Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Water, water every where you look and everything to see

The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire

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I missed the morning meeting where my coworker mentioned the book The Underwater Welder as part of her book review, but the in the minutes she mentioned that Jeff Lemire’s book was one that she had reread as it was one of her favorite books. And though I only read the minutes, there was something about those few words, and the fact I know some of her reading style, her passion about books, that made me ask to borrow her copy. I put it aside […]

The language we say and don’t say

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

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The Shape of Thunder is a 3.5 rating instead of a three or four (I am not sure what I will put as my rating officially as I’m writing out a draft before posting). This is because I was looking for “something” that never came about in this Jasmine Warga middle grade reader (around ages 10 to 14, but younger (and older) could read). The story alternates chapters with the two main characters, Cora and Quinn. They were best friends until “the event” and Cora […]

Two books, one review and lots of love

Extraordinary Albert by Bonnie Grubman

The Boy in the Orange Cape by Adam Ciccio

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Both stories of this review are books that are about being different and acceptance. The execution and the endings are different, but their results are the same: both characters who are different are accepted, one by his peers and the other of himself. The Boy in the Orange Cape had intrigued me because I am thinking: Why is he wearing the cape? I looked at the cover, read the description and when the opportunity can to get a copy, I jumped on it. I will […]

Took the subway, changed his life

Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio

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Our Subway Baby is an adorable story! Peter Mercurio tells the story how he and his partner literally found and adopted a baby and within months became parents.  One day, Mercurio’s partner, Danny, was in the subway and noticed what looked like a doll wrapped up in a corner. And when he got closer, he noticed that it was not a doll but a baby. The police, foster care and a one sympathetic judge later, a baby makes a Papa Pete and Daddy Danny. That […]

Sheep trying to take control of things, tricksters, talking dogs and a few other things

Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic by Thom Pico

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Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic is a cute and fun graphic novel. However, it is definitely the sequel to Aster and the Accidental Magic. To help you understanding the pieces of this puzzle, you really should read the first book to understand the twists and turns of this section one. Thom Pico is continuing the misadventures of one gal named Aster. Forced to move to the middle of nowhere for her mother’s work, Aster learns that there is magic in dem darn hills…and dogs and […]

Good thing I’m not allergic to books, but if I was, I’d still read this!

Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

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While the story on the surface of Allergic: A Graphic Novel sounds simple, there is also the complicity of learning of an illness and the result of it being “not fair” to the person dealing with the situation. There is also the typical growing up issues of siblings, friendship, and fear issues. All of it will come to a head by the end and while it might seem overwhelming our heroine, Maggie, finds a way. Megan Wagner Lloyd’s story is an old one (coming to […]



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