Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Wonderland-esque

The Wondrous Wonders by Camille Jourdy

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I thought that The Wondrous Wonders was going to be a quirky, but fun story about a young girl and wonderful, magical creatures that she has adventures with. It is an unusual fairytale that hints at the classics, but has some fresh ideas. Yet, the girl is not sweet; in fact, she is a self-proclaimed brat. Jo (we learn her name is) is dealing with her parents divorce, fathers remarriage and step siblings. She runs away from the area they are camping in, and decides […]

The Golden Eyed girl

Island Book (Island Book #1) by Evan Dahm

The Infinite Land (Island Book #2)  by Evan Dahm

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A little while ago  I reviewed book three of Island Book not realizing I had read book three until I was into it a bit. Of course, I said, well since there are holes in the plot I need to find one and two. And I did. And some things were cleared up and other things added. The big thing I noticed was that there is a lot of foreshadowing that you might not pick up if you are reading in order. The thing I […]

Doom Thorax has the Power (of reading)

Doom's Day Camp by Joshua Hauke

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I honestly was surprised at how much I liked the graphic novel, Doom’s Day Camp by Joshua Hauke. At first, I felt it was just going to be “dumb humor” or “not for everyone offbeat and off color humor” but most of it turned out to be pretty classy. (Okay! Okay! There is one earth shattering f**t, but it did save the day! And frankly, f**ts are funny if they happen to someone else.) The ideas, of course, have been done before (a nerd/uncool kid […]

Lazy weekend reads

Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon Volume one) by Jamar Nicholas

Meems & Feefs: Ferrets from Planet Ferretonia! (Volume one) by Liza N. Cooper

The Prisoner of  Shiverstone by Linette Moor

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I was having a lazy weekend. I needed reading material that would be fun for the kid me, and not overly taxing for the adult me.  And I found two and a half books that fit the bill. I say two and a half because the third one had a bit more meat on the overall story than the others, so there was a bit more thinking required on my part. However, kids will eat all of them up as they are good stories. The […]

CBR15 Bingo: Nostalgia

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

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In Men at Arms, there’s a series of mysterious deaths in Ankh-Morpork, and the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, strictly forbids Sam Vimes, the head of the City Watch to investigate, thus ensuring that he will do the exact opposite. Vimes, Carrot, Nobbs and Colon, who used to be the whole of the Watch have been joined by new recruits to diversify the Watch, Cuddy (a dwarf), Detritus (a troll) and Angua (a werewolf, although Carrot believes it to be because she’s a woman). As the ragtag […]

If there’s flying, there’s plot going on

Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

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Bingo 23: Take the skies Telepathy is essentially brainwave communication, wireless and thus air-born communication. Telepathy or shared mental space is also a major factor in Locklands. Also, a good chunk of time is spent is what might be this world’s very first “airplane”. A key thing to know about Locklands is that it is the third of a trilogy, so a lot of the tech/magic references and some critical background plot will not make sense without the first two. There’s been s several year […]



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