Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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More Backwoods Fantasy in Oklahoma

Fae Lords of Oklahoma by Ferrett Steinmetz

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Ok, finally catching up with this one. I have had it sitting on my account for a while, but I so rarely log in to read books purchased via Kindle that I tend to forget I have them.  Since the vents of The Dragon Kings of Oklahoma, Daisy and Wild-Eye have settled in as the adoptive daddies of the young dragon, Ace. Ace is getting just a little bit bigger now and trying to spread her wings. All three of them are out exploring the […]

One for the season, the other anytime

The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor

Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Volume 1 by Marume Goshika

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Before I started to write a review for The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor, I said to myself, “I have read too many books!” (Who am I and will the real Raven stand up???). You see, I couldn’t find another book I thought I had written a review for and I wasn’t sure how to start this review, as it was blending into another book (a third book) I […]

Into the belly of the beast

Wolf's Belly by John August and Simón Estrada

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Wolf’s Belly by John August and Simón Estrada (illustrator) is a fairly intense, unique but also familiar, graphic novel. It has a narrator voice, but is told from the perspective of the girl with the red cape (we always forget her name). So, to make sure she gets her due, we learn her name is Lu (Little Red Riding Hood), and in a turnabout, her parents and many siblings have no names. They have actions or a personality (her mother is a great warrior, her […]

Don’t say a word

Out of the Blue by Barefoot Books and Alison Jay

Homecoming: A Story of War, Nature, and Hope by Margaryta Winkler

Alone One Night by Andrea Antinori

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What is going on with wordless picture books?  I read Out of the Blue by Barefoot Books and Alison Jay (due March 2027) via an online reader and it’s a wordless board book. And then I read Margaryta Winkler’s (due February 2027) book and I was okay, this book,  Homecoming: A Story of War, Nature, and Hope has no words to read, but still there are some (wildly amazing and far out) images to read and I am really getting into those. But then I […]

Maybe more of a vibes read. Plus crows are cool

The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman

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Bingo Square: Craft (witchcraft) I wasn’t excited when my book club picked this one but I figured, maybe it was time for me to give Alice Hoffman another try. I think the book I had read was The Third Angel and it just didn’t work for me. I would like to think I gave this novel a fair shot but Hoffman just isn’t for me. It’s frustrating because there are moments in this book that are absolutely gorgeous and the premise sounds fascinating. Unfortunately, it […]

BINGO Blackout Achieved!

Pantomime by L.R. Lam

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CBR 18 BINGO: Clown L.R. Lam took a page out of Samantha Shannon’s book (she noted Shannon set a precedent) and re-released Pantomime in 2025, with substantial revisions to the 2013 edition. I didn’t read the original, but I’m so glad I came across this update because I really enjoyed it. Micah Grey is an intersex 17-year-old who runs away from home and joins the circus. He comes across the Phantom Damselfly there, an apparition of sorts who only seems to communicate with him, and […]



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