Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Looking for an “unrealistic YA rom-com where the fat girl gets the guy?” Well, it might be more realistic than you think.

Big Boned by Jo Watson

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I started Big Boned by Jo Watson sometime last fall. And it took me this long not because it was bad, the opposite actually, but I was only reading at lunch, was not reading every day and it just got away from me.  This weekend I had a few hours with nothing bothering me expect my friend’s cat occasionally giving me the stink eye as I was not petting him and sitting in his spot. What started off as a funny-without-be-lol-funny book would have its […]

Get the scooper, ’cause I got the scoop on a robo-dog and its girl

D-39: A Robodog’s Journey by Irene Latham

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I am not really a dog person, but something about the idea of D-39: A Robodog’s Journey was grabbing. Maybe the androgenous look of the character on the cover or the fact it was a robot dog and as far as I could remember I had never read a book with a robot dog. Maybe because it was free. But what kept me reading this novel by Irene Latham was two main things: first it was done in a poetic prose manner. But it was […]

Caution: Baby does more than Bite.

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage book is a highly recommended book. It is on lists of great thrillers. Banned books to read. And even for book groups. However, I am not totally a hundred percent sure why. I learned after starting it, several people had a variety of “not liking” comments. One person could not finish it. Others felt that while it was worth the read, but felt a few other titles were stronger. This mixed batch of love and eh was what I felt. […]

Watch out for angry mothers and murderous cults

Queen’s Favorite Witch V01 The Wheel of Fortune by Benjamin Dickson

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If Kiki the Witch and Harry Potter combined, you’d probably get the graphic novel, Queen’s Favorite Witch V01 The Wheel of Fortune.  It has an old school feeling, but also modern sensibilities. There is obviously a European flare to the tone (as it is set in Elizabethan era) but accessible for all readers.  It is not for those who are more sensitive, as there is an evil cult, a possible assassination attempt, death, and bullies. However, it is also seriously sweet and funny. Talking rats, […]

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories by Emei Burell

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We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories are snippets of the life of a woman who came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution. These stories come from Emei Burell’s mother, showing the world that a generation lived in. This was a world that started when the students of the late 1960s were leaving junior high/during high school and would end when they were in their late 20s and early 30s. Ten years of Burell’s mother’s life (ages 17 to 27) would be spent in the […]

One Not So Perfect, Perfect Day

Saturday by Oge Mora

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Saturday by Oge Mora is a brightly colored, slightly predictable ending, but over all a sweet story. This would be a good book to read if your own perfect Saturday plans had a few (or several) glitches to it. This is a cozy mother and daughter story. Ava waits all week for Saturday as her other works the other days of the week. We do see the names of the days spelled out for us, therefore, there is a little education tossed in, but the main story […]



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