Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Best read with tissues handy

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

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Everything I Never Told You isn’t the type of book I normally read, and nor was it what I expected at all – thinking I was getting some kind of murder mystery, what I got was a quietly devastating portrayal of a family hurting from all of its repressed hopes, dreams, desires and resentments. Lydia, the beloved eldest child of Marilyn and James Lee, is found dead in the lake near their home. Blond haired blue eyed Marilyn had always wanted to become a doctor, […]

Books to buy with gift cards: Picture books

Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone by Michelle Meadows

Simon at the Art Museum by Christina Soontornvat

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I would say these two books would be great Holiday presents, and they are, but since it is December 24, they will not make it in time (unless your local independent together bookstore has them). Therefore, when you get your gift cards to that same store, you can go and look for them instead. Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn doing illustrations.  The only reason I am giving this a four and not a five is […]

BFL: Big Friendly Leviathan (Or not)

Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell

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Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell was a bit of a hard sell for me (okay got that out of my system). It is by the author of a book I felt was “Okay. Not OKAY!” (A small difference, but one nonetheless.) But I was in the mood for something that felt easy but knew would not be just fluffy and Doodleville seemed to fit. And the theme of dealing with the fears and emotions of one girl was not fluffy. But it was not “heavy” […]

Sorry, I’m just not the audience

Above All Else by Dana Alison Levy

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Dana Alison Levy might be a lovely person; but as I do not know them personally, I cannot say one way or the other. However, I am sure I do not like her characters in Above All Else. In fact, I am disliking them so much, I just cannot finish this book. I am very glad I was able to get this in an e-reader format because even keeping my uncle (the logger) in a job would not ease my soul for taking the life […]

Battle on my Cousin!

13th Street V01 Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats by David Bowels

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There are three kids on the cover of this book. One is being carried off by a giant bat. I think it is safe to say, when one sees this, they can assume this is going to be a fantasy novel. I would even assume that it would be a fantasy mystery (after all why is there a giant bat, why are the people running and why is the girl wearing a yellow duck floaty around her waist?). And Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats, the […]

Just breathe, Juliet, just breathe

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

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Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera has been on my radar for awhile now. However, it always seemed daunting. Perhaps it was the subject, perhaps the length of the book itself or just the fact I am not in an actual novel reading mood this year. Therefore, when I saw that it was going to be in a graphic novel format, I preordered my copy. It was going to be illustrated by Celia Moscote (an illustrator I was unfamiliar with), but the cover gave […]



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