Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Little Sister has punch

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters volume 1 by Chris Samnee

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I was going to include Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters volume 1 with Barb the Last Berzerker not because they are by the same author(s) and/or illustrator(s), or even because they had similar themes. Now, they do both have a wild child (Barb in one and Jonna in the other), but their paths are radically different. One is on a journey to stop an evil wizard and likes to have a chat or two, the other hits first, second, last and does not talk much […]

Berzerker Barb and Porkchop to save the day, but first… Sausages!

Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan & Jason

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According to the publisher content (with a little edit from me), my first review is if: She-Ra/He-Man met Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man. And while I won’t disagree, I do think it is a little less as shall we say, clueless than Dog Man can be. Barb is a young Berzerker who wants in on the action, but the others feel she is too young. But when she is the last one standing, this Dan (Abdo) and Jason (Patterson) graphic novel, she is their only hope […]

They would have gotten away with it too…

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

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CBR13 Bingo: Book Club (the July selection of my fantasy/sci-fi book club here in Oslo. I read it in early June) Official book description: The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison. Scooby Doo and the gang never had to do this! 1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small […]

Follow the Dragon Path home, but watch out for monster sized monsters

The Dragon Path by Ethan Young

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The Dragon Path is the old west, fantasy, science fiction, Chinese mythology coming together in a graphic novel of family, honor, and righting wrongs. This is a diesel punk novel that is if Avatar the Last Airbender, a wagon train of immigrant settlers, and Komodo dragons got together for a story. If you want adventure, humor, magic, and family in one spot, you probably want to read this. Ethan Young made a straightforward story: a family/clan is traveling back to their ancestral land. The action […]

“Gitchey Boo, Gitchey Bon! Gitchey Goo, Gitchey Gone!

Boo Stew by Donna L. Washington

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Boo Stew is probably not a dish you wish served cold, hot or at all! Curly Locks might have a good heart, and a passion for cooking, but her ingredients are a bit, unique, to say the least. The townsfolk of Toadsuck Swamp know that you do not even have a nibble of a creation by Curly Locks. Yet, one day one of her dishes go missing from her windowsill, and town is being bulled by Scares (who Curly Locks has never paid too much […]

Their costumes are made of cardboard, but their hearts are made of gold

The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast by Chad Sell

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cbr13bingo Gateway  (This (so far two book) graphic novel series is one that I am not a huge fan of, but I know they are good for today’s readers. They introduce modern subjects (GLBTQ related) but also the classics like bullies and friendship issues. I recommend this to both starting in the genre of graphic novel and one if you’ve been into GNs for a bit).   The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast is: a graphic novel. It is a colorful graphic novel at […]



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