Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Can I be a drag queen when I grow up?

The Art of Drag by Jack Hall, Sofie BIrkin, Helen Li and Jasjyot Singh Hans

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Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably seen something about the world of Drag.  Maybe it was RuPauls Drag Race (or one of the spinoffs), maybe it was Drag Queens reading to kids, maybe it was at a local drag show. But did you ever stop and think about the history of that?  When I told a friend I was reading The Art of Drag by Jack Hall, Sofie BIrkin, Helen Li, and  Jasjyot Singh Hans they thought it was up […]

Bowing down to pressure

Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer

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What do you do when you’ve a two week vacation and you’re tired of playing games on your phone? You find the stack of books you have and start reading. And one of those books was Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer.   I’ll start with that it is a fun, modern coming of age story that deals with GLBTQ issues and the pressures we put on ourselves versus just “having fun” when we are doing things that we should/could enjoy.  I will then go on to […]

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 […]

Spicy pancake celebrations

Gingerbread Dreidels by Jane Breskin Zalben

Attack of the Scones (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk

Spicy Spicy Hot! by Lenny Wen

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Who doesn’t love food? I mean most people at least like it or have at least one thing they like. And if you know me, I like books as well as food. So when I can combine the two likes it is always fun.  I will start with Gingerbread Dreidels by Jane Breskin Zalben with illustrations by Thai Phuong. Due late August 2024 (read via an online reader copy), this picture book shows how we can have a lot of celebrations in our lives, and […]

Pack on Wheels

Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson

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I read Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson and illustrated by Tatiana Hill via an online reader copy.  I know that I will not be reading it again when it comes out, or buying a copy as there were several spots that I was not “digging” and felt they were not as fleshed out as they could have been. It might be easy to do roller derby in a graphic novel, but it might not be the easiest subject if you are adding vampires, witches, […]

Politics are Politics

Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin

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I had not heard of the web comic Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin until I saw it in an book form  I never felt the need to read. That was until I found a physical book. Robin’s book had been published in February 2023, therefore it only felt fitting that I read it a year later. This book is a traditional webcomic style of art and story. There feels to be some bumps and some missing information. Hopefully this can be filled-in by later issues […]



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