Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Now I want beignets …

Almost There by Farrah Rochon

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I really enjoyed Farrah Rochon’s The Boyfriend Project series and Pardon my Frenchie, but she doesn’t seem to have any adult audience books scheduled for release so ended up deciding to check out this entry into the Twisted Tales series. I have only read one other one from this series, which was a Beauty and the Beast focused story. These are all “What if” stories, giving the authors space to explore within those worlds. I was maybe a chapter in when I realized that I […]

Family, traditions, loss, home

Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe

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I needed more than the sixty-odd pages in the graphic novel, Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe. I needed to see more about the family, the relationships, the other women who have gone missing. I needed to see the community. I need to see what is being done to locate our character. And yet, that is the point. We do not always get that neat bow to tie the story up. There is no happy ever after for Chelsea and so many girls […]

The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

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Honestly this was just a very long fantasy novel that ends on a cliffhanger. If I hadn’t gotten the second book in the series as an ARC, I would never have picked this one up. “The Forest Grimm” follows 16 year old Clara who is hoping her name gets picked at her village’s Lottery so that she can be picked to search in the Forest Grrimm for the Lost Ones that have disappeared over the past three years. Clara’s mother went missing three years ago […]

You Cannot See the Face of God

Pavil's Mask by Jérémy Perrodeau

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Point one: I read Pavil’s Mask by Jérémy Perrodeau in English, though my images taken from the online reader site I was reading this from, are in what I am assuming is French.  Point two: I know I say it often, but this book was f’d up! But not in a bad way. Or even, a good way. It is what it is. The story is based in a Chinese lore and has feelings of other Asian cultures and Indigenous cultures with a large and […]

Yeah, I’d read it again

Continental Drifter by Kathy MacLeod

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Honestly, there are not many surprises in Continental Drifter by Kathy MacLeod. Granted, there might be a few “oh didn’t expect that to go exactly that way,” but for the most part, you know where our narrator is going and how things will probably turn out. Yet, it is an enjoyable read for the adult reader and the pre-teen/early teen will experience it new. We follow Kathy’s (based on the author’s own experiences) story as family, friendship and belonging all come together. This makes a […]

Dark magic

Muted: Volume 1 by Miranda Mundt

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I almost skipped reading Muted: Volume 1 by Miranda Mundt. It looks too “girly” and maybe even a bit too graphic in the “thriller/horror” elements. And before I go much farther into the review: TRIGGERS include, but are not limited to: bullying, child death, parent death, fire, death, blood, a form of self-harm, form of racism towards other classes of witches, fantasy elements and mental abuse. And even though the cover made me iffy about reading things, I did finally “pick up” the online reader.  […]



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