Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Hug me once, then hug me twice; Then hug me once again

One Hug by Katrina Moore

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I have been on a picture book binge. I need a little something to read, but not too difficult to process. Not to say picture books are simple, but I needed something that would take my mind off current events, personal issues and such. It does not take a lot of effort to read one, but you never know what gem you will be able to find. I picked up One Hug the other night. Katrina Moore’s story is a sweet, rhyming story about family […]

Reading isn’t always a good idea while wearing eyeliner

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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When she was 15, Laurel Mack’s beautiful daughter (and favourite child) Ellie left the house to go to the library and never returned. Written off as a runaway by the police, in the years since Laurel has lost what was left of her family – divorcing her husband as she couldn’t stand how he was able to get on with things, and withdrawing emotionally from her surviving son and daughter due to her inability to deal with her own grief. Getting through her days by […]

Hop along Teetu

The Bold, Brave Bunny by Beth Ferry

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“B is for Brave; B is for Bold. B is not only for … bunnies!” And we see the bold bunny Teetu show us how he can be brave, how much beauty there is in the world, how one bunny can make a book and how there is no place like home even if there are so many bunnies it is not funny. Beth Ferry’s The Bold, Brave Bunny is simple, but far from simplistic. There are some grand details with Chow Hon Lam’s illustrations, […]

What is happening?

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

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I’m not even sure where to start with this one. Typically, I would summarize the plot, but I’m not sure I know what happened. I may have fallen asleep and missed something, but I’ll give it a whirl – A quirky family of six live in a house. Their family seems to revolve around their Easter celebration, until one year, tragedy strikes. Mother and Father divorce. They split the house in two and Father moves next door. Mother invites her girlfriend and her child to […]

Sugar, Spice, and Things that go Bump in the Night

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

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Helen Oyeyemi is an expert in pulling back the cobwebs from the old trunk in the attic, shaking out the goods within, and daring you to take a good strong look. She weaves familiar fairly tales with Yoruba folktales, inter-generational family strife, and good old fashioned 21st century anxiety. In her most recent novel, Gingerbread, she leaves spicy breadcrumbs of Hansel and Gretel, the Gingerbread Man, and many other traditional tales. I was also strongly reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Orsinian Tales. Oyeyemi’s characters present […]

Snow books to cozy up with

Snow Globe Wishes by Erin Dealey

Snow Much Fun! by Nancy Siscoe

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Regardless if it is snowing or not, this time of year I see and occasionally want to read, books about snow. And because it is that time of year, there are all types of books that fit the bill. But two new ones I found recently was, Snow Globe Wishes and Snow Much Fun! Both books are adorable looking but fell a little short for my personal enjoyment. However, I know that there are several people out there who are looking for these exact two […]



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