Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The other series that gives you goosebumps

You're Invited to a Creepover V03 Ready for a Scare? The Graphic Novel by P.J. Night

You're Invited to a Creepover V04 The Show Must Go On! the Graphic Novel by P.J. Night

You're Invited to a Creepover V05 There's Something Out There the Graphic Novel by P.J. Night

You're Invited to a Creepover V06 Best Friends Forever the Graphic Nove by P.J. Night

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Time for the other series that will give you more goosebumps! Ready for a Scare? The Graphic Novel Volume 3: You’re Invited to a Creepover by P.J. Night and illustrated by Glass House Graphics is for the Goosebump books lover who also likes graphic novels. Or for the reader who wants something “creepy” but is not ready for something like Five Nights of Freddy or an older read. Things can be a smidgen spooky (after all there are over the computer  seances,  the death of […]

From Child to Political Prisoner

The Boy from Clearwater Book One by Yu Pei-Yun

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The Boy from Clearwater Book One by Yu Pei-Yun, illustrated by Zhou Jian-Xin and translated by Lin King is a memoir that leans towards the poetic. The showing of things  could have been more graphic (as there were beatings, execution, etc), but is not necessarily lacking as you understand what is happening. The two parts (the early years before 1950 and then the ten years after 1950) are nicely split up, allowing for the colors pink, blue along with black and white, to play their […]

“I just pretended to be someone else…. And I won an Oscar!” Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn by Michele Botton

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When I started acting I didn’t have a method, on set and on stage. I just pretended to be someone else, like little girls can do for fun. And I won an Oscar!” – Audrey Hepburn I knew of Audrey Hepburn as a UNICEF ambassador more than as an actress when she first came on my radar. I was a fan of “the other Hepburn” (usually given to Audrey), but (not realizing it was her) enjoyed My Fair Lady. And I’m fairly certain I have […]

Second time is still a charm

Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero

Squire & Knight V02: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler

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Two sequels that show that you need to continue with a series to find out what they are all about are the theme of this review. Just read Doña Quixote one and Squire & Knight one before you read these two, but no real spoilers here, only teasers to make you want to! Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero and illustrator Monica M. Magaña was a  graphic novel that I did not care for as much as I did the first […]

An extraordinary friendship (cannonball!)

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien by John Hendrix

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The Mythmakers is a graphic story written for middle schoolers and older. The narrators of this biography/history are a lion (CS Lewis) and a Wizard (JRR Tolkien). The Mythmakers covers the life stories of each man in brief as well as going into detail on their ideas about storytelling and myths. Lewis and Tolkien shared some remarkable things in common but clearly they were two very different men whose friendship inspired them to write their greatest works. Yet their differences (other relationships, perhaps jealousy, differences […]

“Your life is the biggest bargaining chip you have. Before you choose where to spend it, be sure you understand what you’re getting in return.”

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

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This is the 4th book in the Wayward Children series. Last year, I read the first several books in the series. These are all so short, which is nice for the ones you don’t like as well but makes the ones you DO like a bit disappointing as it leaves you wanting more. I read these while on a trip, and intended to continue reading them once I was home but I never did. But, In an Absent Dream just stuck with me. In an Absent […]



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