Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Evil Geniuses Come in All Ages

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

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Bingo: Culture. This book covers many aspects of fairy culture. I haven’t read any fantasy in a long time, so I picked up the YA novel Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. It was a light read, but I enjoyed it. Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old boy who comes from a long line of crime lords. He is extraordinarily smart and devious. At the start of the book, he manages to get his hands on the fairies’ golden book, which holds all their secrets. […]

Greed, pretty princesses and monsters

Darkly She Goes by Hubert

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After reading Darkly She Goes by Hubert and illustrated by Vincent Mallié (translated by L Benson and color by Bruno Tatti) I realized that I will be haunted by Hubert’s writing. After reading Beauty by them, I figured nothing would shock me about their style. But Darkly She Goes is a terribly odd, weird, insane ride. There were unlikable characters, situations and the ending was unsatisfying. The images were dark, violent and awkward. Yet, I was mesmerized from page one and could not stop reading. […]

For a guy without a head, that Headless Horseman has a good one on his shoulders.

Ghost Circus by Adrienne Kress

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Okay, so my title is a little bit of a spoiler to what happens at the end of Ghost Circus by Adrienne Kress and illustrations by Jade Zhang. The Horseman shows up at the end, you think he’s a bad guy (like he usually is in stories) but he helps our heroes. I just couldn’t resist making a good (or bad depending on how you feel about it) pun. And I think you shouldn’t miss this graphic novel either. Both classical and modern elements make […]

Priest with Holy tattoos and brandish machine guns in the face of demons

Covenant V02 by LySandra Vuong

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Usually I find that a sequel to a book does not usually capture the same intensity of the first. Covenant V02 by LySandra Vuong is no exception. It is slower than book one, as Vuong focuses this edition as a build up to the final battle. In some ways, it is also darker than the first book and secrets come to light, only to make more questions. It lets you know that this is book two of an at least trilogy.  We follow a handful […]

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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I swear, this is why I can’t read classics, most of them I read, I don’t like or am completely confused about. I only read this for a Bingo square and my other choice has a 10 week hold on it and I didn’t want to spend the money on a book that I may not like. Anyway, here’s my review of Metamorphosis or what I like to call, that dude really turns into a bug and it’s just pages of this? Metamorphosis follows a salesman named Gregor […]

The power of three will set us free

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller

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While I didn’t rate The Change as 5 stars (there were some pacing issues in the middle), I quite enjoyed it and have been thinking back to it quite a bit since reading it last December (even more so in the last few months given certain political topics). As a result, I was looking forward to Kirsten Miller’s new release, The Women of Wild Hill. As a general reaction, there were quite a few things I liked better about this novel and that I think […]



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