Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Getting the beat

Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes

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Recently, Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Theodore Taylor III found itself on my reading pile again. However, I was a few pages in before I realized I had read it before. It was funny how a book that I had enjoyed had been forgotten, but even though I had plenty of other things to read, it felt like a good idea to read again instead of moving onto something else. This reading allowed the story to become a bit […]

Probably the way I found this book was more interesting to me than the book

Marigold and Rose by Louise Gluck

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Honestly, I am not really sure what I read.  Marigold and Rose by Louise Gluck is not in my usual wheelhouse. First it is an adult book, not a kids book and second, it is a mixture of unusual prose poetry and a regular novel. Go ahead and call me unsophisticated if you wish. I’m good with that. Not every book is meant for everyone and not everyone is meant for every book. I would say that the book has two main layers to it. […]

Birthday Cupcakes Gone Bad!

Forsynthia V01: Rise of the Cupcakes   by Rachel DiNunzio

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Working in an independent bookstore has a lot of perks. One is that you get emails telling you BOOK X is coming out! Request a reader’s copy today! And when I got an email telling me that Forsynthia V01: Rise of the Cupcakes  by Rachel DiNunzio was available I emailed the rep and asked if they had a finished copy. And they happily sent me one. Therefore, I read via a physical reader’s copy and glad I did. An online version would not have had […]

Lion, the deer, and it’s family

Missing You by Phellip Willian

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When you see a cute cover like Missing You has you might think you are getting one thing. A cute story about….Something cute. If it was going to be “heavier” as the word missing implies,  I assumed maybe it was about a friend who moved away, or a friend/family member who lives a long way off, or even something a bit more serious like a grandparent who passed away but not overly “intense” or “deep” to read about. I did not expect to have Phellip […]

The Wild Ones

Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey

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I would have enjoyed Susanna Bailey’s Snow Foal a lot when I was about ages 10 to 14. I would have liked the free spirit of the main character, how she struggles to be independent, how she needs to go home, and how she learns home can be where the heart is, even if it does not always include all the people you love. As an adult, I still appreciated most things, but sometimes Addie’s attitude left  little something to be desired. The other characters […]

Writing for you and me and herself

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy

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I have not read a lot of Huda Fahmy’s works, but what I do know is that they are an important voice in today’s literary world. Not because she is a woman or because she is Muslim, but because she is someone who is writing about experiences we all face.  I picked up Huda F Are You? (by the way, her mother hates the title) because I found an autographed copy. And while I thought Fahmy would focus more on her religious relationship, the story […]



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