Cannonball Read 18

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These sheep are fantastic and don’t make me itch from their fabulous wool

The Rainbow Sheep by David Hayward

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There are no real surprises on the pages of The Rainbow Sheep by David Hayward (recently published in May 2026, read via an online reader copy). But that does not matter. It is just a nice book with fun illustrations that tells you “Be the Rainbow Sheep.” Or the purple sheep, or the blue and pink sheep, or the black sheep, or the white sheep. If you have been online the last few years, you have probably seen Jesus holding one of the rainbow sheep. […]

‘The Idea Is, Even if I Do Explode, I’m Only Going to Be a Risk to Sheep’

Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

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Been a while! I can’t believe that we are at now ten books into the Rivers of London series. This is another one of those urban fantasy-slash-detective series that I’ve been enjoying over the years. And like some of the others, Rivers of London has 1) experienced a bit of a gap between novels (three years) and 2) reached a bit of a pivotal point in the over-reaching narrative.  Let’s get the biggest thing out of the way first: Stone and Sky is a Rivers […]

Sheep go “KERBOOOOOM!”

Before & After by Matthew Thomas

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Bingo 16: Fauna So for me, this book is basically what Good Omens would have been had it been set in 1999 (ie end of the world/millennium references abound) and written by Terry Pratchett exclusively. I have nothing against Neil Gaiman, but he definitely has the darker tone and less openly funny humor (ie no humorous footnotes). Before & After is essentially Good Omens, except it stars an approximately 500-year old history professor who may have used to the name Nostradamus in his earlier years, […]

A Sweet Pea & Friends book

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A Farm for Maisie is the third title in the Sweet Pea & Friends series. These books by John and Jennifer Churchman tell the story of their farm and the animals that live there. Each story is told from the viewpoint of the animals. Their humanistic thoughts, feelings and fears come together within the text and photographs. The first, Sweet Pea & Friends is The Sheepover. It was a big hit at my bookstore. The customers like the sweet, fanciful story of animals and what […]



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