Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Every day is a bit odder

Every Day V02 Another Day by David Levithan

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Reading some of the reviews on a well-know website known for having reviews, I found that I was not the only one who thought Every Day V02  Another Day by David Levithan had several weak parts. This is not a true sequel to Every Day but the companion of how the several months the characters A (a person who leaps into a person’s body for the day) and Rhiannon (high schooler) meet when A was in the body of her boyfriend, Justin, and the aftermath, […]

I love Becky Chambers!

(Monk and Robot #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

(Monk and Robot #2) A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

(Wayfarers #1) The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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The theme of these three books is loosely that they were written by Becky Chambers, who as I stated above I love! I read “To Be Taught if Fortunate” at least twice, and I’d totally read it again. The other theme of these three books though, is different (for me) pronouns. I find it hard to believe (but I think it’s true) that these are the first books I’ve read with either trans or non-binary characters. I’m socially liberal and I believe in rights for […]

Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? is a self-imposed project in which I read pre-1990 science fiction novels and categorize them as “classis sci-fi you should read,” “classic sci-fi you should read if you’re all hardcore about it,” or “classic sci-fi you don’t have to read.” For background on my project, please see the introduction to my review of 1984. Fahrenheit 451 is inevitable for my classic sci-fi reading project because it’s on EVERY must-read list, I didn’t read it in high school like everybody […]

The Boy on the moon

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo

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I am starting my review of Lunar Boy with: I have questions. None are about the story itself, which is, a child from the Moon is adopted by a woman from New Earth. They live on a space station until the mother, in the process of helping her New Earth friend deal with the death of his wife, falls in love, marries, and moves to New Earth. Then, Indu (the child) must deal with not just the stress of a move to a new home, […]

Murderbot, why are you like this

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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  I love Murderbot. For someone who does not consider themselves a person, our SecUnit is still very relatable. When things get stressful, they love to retreat and re-watch their favourite TV shows. When I find everything getting a bit stressful, I retreat and read Murderbot. We’re not so different, really. System Collapse is the seventh book in the series and it directly follows the events of Network Effect—so the following review is going to be a bit spoiler-y by nature. When we were last with […]

Horror 101 and Comedy 102

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

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Boys Weekend is Horror 101 with Comedy 102. The mix of GLBTQ themes, friendship, love, family, and an odd cult-religion all play together with first the idea of humanity, society roles and more that is taking front stage. You can take the action as a straightforward  horror/thriller story or take it for a deeper meaning, but however you take it know there are possible triggers, such as violence, guns, sexual situations, visual gross-outs and blood. Lots of blood. Totally not for everyone, but everyone might […]



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