Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I keep bouncing between a 2 and 3 rating

The Capybaras by Alfredo Soderguit

by Leave a Comment

I will start off with while I understand why people like The Capybaras by Alfredo Soderguit, I am not really sure why people were passionate about it. Yes, I like the idea of “being different” and we “set rules” to “protect” us, but that story has been done before. Okay, they are capybaras, and those things are stinking cute, but still not sure why so crazy about a story about them, and it is not even about them. Then there is the part about the […]

Meet Booger Lizk’t of Elberon or Tommy Tomkins to you

Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill

by Leave a Comment

I finished this book in a day, starting at the dentist, finishing as I enjoyed some cold pizza (shh don’t tell my dentist) from dinner, and it became a new favorite.  Granted, Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy might not be an OMG BEST BOOK EVER, but I really enjoyed how we take the being different theme and make it (while specific to our hero Tommy) a generic idea. That is a favorite thing about science fiction/fantasy. You take the Idea You Want to Present […]

A Wonder of a Woman

Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney

by Leave a Comment

Overall, Nubia: Real One is a modern telling of the superhero genre with concerns for today. While the art was not a hundred percent “my thing” it is clever and fits the tone of the story. Robyn Smith created illustrations that are classical graphic novel with comic overtones and works as both a blanket to hold the text and characters and be independent of it. I am not sure if they have reinvented the story of Nubia (outside of probably giving her two moms and […]

It’s Life

Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir by Bishakh Kumar Som

by Leave a Comment

At first, I found Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir by Bishakh Kumar Som a little confusing. You expect to get the story of Som, and while it starts off that way, you quickly go into a fictionalized version of who they are. With the character Anjali, we see who Som could be and in a way is, as their protagonist is a piece of them. This is a fun, informative and unique slice of life story that may not shatter the world but will rock it […]

New meaning of “Till death do us part”

Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost by Keezy Young

by Leave a Comment

Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost is a different kind of story with Keezy Young mixing and matching magic and realism into a story of twists, turns, laughter, sadness and gardening. The results are a love story to die for. Blue is a ghost; Hamal is human and the chemistry between the two is burning them up! But of course, like said, one is dead and that can put a crimp into things. As we follow these two star crossed lovers, we […]

“If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” RuPaul

Gay Giant by Gabriel Ebensperger

by Leave a Comment

Yes, a graphic novel is what Gay Giant by Gabriel Ebensperger is called, but it is not the usual format of one. It is an art book, a journal, a peek into the mind of one person coming to terms with the fact that it is okay to be you, it is okay to be bigger than life as you try to live it, and it is okay to be gay (both meanings, happy and homosexual). The currently contemporary voice of Ebensperger tells us how […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo