Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

She’s not the spirit we wanted, but the one we needed

Zawa + The Belly of the Beast by Michael Dialynas

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I was a few pages into Zawa + The Belly of the Beast by Michael Dialynas when I said, “I think this might be a rating of four.” I was not sure why, but the humor and story up to this point made me think I was going to really really like it. Well, I did enjoy it, but not really really liked it. As the story went along, there were some missing pieces, and I was not liking some of the characters (the ones […]

Dogs are purest good boys, even in Animorphs

Megamorphs #1: The Andalite’s Gift by K. A. Applegate

The Alien by K. A. Applegate

The Secret by K. A. Applegate

The Android by K. A. Applegate

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Oops, I forgot to review my books! I am still chugging along in The Animorphs series! I fell off of it briefly but am catching back up. I was going to skip some volumes, but it turns out my brain is too COMPLETEST for that, so at this point I’ve read the first ten books, plus the first Megamorphs volume. Megamorphs #1: The Andalite’s Gift: Megamorphs is sort of the “super specials” of the series (shoutout to my BSC babes). Those are an ensemble narrative, […]

Transformers: “Transform and Roll Out!”

Transformers: Worst Bot Ever: Meet Ballpoint by Brian "Smitty" Smith 

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I read Transformers: Worst Bot Ever: Meet Ballpoint via an online reader copy. And to be honest, I am glad I did.  I am a fan of the old Transformer cartoon of the 1980s. I never got into the other shows or movies, but an occasional story/graphic novel is not off the table. But I know that my nephew is a fan and I am always looking for something that is not only appealing to him,  but not too kid-like or too mature.  Brian “Smitty” […]

I bet this will be a pretty good movie.

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

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SPOILERS KINDA SORTA I went into this ready to love it, and mostly did. Grace is a sad and lonely woman whose son and husband have died. She’s convinced herself she’s undeserving of love, or fun, or of much of a life at all. She’s retreated into math (she’s a teacher) and is kinda just waiting for it to be over. Then she gets some crazy news regarding an inheritance, specifically of a small house on Ibiza, left to her by a former colleague she […]

Not what Schrödinger had in mind, but I’ll take it

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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Jason Dessen is a physics professor at a local college. He lives in Chicago with his wife Daniela and his son Charlie. Once upon a time, Jason was a promising young scientist, destined for greatness, who gave it all up when his girlfriend turned out to be pregnant. Jason’s life is not unpleasant, but it is dull and sedate and the what-ifs occasionally nag at the back of his head. But then, suddenly, Jason is abducted at gunpoint. His assailant stabs him with a syringe. […]

Space ship psychologist becomes a not-great detective on a mysterious mission

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

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I don’t remember what prompted me to download “We Have Always Been Here” on my Kindle — it must have happened during a moment of rare reading motivation before that was extinguished by *gestures* life — but I thought a space thriller could be a promising page-turner for my second read of the year. And while it’s definitely happening in space and I definitely wanted the pages to keep turning (to reach the end), this novel by Lena Nguyen was ultimately disappointing. The brief glimmers […]



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