Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

It was the best of books, it was the worst of books

Zerocalcare’s Tentacles At My Throat. by Zerocalcare

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I read this book. It is called Zerocalcare’s Tentacles At My Throat (by Zerocalcare). It is a book about a boy in three stages of his life. It is about him and his friends, the adventures they get into, and the screwed-up things they do. We start with Zero (or Calcare or Thingy) and his friends Slim and Sarah. They start in primary grade, go into a high school setting, finally they are almost 30. Their schooling is done in one school building (except for […]

You know I have volumes two and three on order!

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 10 Volume one by Jeremy Whitley

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CBR15Passport Books I own (had since mid-2022) I was not totally into My Little Ponies toys and cartoons as a kid, but I had my share and watched the shows/movies. As an adult, I have gotten back into them as my nephew (in his wonderful oddness of finding things that appeal to his sense of the world) has found them (he likes the music and colors mostly) and we have something we can share (though I am learning a lot about Frozen, superheroes and Five […]

Peanuts fans across the galaxy

Snoopy Soars to Space: Peanuts Graphic Novels by Charles M. Schulz

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The older I get the more I realize, The Peanuts comic is not always (or really) for kids. They have some terribly adult humor (Snoopy dresses as Lucy to show how tough and mean he can me), the characters are mean, themes are mature in some areas, and frankly, Snoopy? Not the loveable pup I remember as a kid. With that said, today’s kids can deal with more than I could and can. And they will be fine with Snoopy Soars to Space: Peanuts Graphic […]

As I told my nephew, my gen invented The Turtles & ya don’t mess with them!

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Adventures. by Matthew Manning

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Unless your child likes the modern, square-headed, dumber than pond muck Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, do not get your child Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Adventures (in June 2023). Please! Do not insult the honor and integrity of the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! They are not some skinny Donatello. Or a big, dumb, snaggle tooth Raphael! (OH my poor Raph! My young nephew would never believe you used to be my favorite). And when you have Leonardo calling Raph the boss? […]

Name. Time. Hell.

The Hellbound Volume one by Yeon San-Ho

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This, to say the least, is an unusual book.  What is/was the point? Who are these people that grace the pages? Why do they do what they do? (Okay, the officer who had his wife murdered, and his son, make sense, but still). When is this book taking place? (Is it now? Or a future timeline? Or even an alternative timeline?) So many questions, so few answers in The Hellbound Volume one manga graphic novel. The creators, Yeon San-Ho, Choi Gyu-Seok, Danny Lim (translation) and […]

They do jobs, for gold, so they can get drunk

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Library Edition Series I & II Collection by Matthew Mercer

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I only know the TV series of Vox Machina so my feelings are from hat incarnation of everything (and by everything, I mean the D&D game it is based on, the videos, and anything online or other book formats). The creators of this collection are Matthew Mercer, Jody Houser, Matthew Colville, Olivia Samson, and Chris Northrop. Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Library Edition Series I & II Collection is a collection has the gang to be known as Vox Machina before they were The Gang. […]



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