Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I did not expect what I got

Fustuk: A Graphic Novel by Robert Mgrdich Apelian

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When I read Fustuk: A Graphic Novel by Robert Mgrdich Apelian, I expected something completely different. I guess I thought there would be more fantasy, less realism. And while I was not exactly sure what that meant, or would entail, I did not expect what I got. And in the end, I think it might have been better than I thought.  The setting and use of food are unique with the coming of age and self-discovery is a comforting familiar part of the story. The […]

The Housemate by J.J.A. Harwood

The Housemate by J.J.A. Harwood

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. I honestly loved this entire book. Becks and Jamie were great. The ending was great and it had me wondering what would other people do in the situation that they got themselves into there. A very good haunted house horror novel. The Housemate follows Becks who is a young and queer woman who breaks up with her long-term girlfriend at the start of this book. Becks is sleeping […]

I can’t get over Platypusary is a real word

Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary by Arianna Irwin

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I had seen Penelope’s Escape from the Platypusary by Arianna Irwin in various places (emails, catalogs, an online reader copy). One day there was a “sign up for getting copies of these reader copies” so I did. And I was lucky enough to receive several of them, with this one being an email with an attachment to a full copy of the graphic novel (granted I was hoping for a physical copy). Yet, I almost decided not to read when I learned it was “based […]

Revisit the Hundred Acre Wood

Winnie-the-Pooh: The Graphic Novel by A.A. Milne, Kevan Chandler and Joe Sutphin

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Winnie-the-Pooh: The Graphic Novel by A.A. Milne, Kevan Chandler (Adapter), Joe Sutphin (Adapter/Illustrator) It took a bit to read this because I was using an online reader, and a few pages were “split,” so I couldn’t get the “full picture” with images. I also “put down” the reader to start reading other books as it is not due until October 2026 and figured I had some time to finish at a later date. The original story and this book might vary a bit from each […]

This is the party that never ends, it goes on and on my friends…. (but it has gorgeous illustrations)

King Winter's Birthday by Jonathan Freedland and Emily Sutton

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Though I did not cry reading King Winter’s Birthday by Jonathan Freedland and Emily Sutton (illustrator), I did get emotional.  It is a bittersweet story of loss and in the end, hope. The illustrations are lovely and though I do give it a five rating, there were a few odd flows to the text in a few places, otherwise it was perfect.  The story is about how a brother (King Winter) wants to spend the special occasion of his birthday with his siblings, King Summer, […]

Well what a difference a few years (and a reading habit) make

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

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I picked this up for the first time in early 2019, or so Goodreads tells me. I do remember it was a recommendation from Sandhya, and Goodreads also reminds me of my takeaway: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Onerous world building, everyone’s title and name and office building and race is another similar sounding name… Let the reader’s mind fly back to mid-2018, specifically July 25, 2018. I am interviewing for a new job, because my current job has ceased to exist and I’ve been […]



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