Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Maybe if they taught the epic poem this way, we’d get it!

Bea Wolf   by Zach Weinersmith

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The graphic novel Bea Wolf  was both a book I loved and was thinking after only a few pages, “Just what exactly am I reading?” There are layers upon layers upon layers to the story arcs, and yet this is a simple story. If I have to say the first work that comes to mind when describing it, I would say Artistic. The second, Confusing. The third, Simple-Beauty (okay I know that’s technically two, but that’s what fits!). Zach Weinersmith  was influenced by the story of Beowulf, and therefore […]

Get your D&D on without D&D

Legends & Lattes V01: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins: Volume III by Jody Houser

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If you are looking for a couple of books that allow you to get your D&D love on, but are not D&D, there are two books (well one book and one series) that can work. The first, is a novel that has been getting much attention. And I understand why Legends & Lattes V01 is a hit. Travis Baldree made a story that captures the elements of fantasy, humor and romance in a package that allows it to be accessible to non-readers and readers of […]

Stuck or unstuck in time

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: The Graphic Novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr and Ryan North

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WTH did I read? I admit, a lot of the graphic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, went over my head. But that just means I need to read it again as this is not something  that can be taken in all at once. The artwork is what really grabbed me this first reading. There was a lot going on, but it did not always feel “fleshed out” and there were things missing, yet, there was also too much going on as well. The lack […]

Some princesses, a prince and a bear go on an adventure

 Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero

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cbr15bingo Politics: two rival kingdoms are pitted against each other due to lack of understanding and greed There are way too many references to modern ideas, not to mention Swan Lake and Tchaikovsky in the graphic novel, Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms.  But that is part of its charm for adults. For the 10 and up crowd, it is a funny, interesting story that mixes in friendship and assumptions and sword fights together. Combining all the fantasy and science fiction elements (I can make a […]

Poor Bruce, his friends are at it again

Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (Mother Bruce) by Ryan T. Higgins

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cbr15bingo Hold Steady: Bruce is stuck with people who do not listen to him and make him do things he does not want to.  I am not usually a Bruce the Bear (or Mother Bruce) fan. I have enjoyed the one or two Penelope Rex books I have read, but did not like Norman. Yet, when I read Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (Mother Bruce) I did not hate it. I am still not a huge fan of forcing Bruce to do things […]

A classic twist

The Runaway Dosa by Suma Subramaniam

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“The more you eat, the more you crave! You can’t catch me, no matter how brave!” In another review I mentioned that I like folk tales, though if one is retold just to retell it by adding a few diverse elements, but keep the rest, I am not really a fan. However, The Runaway Dosa showed me that might not always be the case. Suma Subramaniam took The Gingerbread Man story, but added an Indian twist that pays tribute to the old and new. Based […]



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