Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Friends stick together

Sloth & Moth: A Better-Together Friendship by Helen Taylor

by Leave a Comment

Lately (and I have probably mentioned this before), I am finding books that I think are not the books for me so I pass them by without giving them a huge chance. I did this with Sloth & Moth: A Better-Together Friendship by Helen Taylor and illustrated by Gavin Scott. It was not because it was an online reader copy (the book is due mid April 2026) or even the cover was not grabbing me. I just was not in the mood to read another […]

She loves moths, people!

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

by Leave a Comment

As a kid, I hated bugs. I feared many of them. But for some reason, in junior high, I fell in love with Gene Stratton-Porter’s A Girl of the Limberlost. I recently remembered how I’d re-read my favorite scenes aloud, imagining myself as the lead girl. But for the life of me I couldn’t remember anything else about it, so I decided a re-read was in order. The book was written in 1909, and is a companion to Freckles, which I have not read. This caused some […]

Old idea, new presentation

Papilio by Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser and Corey R. Tabor

by Leave a Comment

The concept of coming of age is told through the eyes of a butterfly in Papilio. Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor created a unique read (the coming of age concept) but still is a book about a butterfly and its life cycle. We follow Papilio from the changes they have from egg to a falling (though feels like flying) caterpillar, to an actual flying butterfly. Told in three “chapters” these sections show us the stages of going from caterpillar, to caterpillar […]

Harry Potter Goes to Ms Peregrine’s

by 2 Comments

I was reminded of a cross between Hogwarts and Miss Peregrine’s schools. After her mother catches her floating in her sleep, Amy is sent to an all-girls boarding school, Drearcliff-Grange, that she discovers is actually intended for girls with special abilities like her, and/or daughters of famous criminals, scientists, and magicians. The school is divided up into houses as in Harry Potter, but unlike Harry Potter, these houses are named for Shakesperean ladies: Viola, Goneril, Desdemona, Tamora, and Ariel (even though Prospero’s spirit is referred […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo