Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Forced to join the yearbook club was the least of his problems

Fearbook Club by Richard Ashely Hamilton

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I read R. L. Stine (Fear Street), Christopher Pike, Ritchie Cusick, etc, as a teen. Those teen thriller/horror stories that were fun, not overly serious, bit of romance, but had a bit of ghosts and ghouls and always a climax where the villains are unmasked (sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively). And when I was reading Fearbook Club, I figured this must be the younger versions of those authors. Maybe a more humorous Goosebumps. Richard Ashely Hamilton made a story that was (as I said) a fun […]

A sleepy independent boba café, a not so sleepy secret

Super Boba Café V01 by Nidhi Chanani

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A fun story that ends a smidgen abruptly was what I felt about Super Boba Café V01 by Nidhi Chanani.  However, this is (as the volume one notes) a graphic novel which is the first book and you know that there will be more to come because of that. Not to mention the very last page has that “dun dun dun” ending where, “That’s all … for now … Folks!” should be added. If you want to find out what that ending is, you need to […]

Ding-dong, the witch is dead.

Mamo by Sas Milledge

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A recent Wednesday of no sleep saw me not feeling well on Thursday. Taking the mental health day, I slept, and when I woke up it was too late to work, so I read. One of the books I would read that Thursday was Mamo by Sas Milledge.  This book has an odd feeling to it, or at least to me. I was picking up Scandinavian vibes to the landscape and with most of the people we see. But our main character looks like they […]

The message is not just on the wall

The Crows by Anders Fager

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I recently read this creepy graphic novel called, The Crows. At first, it acted like it might be one of two things: either a ghost story where the main character is haunted by the ghost of (fill in the blank) a parent(s), grandparent(s), their former self, or some real monster/ghost. Or it would be a descent into madness and everything was hallucinations, just in the characters head. There was the possibility of lots of gore and blood, but that only came into play once physically; […]

The Real Good Guys

Save Yourself!  by Bones Leopard

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Bad guys, monsters, heroes and lots of very pro-queer sentiments come together in this collection of Save Yourself!  Bones Leopard, along with illustrators, Kelly and Nichole Matthews, made a story that was both serious and hilarious all at the same time. Sometimes there felt to be some cliches (Bear would fit in with some Drag Queens I’ve seen with ze beard, fun tutu, large hair, and flamboyant manner), but I think the author is just trying to cover the rainbow of all types of queer […]

You can call her a hero

Adora and the Distance by Marc Bernardin

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I have been debating on reading Adora and the Distance for sometime now. The cover made it look like it was a typical “Girl of color is our hero” and “Down with the patriarchy and non-representation!” novel. Well, this book by Marc Bernardin is proof one should not judge a book by its cover. Oh, yes, it is a young nine-year-old girl of color who is a hero, off on adventures, but if you look closer, it is more than that.  At first, I was […]



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