Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

public libraries to the rescue

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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Fun story: this book is massively backlogged at all my many libraries, but lo and behold it was just…sitting on the shelf at one of the local libraries that’s in consortium with my actual local (well, parent’s local) library. For some context, the library that had it is adjacent to another district that is much better funded with better schools, etc, which is a roundabout way of saying that I felt a bit like I should check there more often for books I’m searching for. […]

And they all fall down.

The Fall of the House of Usher: A Graphic Novel by Edgar Allen Poe and Raul Garcia

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My 624 and a full 12 Cannonball review is actually one that is a bit lackluster. Now, I enjoy a good Edgar Allen Poe as much as the next English Major Casual Fan, but The Fall of the House of Usher: A Graphic Novel (adapted and illustrated by Raul Garcia) is not one of my favorites. However, as it is adapted into the graphic novel format, I felt it would be a better way to understand the story (The Lottery by Shirly Jackson has been […]

Orphans and them

We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles

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I have had We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles as an online reader copy for a few months. I have had opportunities to read it, but for the most part I figured it would expire before I had a chance to. Thankfully I was able to find it and read it at lunch today. It was an interesting experience. This graphic novel is an on book. We know the dystopian aspects (a girl wakes up one morning to find […]

Surviving middle school is hard

Just Beyond #1 The Scare School by R.L. Stine, Nichole Matthews and Kelly Matthews

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R.L. Stine, Nichole Matthews and Kelly Matthews adapted Just Beyond #1 The Scare School into a graphic novel format. Or I am assuming it was a novel first, then a graphic novel. However, regardless of which came first (or didn’t come out) this is an old school RL Stine story. The theme is classic: We start with a couple of kids in “unusual clothing” (cue the “not from our world”) and how they are being chased by a robotic monster. We then see who lives […]

I, Misanthrope Bot

All Systems Red - The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

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Having finished my first Murderbot novella, I have the same feeling as I did when I finished Gideon the Ninth – I’m a REAL cannonballer now! Between my husband and countless cannonballer’s reviews, I can’t seem to take two steps without bumping into a hearty endorsement of the Murderbot series. However, similar to Gideon the Ninth, this first installment wasn’t a total hit for me. Perhaps I’m just contrarian or maybe my expectations were too high. But I didn’t love this misanthropic robot as much […]

If you had 450 years to plan a welcome party…

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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*some spoilers ahead* If you, like me, had never heard of this book until Netflix aired the eponymous series, it’s ok. Sometimes we watch the movie/tv show/whatever and then read the book, even though it feels weird. Three-Body Problem is a concept in classical mechanics that describes the motion of three masses that orbit each other in space. The problem is that there is no solution to always accurately describe their motion (thanks wikipedia). So now imagine there is a planet, called Trisolaris, with three […]



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