Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Careful what you wish for

The Knitting Witch: A Spellbinding Tale of Magic and Mischief by Norma Kassirer

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Ivy Lou is a wealthy child who is given everything by her overindulgent parents, in The Knitting Witch: A Spellbinding Tale of Magic and Mischief. However, if they say “no” or even hesitate, Ivy Lou has three tantrums she can use to get her way. One day a witch (hence the title) shows up, promising the one thing Ivy Lou’s parents cannot buy (friends for Ivy Lou). But as the woman is a witch, things do not go as hoped and Ivy Lou gets a […]

No ticket (or fare) needed for this ride

Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse

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I had been interested in Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse for a while. I lost my online reader copy, so I went to the library instead. It still looked interesting, but also looking more closely at the cover I thought it also looked like it was going to be an odd book. The ghosts are in the car, the main character out front, standing there like she’s the best driver in the world, and ready for adventures. Well it turns out that she might not […]

A Great Series Starter

Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet

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Charlie Cochet is currently running a kickstart to fund special 10th anniversary editions of her THIRDS series, and in my excitement and anticipation I’ve decided to do a whole series re-read. Hell & High Water is the first book and introduces Dexter J. Daley as a detective working for the Human Police Force (HPF) who recently turned his partner in after he shot an unarmed Therian in the back. There is a lot of social conflict between Humans and Therians, and this translates to prejudice […]

If it has a sequel I’ll read it

Heebie Jeebies by Matthew Erman

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 cbr16bingo  Bananas  I could have picked disco as there is a disco dancing math teacher, but I picked Bananas just because the whole thing is nuts. It is Humor 101. This should have ice cream and nuts and cherry on top. It is funny, it is sweet, it is not fattening, and you might even lose a few pounds laughing your buns off!  Heebie Jeebies by Matthew Erman and illustrated by Shelby Criswell is not my OMG favorite ever book, and is more of a […]

Just a bit of fun… gone horribly wrong

Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai

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I almost didn’t read Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai. I have enjoyed reading their Surviving the Wild books and have had other titles by them on my radar, but at first I didn’t realize this was theirs and second it did not look like it was something I would normally read. But since one goal this year is to break away from the reading norm and try new things, I thought a young adult thriller might be good. Well, it is a […]

Magic and Anxiety

Secret Passages 1985-1986 by Axelle Lenoir

The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor

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Secret Passages 1985-1986 by Axelle Lenoir – 3 stars In an effort to untangle her complicated feelings about the loss of her cosmic twin, author Axelle decides to unspool her life in an off-kilter autobiographical comic. This is a surreal and funny graphic novel which depicts a year in young Axelle’s life as she starts going to school, forms a strange connection with the forest by her home, and begins to suffer in the grip of acute anxiety. The art is both atmospheric and humorous, […]



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