Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Let’s get out of here. You’re free from that waffletart now.

Hair and Heart: An MM Fairy Tale Romance by Rhys Everly

Pictures of You by Leta Blake

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Hair and Heart: An MM Fairy Tale Romance By Rhys Everly Val is in a conservatorship. He is a pop musician who has been under the care of his uncle since teenage Val blacked out during a psychotic episode and set fire to his home, which resulted in the death of both of his parents. Since that episode, he has been under his uncle Fred’s care. Val is in his early twenties and is tired of making the same generic pop ballads that made him […]

Drag Queens and Dinosaurs have bellies

B Is for Bellies by Rennie Dyball

Parker’s Place by Russ Willms

Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman

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I was going to use B Is for Bellies by Rennie Dyball as my Bingo Bodies but found another one instead. Therefore, I just decided to add this to a review of two other books about being yourself. Starting with a bunch of bellies (well, we have A first as B is for Bellies is an alphabet book)  we have a self explanatory picture book. This book is about big bellies, small bellies, black and brown, and white and purple bellies (okay maybe not purple). […]

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50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World by Dan Jones

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Happy Pride, everyone! Dan Jones attempts to document the 50 most important drag queens who have changed the world. For each queen, he writes a couple of paragraphs about their accomplishments and impact on the world and there’s a cute illustration from Michele Rosenthal of each performer. This is admittedly a herculean undertaking, and Jones gives it a good go. On the whole, he does fine. There seems to be a concerted effort to not just include contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race on this list which […]

Yaaas, Queen!

If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It by Lil Miss Hot Mess

The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess

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I saw a Facebook (or Instagram, it was late, I wasn’t paying attention where I was) post from the publisher of If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It. I said, “That looks familiar.” I screenshot and then passed out. The following morning, I went to work to look up the book. Yes, it looked familiar because I had recognized the blue haired/bearded Queen from The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.  As Hips is read to the tune of The […]

I have a soft spot for Drag Queens

Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Napoles

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An interesting fact about Be Amazing: A History of Pride is that it is not due until around July 21, 2020. One would have thought it would come out in June to make sure it could represent Pride Month. Yet, Desmond Napoles (aka Desmond is Amazing) has written a book that should not be limited to one month. Pride should not just be in June; pride should be year around. I expected this book to be about Desmond (despite the word history), but it is […]

“As it turned out, a pissed-off drag queen with a grappling hook was a force to be reckoned with.”

Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

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This book was featured on the GFY website, highly recommended by the Fug Girls, where it was touted as a cross between Alias and RuPaul’s Drag Race.  That comparison alone made me take notice!  As per the blurb:  Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up California sunshine. By night, however, she dodges security cameras and armed guards, pulling off high-stakes cat burglaries with a team of flamboyant young men. In and out of disguise, she’s in […]



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