Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This book scared the bejeezus out of me!

Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell

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BINGO PANDEMIC I don’t know why I chose to read this book during a pandemic that already had me on edge.  Maybe because it had been on my bedside table for so long that I decided its turn had come.  Maybe because I was looking for something besides the usual mystery escapism I had been reading.  Either way, I am glad I read this, even though as a parent of middle schoolers, it terrified me. Ms. Fagell is a school counselor at a well known […]

Good Mystery with a Common Theme

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

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BINGO THE ROARING 20s This is the third Lord Peter Wimsey novel, but it does not matter what order you read them in (although in the first book you get a good sense of Lord Wimsey which helps one to understand who he is and where he is coming from).  Basically, he is a bored, rich, second son of a Duke who befriends a Scotland Yard detective and fancies himself an sleuth.  Always cleverer than the police, and due to his title he is able […]

Sassy Girl Detective

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

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BINGO GREEN I love me a good mystery novel and I love, love, love the heroine/main character in this book, Flavia DeLuce.  Flavia is the 11 year old youngest daughter of  Colonel DeLuce, the head of the county seat/manor.  Flavia has two older sisters who torment her as much as possible (Ophelia is boy obsessed and Daphne is book obsessed).  But Flavia, who is chemistry obsessed and spends her time in the old Victorian chemistry lab in her home learning about poisons, gives as good […]

Adapt or Die

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

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BINGO MONEY! I admit that I chose to read this book because I needed something for the Money! bingo square.  I could have used my “read whatever you want” option, but I figured I would save that just in case.  I really like baseball though, so I figured that this book might not be a bad choice.  I was right. Having just watched the World Series between the LA Dodgers (a very high payroll team which means they can afford to get top expensive players), […]

I wish I was at Hogwarts

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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BINGO I WISH This is another review by Lala, the 11 year old.  She is the biggest Harry Potter fan and chose this book to review for the Bingo I Wish category, because who doesn’t wish they could be at Hogwarts? My favorite book in the Harry Potter series is the 1st one, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone if you are reading the American version).  I like this book best because it is the beginning.  It sets up all of the […]

Pride and Prejudice Meets Bollywood

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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BINGO RED Let me start by saying that I love Jane Austen novels, and I especially love Pride and Prejudice. I love that book so much that I will read any remix of the novel, and I have read several. This has to be by far my favorite to date. First of all, I think I may have found a Mr. Darcy who is better than, or at least as good as, Colin Firth. And I don’t say that lightly because any P&P fan knows […]



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