Cannonball Read 18

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Cats, Ninja and a turnip called Jack

Kitten Ninja  by Colleen AF Venable

Lila and the Jack-O'-Lantern: Halloween Comes to America by Nancy Churnin

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I like Halloween, kittens, and graphic novels. I found two different books that fit all categories, but in stages; neither has all the things I like.  I read both via on line and both are future publications, though the second is due late September 2024 so soon. Kitten Ninja by Colleen AF Venable and Marcie Colleen is a graphic novel I read online. It is due in late February 2024, but will be worth the wait. It is a cute, younger aimed book for those who […]

Eat Meat Or Not

Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir by Michael Anthony

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Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir is a very pro vegetarian/vegan lifestyle memoir. There are intense images of animal abuse/cruelty as well as human death, blood, and talk of war. I wonder what Chai Simone (illustrator) was thinking  when they were asked to do this graphic novel. Because for them this was a debut and they are being asked to create images of slaughtering animals, missing limbs on humans and a guy barfing in a toilet holding a giant bong. There is also mention of […]

A couple of treats

Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar

The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story by Aya Khalil

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As I mentioned in a previous review I like picture books about different cultures, and I have been reading a lot of reader copies online, even though both titles I am going to mention are available for physical copy-owning I might just get a physical copy of Sugar in Milk as Khoa Le’s illustrations are wild, fun colors, details, and expressive in all ways. They are supporters of the story and their own characters. This Thrity Umrigar tale is a delightful, thoughtful and relatable story […]

I thought grandfathers were supposed to be cuddly

The Inventor Vol. 1: The Dangerous Discovery by Lars Henrik Eriksen

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Online reader copies have slowly gotten into my reading “pile” for books. Well, one site has and it is dangerous! Dangerous! But then I got an email from Papercutz. Oh how I enjoy them, but how I grumble at the fact they too are online. Unless I want to wait until the end of January 2024/early February 2024 for The Inventor Vol. 1: The Dangerous Discovery. Which, I did not. As it is, it will be hard enough to wait for volume two of this […]

Bear arms

Brothers In Arms: A True World War II Story of Wojtek the Bear and the Soldiers Who Loved Him by Susan Hood

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We all know about Winnie the Pooh and what they did for the Canadian army and British literature. But did you know the Polish army had Wojtek the Bear (or Private Wojtek Mis aka: Private Wojtek Teddy Bear)? A young bear cub was purchased by a soldier so a woman named Irena (Inka) Bokiewicz could care for it. However, she quickly learned it would become 500 pounds and even at the small size he was when found, he was already causing too much trouble. He […]

Reading out of order

Mystery at the Aquarium (Volume 1) (OceanX Adventures) by Kate B. Jerome

Animal Rescue Friends: Friends Fur-Ever: Volume 2 by Gina Loveless

Animal Rescue Friends (Volume 1) by Jana Tropper

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Sometimes if you read a series out of order, you are fine, others you get lost. Thankfully these three titles, when read out of order, were not too difficult to follow for me as an adult. And in fact, even kid readers wouldn’t be too put off by out of order reading.  However, I do recommend reading in the order the author meant for you to read them. Yet, had I read Mystery at the Aquarium (Volume 1) (OceanX Adventures) by Kate B. Jerome before […]



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