Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Sisters and Cake (I’ll take the cake, thanks)

Starla Jean V02 Starla Jean Takes the Cake by Elana K. Arnold

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There is nothing like starting book two of a series and not realizing it! Which is what happened to me with Starla Jean Takes the Cake (volume two) by Elana K. Arnold. But the thing is, I did not realize that until after I finished and saw that the name had volume 2 on it. That shows, that while it probably would have been a good idea to read book one, it is not needed. In book two, Starla Jean has a pet chicken named […]

Nobody talks like parents to the hippie neighbors

My Parents Won’t Stop Talking! by Emma Hunsinger

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When a little girl is ready to go play in the park, nothing will stop her. Nothing, that is but her next-door neighbors who always have to talk to her two moms. Oh sure, her little brother does not seem to understand the dire need to “get going” but she does. And while she tries to be the best “waiter” ever, she knows My Parents Won’t Stop Talking! until the talking is done and that could take a very long time and is not sure […]

Don’t toss your baby brother around on the moon

Molly on the Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

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When Molly moves to the Moon, she is going to live in such a small home that she can only bring one toy with her, her special soft toy lamb. But that does not stop our Molly on the Moon from having fun. She has some tin cans for having tea, an old cover for a cape and her imagination. However, one day that special toy goes missing only to be found in the clutches of Molly’s baby brother, Luke, (who since the gravity is […]

Guess my house is named Priscilla

A Home Named Walter by Chelsea Lin Wallace

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Walter is a home. Or Walter was a home in A Home Named Walter. Well, he still is a home, just after his beloved family has moved out, he allowed himself to get rowdy, squeaky, rundown and dried up. One day a new child and her mother move in. Not only does the girl think this new situation feels “off” and “different,” so does Walter. He does not allow them to bake cookies in the oven, or he will slam the shutters closed. But with […]

Love, Me

Love, Z by Jessie Sima

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I am not completely familiar with the Robot Z, yet this book is familiar due to the theme. The simple question, “What is love?” is not as easy as Z would have hoped in Jessie Sima’s picture book Love, Z. But a wonderful journey later, Z finds that love might have been closer than they thought at first. A sweet, cozy story about family, friendship, and the real meaning of love. While this would have been a great Valentine’s Day book, it is also a […]

Bitter, Sweet, Love, Family

Hundred Years of Happiness by Thanhha Lai

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I had many emotions and thoughts while reading Hundred Years of Happiness. I was wondering the nationality of the family (you learn Vietnamese) as I was curious where the food came from and where the traditional represented (colors are important to cultures and I was wondering why white was not used).  Then, I would become emotional as I realized this is not really a happy story, but a bittersweet one about the love of a grandchild and grandparents. And where one grandparent, the grandmother, is […]



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