Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


G, B, C, D, E, F, A lets sing the alphabet today!

Alphabuddies: G is First by Beth Bacon and Karen Kane

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Okay. I am an alphabet girl. Numbers? Oh, they are nice, but I like letters. And I like the order they are in. Twenty-six letters all in their place. And if they are not there, well all heck will break out! Or will it? In Alphabuddies: G is First we learn how important each letter is and, in the long run, how it does not matter the order, just as long as you use each and every important one. Of course, it takes us, and […]

Almost 400 words for a book that might not have a 3rd of that!

The Book No One Wants to Read by Beth Bacon

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One of the biggest challenges I have about writing reviews is writing a 250-word review for a book that might not even have 125 words! The Book No One Wants to Read is one of those books. There is hardly any text and what is there is physically large on the page. The only reason it might even come close to 125 words is because there are two pages with just one (well actually two words, but you need to read why that is) repeated […]

I rather not, but thanks all the same

I Hate Reading: How to Read When You’d Rather Not by Beth Bacon

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I Hate Reading: How to Read When You’d Rather Not seemed like it was going to have a lot of potential for “I cannot put this down!” and “Look how fun reading is!” moments. Perhaps because I am a reader and not Beth Bacon’s young sons (Arthur and Henry who have been reluctant readers in the past) who helped her to write this let us say, we are not amused. This book is to help reluctant readers read but to me it seems like it […]



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