Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Maybe I will read Red, White & Royal Blue after all…

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

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Why do I keep picking up books with so little research? I mean, it’s not the worst thing, but I would’ve read this sooner had I known that it was an unstuck-in-time scenario and not a traditional romance. 70’s lesbian gets trapped on the Q decades after her time and our merry band of queers has to figure out how to fix her conundrum, all while the girl who first discovers what’s going on falls for her? That’s a far better hook than standard cutesy […]

The eighth most important thing is telling people this is based on real events

The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall

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If this is based upon real life in some small sense, why not lead with that? Maybe I missed something stating that, but I don’t recall it. It wasn’t until I read the discussion from the author after the story was over that I came to realize how much of this was based in reality. Here I was thinking I was just getting something vaguely Fisher King-esque, only for kids. Little did I know, it was ripped from reality and spiced up with some narrative flair […]

Why does nobody talk about this series?

Fire Punch, Volume 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 2 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 3 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 4 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 5 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 6 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 7 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fire Punch, Volume 8 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

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Thank you, YouTube algorithm, for gracing me with a video diving into the Chainsaw Man author’s first series and why I should read it. Based upon how few people have even read this series, I doubt I would’ve ever come across it myself, unless I decided to look up the author myself one day. But barely anybody seems to acknowledge his other works (not even a “from the author of [blank]”), thus I assumed this was his first go-round. I’m overjoyed to be wrong on that one, Fire […]

Stop buying up all the She-Hulk, people!

She-Hulk #5 by Rainbow Rowell

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I guess the arrival of the She-Hulk television series must’ve been a boon for Rainbow Rowell’s comic series too, since both of the local comic book stores I’ve been to are sold out of #6. Even online retailers are out of stock, except for third-party re-sellers who are trying to make an extra profit. However, in my search for issue #6, I discovered I’d neglected to get issue #5 due to all the hubbub surrounding our big move. I managed to find what I guess is […]

What? I have no self control

Lightyear by Natasha Yim

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In other news, I have no self control. I said I would likely hold off on this one for a little while, yet here we are. It’s part me coming around to the art style in this one and part me just wanting to satisfy my overwhelming need to collect them all. Mostly the latter. But, reading the book, I was won over more by the art style than I expected to be. It isn’t as charming as that of the other Toy Story Little Golden […]

Yes, please speak

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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After finding Shout, her memoir follow-up to Speak, at a local thrift shop, it felt only fitting that I found Speak at one too. A quality copy, too, unlike the copy of Shout, which had been missing its dust jacket. I had thought back when I read Shout that I needed to see what had caused such a stir, inspiring book bans and making uptight folks lose their cool, and now that I’ve read it… this is quite tame, honestly. Like almost always, the book bans feel like a gross […]



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