Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Circe: Not the One from Game of Thrones

Circe by Madeline Miller

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Circe by Madeline Miller My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you’ve read The Odyssey before you may remember that Circe’s island is where Odysseus’ crew is turned into pigs but using his charm, Odysseus is able to undo the charm and ultimately gain aid from Circe. In the abridged version I teach in my freshman English class, Circe’s island is one of the few events that survived the abridging process. Circe, the book, provides a complete picture of who the character is from birth […]

I’m Not a Fan of Short Stories; This Collection Changed My Mind

Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

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Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first came across the title of this book when looking for authors for my Native American Heritage Month bulletin board for my class. My wife read it before me and really liked it. She likes short stories more than I do, but said that there were some really great stories that made reading the whole collection worthwhile. Even though it’s a collection of short stories, there are common ties amongst them […]

Hawkeye Learns to Set His Pride Aside

Hawkeye, Vol. 6: Hawkeyes by Jeff Lemire

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Hawkeye, Volume 6: Hawkeyes by Jeff Lemire My rating: 4 of 5 stars This volume takes us to the point where Clint and Kate go their separate ways. The plot is laid out in flash backs and forwards in time. This volume has more of Kate’s background than Clint’s. It feels like there needs to be one more volume to tie the three together. The main plot of this volume is project Communion. We see Clint and Kate on a mission for Maria Hill of […]

Great Guide to the Most Magically Stress-inducing Theme Park

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2020 by Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa

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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2020 by Bob Sehlinger My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having read “The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando Resort” several times and had a successful trip to UOR, I decided it was time to see what advice they had for a trip to Walt Disney World. I wasn’t disappointed. This book is quite thick considering there’s four parks that comprise WDW as well as an abriged section on UOR (apparently a lot of people make UOR a part […]

A Volume That Shows the Power of Graphic Novels

Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye by Jeff Lemire

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Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye by Jeff Lemire My rating: 5 of 5 stars This volume cuts deep. We start out with Barney and Clint catching frogs. Cut to them arriving at home anxious because their foster father will get home and won’t like that they’ve not cut the grass. Inferring here, the boys are in the foster system because their parents died. Also they live in Iowa. I find it interesting that a lot of these characters either come from New York or the […]

John Wayne Meets Marvel

Hawkeye, Volume 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction

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Hawkeye, Volume 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction My rating: 4 of 5 stars This volume is dark and gritty. We meet Barney Barton, Clint’s brother as he comes into town. Unbeknownst to him, he’s walking into a firestorm. The trouble brewing between the Tracksuit Draculas, the Clown, and Clint is coming to a head. Barney is Clint’s older brother. We get flashbacks to their childhood and learn that Barney is the one who taught Clint to fight. Their father was abusive and it was […]



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