Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The fame, the wealth, the surveillance system in her body

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

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I started Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase sometime in early 2025. It took me until March 30, 2025 to read. Not because it was a bad book, necessarily,  but because it was a dense, hard read. There were a lot of descriptions of what was happening (even if it was just trying to get out of bed, let alone the technical parts), cultural references and even the way of speaking that was not what I was used to. The idea of a future where we […]

Ragtag Crew of Humans Saving the World

Unstoppable #1 Victories Greater Than Death  by Charlie Jane Anders

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There are a lot of good things that are included in Unstoppable #1 Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders. However, not only is this a book that while you can stop after book one you need the series to fill in blanks, there are events that I just could not like. I know that this is a controversial statement due to the subjects included. We deal a lot with gender (in fact it is such an important part of things, when someone introduces themselves […]

Tale as old as time: crime and theft in the world of hospitality.

Welcome to the Maynard by James Robinson and J. Bone

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Welcome to the Maynard by James Robinson and J. Bone (illustrations by) is due mid-to-late July 2025. This is the least interesting thing about the book and I find publication dates interesting. The real interesting parts are the story itself. The publisher says it is for ages 12 to 17 (very arbitrary I felt), but I could see going slightly younger as well. However, it does have fantasy action and I cannot say “violence” but it is not not violence, you should know your reader. […]

Will Trade Katana for Wedding Kimono (But Must You?)

The Golden Naginata: The Second of the Tomoe Gozen Saga by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

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This book was a slight letdown compared to the first one. In The Disfavored Hero, Tomoe Gozen was a strong, kickass lesbian female samurai who was living her life following the Bushido; in this one, she’s on the run from her father because he wants her to get married. Tomoe fights against this until she doesn’t, giving in to filial piety/familial duty becoming unfortunately a stereotypical submissive Japanese wife! And she’s happy about it; so happy that it becomes pretty much her entire personality. The […]

“A metaphor is a kind o’ lie to help people understand what’s true.”

Wintersmith: A Tiffany Aching Adventure by Terry Pratchett

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Wintermsith is the third book book in the Tiffany Aching series, which is set in the Discworld universe, but is geared towards children. Tiffany is a witch in training who has caught the attention of the Wintersmith, the personification of winter, which you can kind of tell from the name. But don’t imagine some older, mature fellow; he’s more like if Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians had no idea how to be human. So on top of learning to be a witch, dealing […]

I should have just posted “I like this book. Read it.” And put all the images instead of more text.

All Are Welcome: A Cat's Café Collection by Gwen Tarpley

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I had not heard of the Cat’s Cafe online/webtoons. Or if I had, they had not registered in my brain. Therefore, When I found All Are Welcome: A Cat’s Café Collection by Gwen Tarpley as an online copy (due at the end of July 2025) I was going into a new found territory. While it is said to be for middle readers, a lot of things are mature and good for adults as well. What I mean is that Cat’s Cafe is easy. We have […]



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