Cannonball Read 18

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I’ve never had a lox and bagel burp, but I’m assuming it’s not pleasant, but this book was!

I'm Sorry for the Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Apology by Jacob Sager Weinstein and Jason Kirschner

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Finally a realistic story about siblings that is saying, “Are you really being that naughty?” and “That is kinda funny.” I’m Sorry for the Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Apology by Jacob Sager Weinstein and Jason Kirschner (illustrations by) might not be out until September 2026, but you can appreciate this review (or at least I hope). Benji and his older brother  Aaron, have the perfect sibling relationship: they obviously love each other. Love to tease each other that is. And when Yom Kippur rolls […]

The King is Dead and Secrets Will Roll

The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean

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Taken from a review found online:  Sometimes I find it really hard to rate a book, and The King is Dead is one of them. A lot of my friends had already read it and almost unanimously gave it three stars. Their conclusion: a nice story, but … a bit boring and a rushed ending, a fun read but off pacing, a solid book but lacking subtlety, you name it. And I can understand them all. And still … I found The King Is Dead […]

Two siblings and their adventure

Afar by Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts

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I realized I had read Afar by Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts a few pages in. However, when I went to put the book in my counting site, I lost my notes/rating/etc. From before for it. Therefore, I am not sure what my original thoughts were. I do remember enjoying it, but obviously not enough to remember I had read it before. Then, I only remembered a few parts making it more of a first time read and anything that was familiar […]

The (rear) end

My Brother's Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez

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Just in time for the Halloween season (or more accurately, late summer 2025), My Brother’s Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and illustrated by James Rey Sanchez will be out. Hopefully. I mean someone could raise a stink and say it is inappropriate, it is a real foul bomb or something. I mean, many people will think this is a gas, but you know people can sometimes not get into the spirit of things. When two brothers go to spend the night together at their […]

Finding wings

Bird by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood

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Through the site that I get most of my online readers, I found several older titles. And by older I mean as far back as even 2002. The publisher was reissuing a few things I was assuming, but that is always fun as you never know what you will find. One of those books, that I almost did not read, was Bird by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. This was one from 2017. This book was at first something that seemed […]

Teamwork ain’t always dreamwork

Control Freaks by J.E. Thomas

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The novel Control Freaks by J.E. Thomas has been said to be (via the publisher description) “What if Louis Sachar’s Wayside School were a little less wacky (but is as funny).” I am not sure if that fits this story, but I would say “What if a book that deals with super smart kids was set in middle school, where STEM is the core and things are a bit wacky.” And the students include: one who is called The Shark, one who is always changing […]



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