the adult either. These poems were the best of both worlds. Oh sure, maybe they could have been a smidgen more serious, but what was grabbing me was that […]



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