Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Magical life in an ordinary town

Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner

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Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner is a cute story about fitting in, our personal and town history, family, and friendships. The build up to the final showdown was a bit slow for this adult reader, but I think ages 10 and up crowd will be fine and even ages 8 and up will be fine, but there are a few “little things” that might be conceptually a bit “much” for the more sensitive reader (I admit, even at aged […]

The balance of your magic

Shakti by SJ Sindu

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Shakti is a terribly cute, modern story (several GLBTQ characters and diverse people) but does not dwell on the diversity, but the story of how Shakti herself starts coming of age. This is probably my favorite part as Shakti is representing differences while making it relatable to everyone who reads. Even to the adult-kid-at-heart who is writing this review. SJ Sindu’s book was not an “OMG BEST BOOK EVER!” book, but I liked it and glad I read it now and not when it first […]

That’ll teach her to steal the moon

Fae and the Moon by Franco Aureliani, Catherine Satrun and Sarah Starun

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What is the point of reading? For fun? To learn? Or to pass the time? Maybe all those layers and more. And Fae and the Moon has a few layers too. Granted, it might not be a seven-layer cake, but it has two or three.  Franco Aureliani, Catherine Satrun and Sarah Starun came together to make a cute story about the idea of female empowerment, friendship, family and self understanding. The illustrations are simple, but cute and even the scary parts are lovely in the […]

Seizing Your Own Destiny

The Princess Protection Program by Alex London

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When Rosamund is awoken from a hundred year sleep by a stranger’s kiss, she runs from him – and escapes into a strange school to join other fairytale princesses (and a prince) trying to avoid their futures. But all is not as it seems, and the headmistress may be keeping a sinister secret. At some point in the 2010s fairytale retellings seemed all the rage. I enjoyed them generally until they started blending together, but that doesn’t mean I’m not always up for a new […]

Politics are Politics

Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin

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I had not heard of the web comic Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin until I saw it in an book form  I never felt the need to read. That was until I found a physical book. Robin’s book had been published in February 2023, therefore it only felt fitting that I read it a year later. This book is a traditional webcomic style of art and story. There feels to be some bumps and some missing information. Hopefully this can be filled-in by later issues […]

Supernatural Education Lite

Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes

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I saw on the author’s social media somewhere that Drew Hayes’ Fred the Vampire Accountant series has one final volume due out after the one I had on my shelf, making Posthumous Education (Fred #8) the penultimate installation. It definitely shows; there is a lot of set up. Fred is called on a favor picked up about 5 volumes ago to a Fey queen, and all she wants him to do is take a temporary teaching job at the local parahuman institution of higher education, […]



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