Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“No one could ever truly love a twisted person like me as an equal.”

Training Mister Sakurada by Kaya Azuma

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I have been reading a lot of BL lately, so I think a good chunk of my reviews will end up being on this topic this year. I am not usually a romance novel reader, but I love a gay romance comic. I’ve been into this genre since the first manga boom of the early 2000s when everything was shrinkwrapped and the majority of the titles getting translated had terrible art for some reason, so it’s been nice to survey the scene in 2023 and […]

“Drawing is completely useless…”

Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

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I re-read this today while I was organizing my bookcases and considering whether or not to keep it. After the re-read, I’ve decided it can remain, so it’s been granted a stay of execution for now. Look Back is a one-volume manga about the friendship and working relationship of Fujino and Kyomoto. The two women meet in grade school, during which they both do comic strips for the school newspaper. Kyomoto is a shut-in and Fujino is sent to bring her her middle school diploma. […]

Bittersweet Coming of Age Manga

The Golden Sheep Vol. 1-3 by Kaori Ozaki

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Reading this was a good way to start the new year. The Golden Sheep is a three volume series that follows Tsugu as she returns to her childhood town after her parents get divorced. She is excited to reunite with her three childhood friends and get back to their previous closeness. However, while she’s been away dynamics have shifted and her reappearance riles things up. Tsugu expects things to have remained the same, but the friendship between the two boys (Yuushin and Sora) has turned […]

Some romantic books I read this summer and am reviewing now to reach a double Cannonball

Fangirl, the Manga: Volume 3 by Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

How the Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh

Knockout by Sarah Maclean

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Fangirl, the Manga: Volume 3 – Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam Rating: 4 stars This August saw the release of the third installment of Rainbow Rowell’s manga version of Fangirl, my absolute favourite of her books (did I just buy a fancy tenth-anniversary edition, even though I own it in three other formats, NOT counting the mangas? You betcha). Cath is still struggling at college. Her writing partner Nick steals the story they’ve been working on together and makes her seem unreasonable for being upset […]

The master spy, the assassin, the telepathic daughter and their clairvoyant doggy

Spy x Family, vol 1 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 2 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 3 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 4 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 5 by Tatsuya Endo

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Agent Twilight is the best spy in the business and he’s willing to do absolutely anything to protect his country. For his latest mission, Operation Strix, he needs to get close to high-ranking politician Desmond Donovan. To do this, he needs to be married and have a child and said child needs to be admitted to the prestigious Eden Academy, where Desmond Donovan’s son Damien is a pupil. Agent Twilight creates the alias Loid Forger, a clinical psychiatrist, to complete the mission. Since he has […]

Review #8: Manga?!

The Ancient Magus' Bride by Kore Yamazaki

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I don’t normally read manga or watch anime (other than Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which I would recommend to literally anyone). I had heard of The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga by Kore Yamazaki and it’s anime adaptation, thought the premise was deeply weird, and wanted to see if that was truly the case. I was also sick, and willing to read something far outside my comfort zone in order to distract from that. Wikipedia description: “Having been ostracized by both her relatives and partially by society, […]



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