Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

So why do I like it? I really don’t know

Revival Deluxe Collection V02 by Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, Jenny Frison

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I won’t say a lot about the plot of Revival Deluxe Collection V02 because it is just a continuation of volume one. But will summarize: After New Years Day, in a small Wisconsin town, the dead decided to sit up and say, “Howdy!” Okay, it wasn’t that neat, but the point is, a few of the dead didn’t stay dead. The rest is one really really screwed up ride where we see how ugly and unpredictable life is, and how the loved ones of the […]

Health and faith

When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful. by Kate Rietema

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I am not a religious person, so honestly the religious aspect of telling God your worries did not work for me in When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful. And since the author only has this book out currently, it is not like I was/am a fan. So what made me want to read it? I do not remember why I asked for it to be gotten as an interlibrary loan! But honestly, I am glad I did. As a bookseller, I am glad I have something […]

The Fox Warrior in us all

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

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I started The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha as an online reader. However, it was only a sample of about half of the graphic novel. I was both “OH! Now what????” and  “Eh…I get the idea…do I go on?” I decided to go on and asked at my local library for a copy. It took a bit, but it was mostly worth the wait. Ha is the delightful author of Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir. And though The Fox Maidens is fiction, I expected […]

“I think Jesus would like better bands, you know?”

Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art Through the Eyes of Faith by Russ Ramsey

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I recently came across an old CNN interview with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. In the interview, Corgan talks about how God is an unexplored area of rock because most people believe in some form of God, but most bands never mention God. CNN asks, “What would you say to Christian rockers, then?” Corgan thinks for a second and says, “Make better music…I think Jesus would like better bands, you know? Stop copying U2.” Corgan, in his very Corganesque observation, is correct. He is […]

Simple Yet Helpful Introduction

Tell Me Something About Buddhism by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

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Best for: Anyone curious about Buddhism and looking for some thoughts from someone who came to the practice a bit later in life. In a nutshell: Manuel, a priest in the Zen tradition and a Black woman from the US raised in the Christian church, shares short but thoughtful responses to common questions about Buddhism. Worth quoting: Shared a quote from Eihei Dogen: “If you see death as something over there, then you are viewing your life from outside of it.” Why I chose it: […]

A really long review about two books but I think worth the read

Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang

Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi

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The graphic novels below have little in common. Or so I thought at first. While I was reading Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi I kept thinking that it would pair nicely with Ash’s Cabin by Jan Wang. I think that was because they both deal with identity, but nothing else. It was while writing this review I found more similarities.  Saving Sunshine is about twins who are punished for their behavior by being in forced proximity. Ash’s Cabin is about a nonbinary child coming of […]



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