Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m sorry, “heavily fringed orbs” is not a sexy way to talk about your international anti-magic stalker’s pretty eyes, and all y’all are dumbasses

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

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Ugh, this was an annoying disappointment. I had read one Libba Bray book previously that I liked, about teenage pageant contestants stranded on an island, and hoped that this book about teenage witches at a finishing school for girls would be equally fun. Instead, it’s annoying, and the girls are annoying, and the book would’ve been a short story if anybody had bothered to SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. Plus, redemption arcs for the mean girls? That is a suspension bridge of disbelief too far for […]

A cute but maybe unnecessary standalone

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

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Regan is having a hard time with her friend group. After one of her friends inadvertently makes ‘queen bee’ Laurel mad, Regan chooses the security being close to said popular girl brings, and the other girl is shunned. But when Regan learns something upsetting and confusing about herself, she makes the mistake of confiding in Laurel, who takes it badly and mocks her. Regan runs away from school, but while heading home, she stumbles upon a doorway in the trees that says ‘be sure’. She […]

Harper and Sam running for their lives 

Black Star by Eric Anthony Glover

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 CBR15Passport, already own I read an interesting graphic novel. There are interesting illustrations that support, compliment, and become its own character. The equally interesting text can be taken “as is” and straightforward, or you can look for a deeper meaning. This is not a onetime read, as there are several parts and a few layers. What is this graphic novel called? Black Star by Eric Anthony Glover (or Eric A. Glover or Eric Glover depending on what source you are using, and since the book […]

Get the tacos!

Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel by Adam Rubin

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I remember reading, and liking, Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin. However, as I was reading Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel (still by Rubin) I did not remember a ding-darn thing! And while you can read these two books separately, it does help if you know the first book as there are a few things referenced in book two that are “need to knows.” This time dragons are not eating tacos, as they have run out of tacos. And it is up to them, […]

Staring at the Sun

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

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“Either this is madness, or it Hell.” “It is neither; it is Knowledge.” Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland is, in this reviewer’s calculations, 35% Just for Fun, 30% Social Satire, and 35% Devotional to Truth. I like all of that stuff, so I really liked this book. I recommend it to anyone looking for real answers, what I like to call The Search. The narrator/writer of Flatland is a square. I don’t mean a boring person from the 1950s; I mean an actual square on a […]

Derek Laufman has a new fan

The Witch of Wickerson by Derek Laufman

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   CBR15Passport, New Author  The Witch of Wickerson by Derek Laufman is a fantastic book with amazing illustrations and a clever story. I could see a series and/or a movie or animated series adapted from it. While it has twists and turns, and can be dark, it is a slightly easier and less intense than Redwall. The adventures are based in fantasy elements (a mouse wearing clothes, talking animals, a witch) can be intense for young or sensitive readers. And there is the kidnapping of the […]



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