Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Our Universe

Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit

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Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit is an interesting book due to the different layers it has. First, it is an adoption story. Sophie has lived with “”My Michael” since she was three. And this is why she calls him what she does and his mother “Our Julia.” But the second level is he is a “real” parent as he does the things all good parents do, takes care of her when she is sick, helps her clean up messes, and […]

Family, traditions, loss, home

Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe

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I needed more than the sixty-odd pages in the graphic novel, Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe. I needed to see more about the family, the relationships, the other women who have gone missing. I needed to see the community. I need to see what is being done to locate our character. And yet, that is the point. We do not always get that neat bow to tie the story up. There is no happy ever after for Chelsea and so many girls […]

Finding Happy

The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen

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The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen was a book I had on my TBR for awhile now. I didn’t know what to expect, except it was a graphic novel and would have some type of magic in it. And in the short run, that is what it is all about: A girl finds a magical shop, magical things happen, she makes magical friends. Yet, there is a bit more. It is about how and why the girl is in need of a magical shop. […]

More toymakers for the children!

Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal

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cbr16bingo  Bollywood (child lives in a village of India and the author is from Mumbai, India)   Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal is something that one needs to experience themselves. I can say it is about Asha and her father in India. I can say that she is a young girl whose father wants her to study hard, not worry about money (that is his job to raise money so she can go to school) and have the opportunities that he did not […]

A satisfying journey

The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

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I can’t remember the last time I read a Jennifer Weiner book. It’s probably been twenty years! She’s not exactly my current cup of tea (murder, murder, kidnapping that leads to murder, mystery, murder, etc). I think I heard her getting interviewed on npr and the topic just spoke to my soul, so I knew I had to read this book. The gist of this book is about a girl who lives in a larger body, has some issues with that body (both in her […]

Diversity

What Rosa Brought by Jacob Sager Weinstein

Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long by Liz Kleinrock

Once Upon a Sari by Zenia Wadhwani

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Recently I posted on my Facebook page a couple images from books I was promoting that day. One was a book I had posted here before, The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story, by Aya Khalil and the other What Rosa Brought by Jacob Sager Weinstein. Considering current events, I wanted to promote love, positivity and acceptance.  And I cannot think of two better books to show this. Except maybe Once Upon a Sari by Zenia Wadhwani. Or Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays […]



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