Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I needed a catchy title and all I could come up with is: The words FIASCO and LAST tell you pretty much everything

The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm

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 cbr16bingo Fiasco Read it, you’ll see what I mean! (SPOILER the mean fact I am saying it works for Fiasco tells you A LOT) I have read some out there things. Some really out there things. Some warped things. And some really warped things. But I think that The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm might almost win top prize for one of the most biz-aaaaaaaaaaaaar books!  I am giving this a three because someone probably will like it. I am giving it a three as there […]

“I was happy, but I also wasn’t. Something was missing, here. Or not missing, but sleeping. But nothing here could wake it up. It made me feel alone. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

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Well I didn’t finish this in time for book club (it was my pick 😂 ) but I did finish it! And it was excellent. [two and a half months later] Okay, so, I am largely incapable of writing reviews in 2024 it seems, but I wanted to say things about this! Firstly, I am going to lower this down to four stars because in the past two months, it really hasn’t stuck with me as much as I thought it would, the way that […]

The theme this year is to have fun, so have fun With Jane and stickers!

Sticker Jigsaw: Pride and Prejudice by Joy Laforme

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CBR16SweetChallenge #Cozy This year I said  to myself, “We are going to do some fun books this year.” and Myself replied, “Sounds like a great idea, Me!” And so I did. Sticker Jigsaw: Pride and Prejudice was a fun book. It is a very abridged Pride and Prejudice with stickers. It is an activity book that has a few pages of highlights for the story and then you get to put stickers on the pages. Now this could work for an older adult who needs […]

It is an exploration

What Is It? by Lynda Barry

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CBR16SweetChallenge #New (new author, new style of writing/art) What Is It? is not my usual read for several reasons. But I knew the main reason was going to be that the cover was telling me this. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you can, especially when it looks like this. Lynda Barry’s work gives off a vibe of “old school gross-out.” It is as if the era of Mad Magazine and others like that threw up in realistic-abstract collages. […]

Stories and ads tell the tale

Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

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I am not sure I was the intended audience for Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers. However, I think everyone should read this graphic novel as it is not just about the hair of women of color but the story of women in the bigger picture. I feel anyone can find a piece of themselves inside these stories. There are triggers (including but not limited to drug use, abuse, bullying, racism within the community), but they are there to move the story along/to show the situation […]

There’s oil in those hills….and a lot of sh** too

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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TRIGGER WARNINGS in this book include, but not limited to: assault, drinking/drug use, language, death, environmental issues. The actual ducks of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands do not show up until almost the end of the book, but are really only one part of a very large, complex and messy story. The “culture” of the oil camps is the setting for not just the day-to-day life of author/illustrator Kate Beaton, but also the coming-of-age of Kate’s understanding of how “things work” or should […]



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