Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

1 review plus 3 books equals one awesome series

Gina and the Last City on Earth (Hilo #9) by Judd Winick

Rise of the Cat (Hilo #10) by Judd Winick

The Great Space Iguana (Hilo #11) by Judd Winick

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When I picked up my first Hilo graphic novel by Judd Winick I was unaware of his reality show past. He was one of the first people in The Real World. He started the insanity, so to speak. However, I’ve never seen that show nor hold his past against him, as the future is bright with this series. Books one to eight have been a treat. Some were great, some so-so and maybe one or two were “Well, get on with it! How do they […]

Sequels get the job done

Clash (Click, #4) by Kayla Miller

Gina: The Girl Who Broke the World (Hilo #7) by Judd Winick

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Sequels are interesting parts of an author’s catalog. Sometimes you like them, and sometimes not. Sometimes they are too much like the others and therefore, you fall out with them as they have nothing new to say. And sometimes they are what keeps us reading. And two series that have been all that for me, are below. Clash (Click, #4) by Kayla Miller is more of the same goodness we love about these characters in the Click series.  Only this time, we are dealing with […]

My Whackadoo brain found some cool reads

Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Hilo Book 6: All the Pieces Fit by Judd Winick

This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle

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My mood this week and reading has been all over this week. I found three different genres to get me through it. Not only have I done a crap tone of picture books just for the quick read, I had to find humor, serious, and a mixture of the two. I finished Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells. I prefer the first one but did like the ending where Murderbot makes an interesting realization about how they have always just waited and “cleaned […]

Armpit farts and ghost girls

Hilo Volume Five: Then Everything Went Wrong by Judd Winick

Do You Remember the Summer Before? (Black Sand Beach, #2) by Richard Fairgray

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Sequels are interesting. Sometimes they are better than the first book, and sometimes not even close. And when you get to book five in a series, sometimes you are more excited than you could imagine and other times you are thinking it is time to stop helping my uncle the logger keep his job and save a tree or two. Hilo Volume Five: Then Everything Went Wrong by Judd Winick is a mix of the above. This volume is a “middle of the story” story. […]

Under the Red Hood goes under the hood

Batman: Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick

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What seems like forever ago now, I watched (and loved) the animated movie based upon this particular run of Batman comics. I didn’t even realize at the time that it was pulled directly from the comics, since I was used to the Marvel method of comic book moviemaking, which generally is to hodgepodge stuff from the comics together into something that’s simultaneously old and new. Thankfully, this isn’t the case with Under the Red Hood, because I was in the market for more of the same. […]

Hilo and friends are repeat business!

Hilo V03 The Great Big Boom by Judd Winick

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The Great Big Boom is the third instalment of the Hilo graphic novel series. Judd Winick continues the same humor (one mention of repeat business, along with the usual puns, action and more), illustrations (bright, bold, with the comic book/graphic novel style) and adventures of the first two (battling the baddies). This time our heroes Hilo and DJ must save Gina from the portal she was sucked into at the end of our last adventure. But portal travel is tricky (so tricky in fact Hilo […]



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