Cannonball Read 18

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When did Frenemies become a word?

Dragon vs. Unicorn: Friends or Frenemies? by P.J. Hoover and Lisa Wiley

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Dragon vs. Unicorn: Friends or Frenemies? by P.J. Hoover and Lisa Wiley (illustrator) might be, if not the first, one of the first or few Choose Your Own Adventures books I have read via an online reader (though it is currently available).  Online reading of a CYOA is not an easy task, unlike this book which is a quick read for the adult and a decent read for the at least five and up (around a young nine) crowd.  Unicorn and Dragon are two friends […]

Two erasers in a pencil case

Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks

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When you are a fan of an author, or at least with me, I find one of two things happening with a book: Either  I love it so much that even if it is bad, I don’t notice. I am just a fan blinded by my fangirling mind. Or I am terribly disappointed and figure that there is no way my author wrote it, as I have way too high expectations for it. Thankfully Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks was neither.  It is in between […]

I should have posted this on May 4th for the Star Wars tie-in

2 Dumb Dinos by Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski

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The abstractness of jokes (makes no sense, with no punchline) of 2 Dumb Dinos, will hit the right reader, but it was not my cup of tar (pit). Do you Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski and I hope you find the right audience. To help you do so, let me mention some things about the book. I read via an online reader, but it is available. Therefore, I am not sure of the actual size, but I have a feeling the book will be on […]

I’m sure it’s not the first time someone has heard, “Shake your Moneymaker” on OnlyF@ns

My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children's Stories) by R. Moneymaker

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I am an adult. At least, physically. Mentally (depending on the day) I am too young to even know about, let alone read, My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children’s Stories) by R. Moneymaker. Therefore I can honestly say, I have not read it. Instead, I had it read to me by rsullivan1991 on Facebook (I think his name is Ryan Sullivan, but I only have rsullivan1991 on the screenshot I took, and he uses this moniker across platforms).  Quick background: Mr. RSullivan1991 is a […]

The man, the myth, the nonsense

The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill and Laura Carlin

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I kept seeing the title The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill and illustrator Laura Carlin on multiple promotions, lists and emails. I was starting to think I did not want to read it as I have a thing about not reading something that is too popular. This is because I figure, a popular book will sell, be given love. The not so popular book needs someone to find it, to give it the […]

“I’m a fuckin’ honey badger and by this claw”— she held her hand up—“ I fuckin’ rule.”

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

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I picked up the first book on Saturday and was done with the third by the end of the week. Like Pringles, you can’t have just one. Hot and Badgered – 4.25 stars When a naked woman tumbles onto his hotel balcony while escaping her enemies, Berg’s happy to give her a T-shirt and a gun, but doesn’t expect to see her again. But it turns out that Charlie’s problems are manifest, and when they bring her to Manhattan, he’s happy to lend her a […]



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