Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A very well done piece of comics journalism by Sofia Warren

Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren

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CBR15Passport Recommended by a Friend If I am halfway through Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator, that is saying something. Only I wish Sofia Warren had said something. Or at least something interesting. I mean, I was expecting something Exciting! Flashy! Political! I was expecting a biography of a socialist senator with the job thing tossed in. I am going to assume it is rare on state or national level, let alone in New York to be elected running on a Socialistic ticket. (Please […]

The 80s were a magical time for dystopian near-future fiction

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

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“I’m thinking of taking my family and getting out of this country soon, sometime over the next couple of years. It’s cold and it’s mean-spirited, and I don’t like it here anymore.” Surprisingly, the above quotation does not come from V for Vendetta, but from Alan Moore’s 1988 introduction to the graphic novel for the original DC Comics run. At the time, Margaret Thatcher was entering her third term as Prime Minster of the U.K., and Moore was despairing about, among other things, the treatment of […]

Three strikes! You’re IN

Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congress Woman by Sharice Davids

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She had “three strikes” against her: she was female, a Native American and queer. But that did not stop Sharice Davids. She took her passion, the support of friends, family, and her community, along with her “big voice,” and showed people what she could and would do. After a long, difficult, but I would suggest rewarding, journey, this allowed her to be one of the only Native American women elected to Congress and the first GLBTQ person to represent Kansas. Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native […]

Dune Messiah – a worthy successor to Dune

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

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What happens after you conquer everything? This is a question i have always wondered about after hearing the story of Alexander the Great. Paul Atreides has won his war against the Harkonnens & the Emperor & his Fremen have brought their jihad to every corner of the known universe. Yet Paul is miserable.  This is partly due to his prescience which traps him as he sees the future unfold & he cannot see any way to escape it. He also sees his beloved Fremen move […]

We the President: Behind the scenes and then some

We the People and the President: An Infographic Look at the American Presidency by PJ Creek and Jamie Creek

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We the People and the President: An Infographic Look at the American Presidency is an interesting book. I only had a sample of what the final will be of PJ Creek and Jamie Creek’s creation, but it was packed with goodies. This is a non-fiction book and partly because the sample I had was online, it was not easy to read. The other part is there is a log of information to process. Diagrams, graphs, text and more filled this (assuming picture book sized, but […]

Shirley Chisholm, Unbought and Unbossed

Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! by Veronica Chambers

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I was afraid that Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! was going to be a bit on the preachy side. It looked “in your face” for some reason. Therefore, I was almost not going to pick it up. Because with a preconceived notion that like, I was not sure I could be objective. Yet, that blue cover kept calling me. And I am glad I listened. Veronica Chambers created a nice book about a pioneer for rights for all. She wanted women, women of color and […]



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