Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Three books of fun

Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

Not a Bean by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

Not a Dog by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

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While doing some browsing of the 2025 online readers I have access to, I found a few “not a series-series.” One series was about having a crazy parent (a mermaid and unicorn) or an odd teacher (a T-Rex dinosaur) and then I found another not a series-series about science. The first series was fiction and I also wanted a non-fiction book, so I was lucky I found both. The second series was found when I looked at a cover that was an axolotl. Yes! I […]

Building bridges

The Paper Bridge by Joelle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh

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One morning I opened my emails to find a Floris Books email saying I was a winner from the Grabbing a Galley from the Publishers Weekly campaign and there was an online link that was in the email. It hadn’t been that long since I had entered, but I had forgotten the titles I had hoped for. Therefore it was Christmas and I was opening the book present I always love getting. This one was the picture book, The Paper Bridge created by Joelle Veyrenc, […]

Great Nature Story; Odd Personal Story

Island of Dreams by Dan Boothby

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Best for: Fans of nature writing that also has a background story. In a nutshell: Author Boothby became fascinated by author Gavin Maxwell and the life he lived in Scotland, and spent time living where he did. Worth quoting: “…a genius doesn’t necessarily make for an easy person to live with or to know.” “For once in my life I knew what it was to have purpose. Up until then, my life had been goal-orientated, which is all very well, but once you achieve a […]

My Name Is Brave

My Name Is Brave: LGBTQIA+ by William Anthony

My Name Is Brave: The Environment by William Anthony

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My Name Is Brave: LGBTQIA+  by William Anthony (due January 2025) is a nice book and a good introduction on LGBT+ issues, but it has been done before. You could find this information in almost any book on the subject. However, the addition of showing how the reader can partake in helping this or another cause they need to be brave for, is good.  The mixture of photographs and drawing bring to life a handful of advocates. In a few pages each we see a transgender […]

A stone is a journey across history

A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth

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A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth and Marc Martin is a picture book about how a “stone” is formed. But it is not done with dry facts, but with a more poetic nature. We follow from before time (almost) to today and “you” the reader finding a piece of that original item.  I did not find things WOW, but I did find them enjoyable. If you are looking for a factual book, this does have that at the end, but within the […]

I don’t know what the excitement is all about. It’s not like sharks attack people or anything….

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916: A Graphix Book by Lauren Tarshis and adapted by Georgia Ball

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I set myself two goals this year. One was to read a book a day (it averages out to that, but I actually didn’t read a book every day), and the second was to do 12 Cannonballs. As of this review I have 26 books to go… We’ll see! So, one of the ways I was trying to read a book a day was to do simple books. Not books that were simplistic (See Jane. See Dick. See Dick and Jane), but easier reads, fun […]



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