Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Born in December of 1964 in a hospital that is now a school. Often sad, sometimes happy. Large vocabulary but can't spell. Fancies himself a romantic but doesn't like to plan. Divorced, 2 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog. Glasses. Liked all the alternative bands in the '80s before you even heard about them. Has shaken hands with Tony Bennett and Nelson Mandela. Procrastinator. Good sense of humor. Has been to Peru. Has raised rabbits. Has a degree in Zoology and works as a graphic designer.

Cabinderada's Reviews:

Fables on the Run

Fox 8 by George Saunders

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This short and entertaining tale by the author of the (honestly, so much better) Lincoln on the Bardo goes by at a fast clip. Accompanied by cute fox drawings by Chelsea Cardinal, Fox 8 tells the story of Fox 8, a quick-learning inquisitive fox who learns to speak and read “yuman” by watching a family as they go about their daily business. As civilization begins to encroach on their forest home and the food supply begins to dwindle, Fox 8 (one of many numbered foxes […]

Dancing About Architecture is Still Hard

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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Written from the point of view of a down-on-her-luck former guitarist who got kicked out of a heavy metal band on the verge of breaking, We Sold Our Souls follows our protagonist, Kris Pulaski, as she attempts to come to grips with the success of her band’s former lead singer. Compounding the normal issues of self-pity, misogyny and imposter syndrome is a nagging feeling about lost time on the night that they signed their intellectual property contract, removing her, the drummer and the other guitarist […]

Bats gets a dose of Karma from Shiva

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Picked this up at the library and enjoyed it. Cassandra Cain alias Orphan is a very interesting character in the DC Rebirth Universe and this particular graphic novel expands her character for the first time since her intro back in the Batman: Eternal books. Ras Al Ghul shows up to make veiled hints about things that he is up to and Cassandra gets a mother. Everybody gets beat up and our heroes save the day. Looks like this particular series is going down a magic […]

Great little book, Stupid name

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I love Catherynne Valente’s prose. She is just plain brilliant. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why they decided to call this book “Six-Gun Snow White” when hundreds of other, non-cheesier titles were available. Written in cornpone dialogue in 3rd person, this book reads like someone transcribed a story by Gabby Hayes. All the things you might be looking for in a western reboot of the Snow White Myth are slightly here. Very well done and entertaining. Ending is kind of […]

A Liar walks into a Castle and finds a Monty Python Sketch

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I really enjoyed this book – until the end. It has a very whimsical nature and what reads like (in my mind, at least) a very dry, British humor. The audiobook of this should be a gas. I love the way that DeWitt has written the dialogue between the characters. It has a very cinematic flow that made it a joy to read, all arched eyebrows and nuanced looks. While not a capital-F Fantasy, this is still sort of in that realm, but shoulders into […]

A saddening letdown with a few bright spots

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I didn’t know anything about this series but when I saw it on the shelf I got very excited. Unfortunately, the graphic novel did not live up to any of my expectations. Slapdash and far too cutesy for my liking, I was hoping for grand mythmaking on the level of Gaiman’s Sandman series but it just wasn’t up to the task. There IS a good story in here but the writers and artists just couldn’t pull it together.



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