Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Bodies and Christ

American Rapture by C.J. Leede

This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller

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Being back in grad school, I just do not have the time to read like I used to. However, last week on a retreat, I knocked out two religious horror books I had been meaning to read for a while and since they were both thematically similar, I figured I’d dump the reviews here. American Rapture This is juuuuust clearing the 4-star threshold, mostly because I liked C.J. Leede’s writing, even if her plotting and pacing could frustrate. I also get easily annoyed with survival […]

Priest with Holy tattoos and brandish machine guns in the face of demons

Covenant V02 by LySandra Vuong

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Usually I find that a sequel to a book does not usually capture the same intensity of the first. Covenant V02 by LySandra Vuong is no exception. It is slower than book one, as Vuong focuses this edition as a build up to the final battle. In some ways, it is also darker than the first book and secrets come to light, only to make more questions. It lets you know that this is book two of an at least trilogy.  We follow a handful […]

Hot priests, holy tattoos, and machine guns

Covenant V01 by LySandra Vuong

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When I saw Covenant advertised I was not sure if I wanted to read it. One, it was a graphic novel and I’ll read almost anything when it comes to those. But two, it was a fantasy and I’m so-so when it comes to that. Three, it was about religion and I am not usually in the mood for that (unless I am). And four, it was LGBTQ, and for the longest time I was not in the mood for a LGBTQ and religion book. […]

The island might be unspoiled but some of its residents really stink…

Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell

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The cover of Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell is a tad misleading. It makes things look like a teen thriller in the line of a slightly darker Christopher Pike, RL Stine, or Richie Tankersley Cusick and the like. In other words, something from the late 1980s or early 1990s when I was a teen and actually reading realistic paranormal.  Instead of a “teeny bopper thriller with supernatural” we get sex, drugs, and vampires. We get some downright […]

He’s a Cat. He’s a Man. He’s Cat Man.

Cat Man by Parari

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I expected Cat Man by Parari to be totally different from what it was and exactly what it was. However, I assume that it would be a one Cat story. Meaning, there would only be one cat character trying to make it in the human world. The one character who is an “oddball out” or the one who feels like they don’t fit in and wants too, while everyone else seemingly has their litter boxes in order. The main character I assumed would be a […]

The Myth, the Magic, The Woman

Medea by Blandine Le Callet

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In Medea by Blandine Le Callet, Nancy Peña (Illustrator), Montana Kane (Translator) the question you must first ask yourself is can you trust this narrator or not? Then, are you seeing the true story or not? Has she been villainized to take blame away from the real culprits? Or is she the monster history says? Those questions and more, will come alive in this adaptation of Medea’s story.  The afterwards show how the historical, myth and magic all came together, along with the creators adaptations, […]



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