Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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I haven’t finished but still had thoughts

Mutant Cats, Volume 1 by Matthew Medney, Morgan Rosenblum, and Alex Arizmendi

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I hadn’t even finished the first five pages of Mutant Cats, Volume 1 and I was wondering if I should finish it. Or even if I could. There were some nasty images on those first few pages and I was just finishing up a tuna sandwich, so things in the ol’ tum were becoming not happy (totally ruined my lunch,  too). Yet, I said, give it a chapter.  Well, I finished that chapter and decided I’ll do my best to finish it as it had […]

From India to Israel

The Blue Butterfly of Cochin by Ariana Mizrahi & Siona Benjamin (Illustrator)

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I like finding out things that might not be familiar to me, or to the majority of people if it is presented in a fun way, as I do not care for “just the facts” and “dry textbooks.”  I like things like The Blue Butterfly of Cochin by Ariana Mizrahi and illustrated by Siona Benjamin. (Currently available, I read this via an online reader copy). I like taking a fictional story and basing it in the facts to make it relatable to the reader.  This […]

Leif’s green thumb and big heart

Leif's Gift by Michael Wang

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Do you like plants? I like plants. Now, plants on the other hand, they probably don’t like me. I had problems keeping a cactus alive. Not to mention a few of my faux plants have seen better days. But I will read books about plants and people who like plants instead. Like in Leif’s Gift by Michael Wang and illustrated by Lenny Wen. Read via an online reader, this book due in June 2025 is one you will want to preorder now as it will become […]

Careful what you wish for

The Knitting Witch: A Spellbinding Tale of Magic and Mischief by Norma Kassirer

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Ivy Lou is a wealthy child who is given everything by her overindulgent parents, in The Knitting Witch: A Spellbinding Tale of Magic and Mischief. However, if they say “no” or even hesitate, Ivy Lou has three tantrums she can use to get her way. One day a witch (hence the title) shows up, promising the one thing Ivy Lou’s parents cannot buy (friends for Ivy Lou). But as the woman is a witch, things do not go as hoped and Ivy Lou gets a […]

The next cooking book but without the Jem Milton connection

Cooking with Monsters Volume 1 The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa

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adventureAt first, I thought Cooking with Monsters Volume 1 The Beginner’s Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong was going to be a little scary as they are fighting monsters. And it looked older than what it turned out to be, so I was expecting mature death scenes. I thought it was going to be way more serious than it really is. But in the end, the only thing I can say is this graphic novel is:  Over. The. Top. The end.  Yet, […]

Start of the cooking theme and a Jem Milton connection

Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm

Hunger Heart V01 by Jem Milton

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Recently I picked up two books about food and a social theme. I thought that it would be fun to do a review of “food books,” only to realize that they have a same author/illustrator as well, so it made sense that these graphic novels would have similar themes. And as Jem Milton’s style really says “I am a Jem of a book,” the illustrations connected as well. I will start with Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm, Jem Milton and Micah Myers. First, not […]



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