Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A field trip for the ages

Lost In The Future V01: The Storm by Damian

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Lost In The Future V01: The Storm by Damian and illustrated by Alex Fuentes is a fun adventure story in a graphic novel format, that is short, (maybe not sweet) but has some interesting segments. It has the action and the friendship aspects that keep things moving without being “too much” adventure and no plot, or all plot and not enough action.  The art is the real drawback for me with the too Nickelodeon-like and/or Uncle Grandpa/Gravity Falls/Steven Universe/The Amazing World of Gumball/etc. images. From […]

“I had you in my life, and I had you in my future, and that was enough for me.”

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

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In December of 2022 I read Megan Bannen’s The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy. I devoured it, it sunk into my soul a bit and left me with big feelings that I had a tough time initially putting into words. When Bannen’s second book, The Undermining of Twyla and Frank was announced I immediately put it on my to read list and was even more excited by Emmalita’s review in June about a love story between two folks in their 50s. When I got my […]

a re-read before the fourth book was coming out later in the year

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

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these books are like Tamora Pierce, but for adults (i.e., starring adults, with adult scenes–as an adult who still reads Tamora Pierce novels and considers the Circle of Magic series one of her favorites). It’s something of the vibe that T. Kingfisher has going on throughout her books–knights and magic, of course, but also a homey sort of rhythm. There’s real Magic, of course, impressive and with big swords and horses and stuff, but there’s also small magics that are expressed in everyday actions. Everything moves […]

let’s see if I get the slang right

Starling House by Alix. E Harrow

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This left me feeling pretty “mid,” as the kids say. I’ve realized that Alix E. Harrow might just be an author whose style doesn’t fully click with me when it comes to novels. I had a similar reaction to The Ten Thousand Doors of January—it’s just something about the vibe and pacing that doesn’t quite land. That said, I did enjoy her Fractured Fables series (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended), so maybe it’s the format that works better for me. I was excited going into this because I’m […]

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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 […]

Quinn, I’m serious. I think I killed a man. I think I killed…Santa.

The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky

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Quinn and Patrick are about to celebrate their first Christmas as husband and husband, and the way things are going, it might also be their last. They are stretched financially paying for a house they don’t like that needs a lot of repairs, Patrick offered to host Christmas without checking with Quinn, and they aren’t communicating. Things look grim when Patrick mistakes Santa for a burglar and smacks him with a frying pan, twice. Now Patrick and Quinn have to save this Christmas and next […]



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