Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Yuta and Kyota found a loophole

Why I Adopted My Husband: The true story of a gay couple seeking legal recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi

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Why I Adopted My Husband: The true story of a gay couple seeking legal recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi is one of those books that you can give the book report on: it is from 2017 when two men show the world their love by becoming father and son…. sort of.  But legally, they are. When same sex marriages are illegal (in Japan), how do two men secure their basic rights, and deal with such things as inheritances and medical decisions? In an open, […]

Standing up for the community

Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism (Do You Know My Name?)  by Mary Fairhurst Breen 

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Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism (Do You Know My Name?) by Mary Fairhurst Breen is a clever nonfiction book about everyday people who have made a name for themselves by just being themselves. We might not know them by that name (some people “only” fought the inclusion of a Chick-fil a on their college campus that resulted in Senator Graham making a fool of himself) but they made sure that others can have the freedom of being themselves, being represented, and finding ways to make it […]

The Flame of the Heart

Flamer by Mike Curato

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The simplicity of Flamer is deceptive. There is a lot going on within an image driven story. The text is realistic, and could be from the year 1995 (when the book is set) or today. The black and white illustrations help the story stay the main focus, and the use of fire and the color red is telling. Red is a strong plot mover/plot point as the red color and images becomes its own character. There is even the use of fire and it too becomes its […]

Our house is a very fine… okay it is a piece of crap but it’s where we lay our heads, along side the rats

UTown by Cab

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cbr15bingo Dwelling the building  they live in is being torn down as their neighborhood is being hit by gentrification  Will a slacker stay a slacker or is there more for him? Dreary images show the seedy, dark side of things in UTown. CABs (Caroline Breault) story is realistic, gritty, raw, and maybe a bit too relatable. There are mature themes, language, and content. A true literary graphic novel that is not for everyone, but maybe everyone should read. The book report portion of this review for UTown is […]

I think I need to give this a second chance

Taking to Water by Jennifer Conlon

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This book of poetry reads mostly like a prose fiction story, but not as prose poetry (there is a subtle difference). I am assuming that Taking to Water by Jennifer Conlon is fiction, however, as the protagonist of the book is a woman disliking themselves, their body, their gender and all that is associated with that, and I have not found anything that said Conlon went on that journey themselves (please let me know if I have interpreted this incorrectly). The themes of water (positive, […]

The Real Good Guys

Save Yourself!  by Bones Leopard

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Bad guys, monsters, heroes and lots of very pro-queer sentiments come together in this collection of Save Yourself!  Bones Leopard, along with illustrators, Kelly and Nichole Matthews, made a story that was both serious and hilarious all at the same time. Sometimes there felt to be some cliches (Bear would fit in with some Drag Queens I’ve seen with ze beard, fun tutu, large hair, and flamboyant manner), but I think the author is just trying to cover the rainbow of all types of queer […]



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