Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A refreshing conversation about sexuality and spirituality…

Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Weber

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As someone who grew up in the Christian tradition in the 90s, this was a book I am very thankful for. It was not uncommon in the circles of my youth to have any conversations about sex include all of the following: don’t even THINK about sex until you are married…before marriage you need to suppress your sexuality, be ultra-modest, and be careful to not tempt the boys… when you DO get married tho, flip that switch and unleash your inner nympho… oh, and also, […]

When West Meets East, Sharpshooters and Demons

Shadow Roads (Volume One) by Cullen Bunn

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Shadow Roads (Volume One) is one very large screwy ride! Cullen Bunn and Brain Hurrt make realism and science fiction collide. They bleed together to create a familiar but new world where Victorina England and the American old west are only a portal jump away from each other. There is magic, native tribes and demons. There are people who are not what they seem and people who are the comic relief. There is an Annie Oakley-like kid who also could pass herself off for Little […]

A new meaning to he’s got the Midas Touch

Midas Flesh Volume 1 by Ryan North

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I started Midas by Ryan North after finishing Pandora’s Legacy by Kara Leopard (review a few reviews before this). I was not paying attention to the Greek Myth theme that both graphic novels had (though to be honest, I should have as the titles are a large clue). Once I realized this, I thought maybe they would be good companion novels. They are not. Where as Pandora’s Legacy could go as young as 10-13 and adult, I would start with at least 13 and more […]

His Holiness Pope Francis I stirs things up….

Francis The People's Pope by Ted Ral

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When I learned we had a Pope Francis my first thought was, “We have a Pope FRANKIE???” (And I mean no disrespect, truly I only have love here.) He caught my eye. Now I was curious who this man was. What was the hub-bub about? He was the fifth Pope I was alive for but only the second I was “aware of” (I knew of Pope John Paul II, as I remember the assassination attempt, but I was still a kid and not into politics). […]

don Miguel Ruiz Say Relax

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

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Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene fame directed me to this book, as it was on her suggested reading list. Because I want to be her I gave it a go. (That’s also how I found the previously-reviewed The Tree of Yoga). In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz passes along what he refers to as centuries-old Toltec wisdom. I’m not versed enough to know whether or not that is accurate, but I figured if this book has been a best-seller for a decade there […]

Be she Rachel or Catherine, one girl learns to survive and be free while all the while, in hiding

Catherine’s War by Julia Billet

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Catherine’s War is a Holocaust story with a twist. This time a young, French-Jewish girl, Rachel, goes into hiding but does it in the open. She (and other children) do not stay in any one place too long (usually not by choice). They sometimes are only one step ahead of the Nazis at any point. Julia Billet created (and Ivanka Hahnenberger translated), Rachel, our narrator. Rachel goes to the progressive Sèvres Children’s Home where children of both faiths learn in a non-traditional setting. We see […]



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