Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Somehow I’m Neither Here Nor There

Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

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The eighth installment of the Wayward Children series was certainly an emotional gut punch for me. Having said that, it might also be one of my favorites in the series. We meet Antoinette or “Antsy” to her loving parents, whom we briefly met in the previous book. We learn about her life before she came to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. Antsy lives a happy life until the sudden death of her father. When her mother remarries shortly after, the man she marries drives […]

The girl who won’t quit

Asadora!, Volume 8 by Naoki Urasawa

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Due to some of the “extras” in the story itself, and the multiple story lines happening at once, things are a little slower than I would have liked, making Asadora!, Volume 8 by Naoki Urasawa a 3.5 or even 3.75 and not a “pure four.”  However, this edition shows more of the history of Japan in the 23 years after the war and what the later 1960s looked like. This has not been as explored due to the fact we have been monster hunting up […]

Treasures around us

Pearl of the Sea by Anthony Silverston

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Recently I am finding several online readers that at first glance are not “grabbing me.” (But then again, if a computer grabs you, you have bigger issues than a book not being interesting.)  And, Pearl of the Sea by Anthony Silverston was one of those not at first grabbers. But once I got into it, things started looking up. Now, granted this is not a WOW BEST BOOK EVER! but a book that was a nice break from the fairly intense reads I was reading. […]

The not so good review because I lost the original review that also has good online images because I guess I didn’t take a picture of my book

Brooms by Jasmine Walls

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!  So I was trying to copy and paste my review of Brooms by Jasmine Walls (and illustrated by Teo Duvall) and somehow hit the wrong button and the ENTIRE review disappeared!  I know I will never be able to repeat that really great (if I do say so myself) review! I will not be able to talk about how we deal with racism, queerphobia, economic differences, sexism and more. The story of 1930s Mississippi magic (of course, only allowed to the chosen few) has […]

A Warm Hug of a Book

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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I have heard people talk about cozy books feeling like “warm hugs,” and until now I didn’t understand what that meant. I wasn’t even sure I had the same definition of “cozy” as everyone else. But now I understand what that means and how a book can be cozy without being low stakes. This novel was so wholesome and all around delightful, a perfect blend of cozy and adventurous. Tress lives on the Rock in an ocean made of green spores. No one is allowed […]

Call it Dragons Eleven

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons

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What do I often say I want in a book? I say I want a nice standalone fantasy novel. But when I read a standalone fantasy novel that I enjoy, I find myself thinking, “No wait! I want more time with these specific characters in this world.” I guess you have to be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. Now that I’ve finished The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons, I’m sitting here wanting more. For this review, I also […]



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