Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


House hunters

Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears by Dai Yun

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  CBR15Passport country  Some days you are the book and some days you are the fly that gets swatted by the book. Or in other words, this book was flat for me. Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears had such potential. I was hoping for a folktale, or something humorous, by Dai Yun (adapted by Helen Mixter). But instead, it is just about these bears who move into the human world (who seems to find them rude and more annoying than anything […]

What a marvelous place to explore

Bompa’s Insect Expedition (David Suzuki Institute) by David Suzuki

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CBR15Passport country I had never heard of anyone calling their grandfather Bompa. Or at least not since I did it with one grandfather (though I went to calling them both grandpa after a spell). That might be the reason I wanted to read Bompa’s Insect Expedition (David Suzuki Institute). And probably why I liked it. Though it is a fun book, too. The grandfather in the story takes his grandchildren out and about on adventures and this book covers the different goodies nature has. But […]

I wrote a review about books I read

Diary of a Wimpy Kid V15 The Deep End by Jeff Kinney

Fairylight Friends V01 A Magic Spark by Jessica Young

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I know I can only use CBR15Passport own for one book, but I do own both of these titles Diary of a Wimpy Kid V15 The Deep End is one I picked up awhile back, and Fairylight Friends V01 A Magic Spark I have had a few copies of. This time, I read the one that came in a book of the month subscription I had. I think the other copy I read was from a return the store was (unfortunately) doing. Regardless of how […]

All in…

The Family by Naomi Krupitsky

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This book has received a lot of comparisons to Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend and the other works in that series. Let me clarify: I’ve tried to read Ferrante multiple times and just can’t land with her writing. I don’t know what it is. It’s got nothing to do with my months-long slump; I can’t connect with it. So I’ve heard a lot of people dismiss The Family because it’s a comparison that doesn’t measure up for them. If you’re a big Ferrante fan, you should know that going […]

You got kids? This book gots kids.

Stay My Baby by Lana Button

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This is a bouncy, rhyming, totally a first book for baby board book. Stay My Baby (due mid-September 2023) is about how a care giver (parent, grandparent, etc.) feels about this new bundle of joy that has come into their lives, or the toddler who is growing quickly. A book that works for first to fourth birthday gifts, but as it aimed towards the fact that the child is young and has big eyes that speak, a mouth that makes sounds, tiny feet that are […]

Don’t read this book if you’re hungry

Challah Day by Charlotte Offsay

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CBR15Passport New Author From kneading dough to gathering with family, we have a Challah Day. What is Challah? It is a bread for the Friday night Shabbat dinner. I did not know this, but learned about it, the culture of the family and the fun and love this family has in Charlotte Offsay’s story. Overall, this is a simple story of family and how they come together. It does not matter the holiday we celebrate; we all have these traditions and it Offsay shows us […]



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