Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Hard book to write about, easy book to read

Worried Whippet: A Book of Bravery (For Adults and Kids Struggling with Anxiety) by Jess Bolton

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Worried Whippet: A Book of Bravery (For Adults and Kids Struggling with Anxiety) by Jess Bolton is a cozy story about how a whippet learns to find the balance between afraid and not afraid, needing an indoor/sleeping like a cushion day and walking outside in the world with its “dangers”, and the fear of new experiences. Sweet illustrations show the adventures and misadventures (stolen chips anyone?) Written in the English of the UK (chips means French fries), though available, was read via an online reader […]

A street and community

Dear Street by Lindsay Zier-Vogel

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I read Dear Street some time back. I enjoyed it, but it was not a “wow best book ever.” However, as I was going through my saved online reader links recently, I found it again. And out of all the ones I was looking at (around a couple dozen or so) there were only a few still active. Therefore, I took it as a sign to read it again. And therefore, while it is available, the Lindsay Zier-Vogel and Caroline Bonne-Muller (illustrated by) book was […]

My sister the elephant

The Secret Elephant : Inspired By a True Story of Friendship by Ellan Rankin

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You have heard of Winnie The Pooh and Wojtek the Bear from Brothers In Arms but did you know about the elephant named Sheila? (Or Violet? As I’m finding conflicting accounts, yet I’m going with Sheila as that is what is in The Secret Elephant : Inspired By a True Story of Friendship by Ellan Rankin.) Despite the name difference, the story is one of heroism at another level. And maybe a little silliness. Our young elephant is by themselves, except for their zookeeper. The […]

Dad, me and the solar eclipse makes three

Eclipse by Andy Rash

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If you get the chance to read Eclipse by Andy Rash before April 8, 2024, please do. However, my store is having issues with trying to locate copies (this was read via an online copy). Still it will be great after the events. The idea is simple: a boy learns about a solar eclipse in his area. He finds out the exact location closest to him) that will be in the direct path of it. His dad okays them going, they pack their bags, go […]

Home, Very Sweet, Home

A Peculiar Haunted House by Paul Czajak

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I have had the opportunity to read A Peculiar Haunted House by Paul Czajak a few times now (it is due mid August 2024) via online reader copies. And each time I think it gets better. The idea is simple: a house on the street is too peculiar for anyone to live in. In fact it probably is haunted. Spoiler: It is!  Because every time someone moves in and tries to remodel and change things about,  the house will not have anything to do with […]

This school has spirit

Spirited V02 Go, Ghoul, Go! by Liv Livingston

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The one thing I have with sequels is that if I read them too far apart, I forget parts of book one/the book(s) before. And that happened with  Spirited V02 Go, Ghoul, Go! by Liv Livingston and Glass House Graphics. I mean, I remembered that Liv is the only living person (if you don’t count the werewolves and creatures of the swamp and such, I don’t count vampires) in a school of mostly ghosts. I remembered that she has two good friends, a “mean-girl” in […]



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