Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This would have been better as a YA fantasy

Dominion by Jean Kwok

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CBR18 Bingo: 26 (published this year. This month, in fact) Thank you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Rubi is an azure, a group of displaced and badly treated refugees. In this fantasy world, there are four dominions, each with its own specialities. There is the Azure Dragon dominion, which can control plants and all things growing, and many of their people can shapeshift into animals; the Scarlet Phoenix dominion, which […]

Justice for Wrongs Done

Soul Machine by Jordana Globerman

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There are bumps in the actual story arc of Soul Machine by Jordana Globerman. It feels as if this was book two or there was some sort of introduction in a previous book. We are never truly told what The Soul is (outside of assuming it is one’s “spiritual” soul), what the machine our cast of character use actually does, who are the customers of the company (outside of people, but why do they need them is not explained) and the characters, especially their backgrounds, […]

The b*tch” in obituary

The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying: Life Lessons for Rebellious Souls by Bill Crisafi

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The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Self-Care Slaying: Life Lessons for Rebellious Souls by Bill Crisafi is really warped and very messed up! I like it! Okay, seriously this is one wacky trip with Death and how freaking GLAM-ouros she is. How she has long nails and just rocks her heels and knows what fashion is to die for. They also know how to help those who are having self-esteem problems, confidence issues and are just stuck and can’t give up the ghost. Sometimes, literally. We […]

You can read Orlando 1 OR Orlando 2 (part two) (cbr18bingo)

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography by Jules Scheele

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A while back I read two versions of 1984 by Orwell in a graphic novel format. I had done this at least once before with The Great Gatsby (two graphic novels, same title) and now have done it with Orlando by Virginia Wolff. Each time the dual readings allowed me to pick up different pieces of the puzzle and allowed for comparison that helped me see what “worked best” for my personal reading style. With the first book, I was confused as to plot points […]

You can read Orlando 1 OR Orlando 2 (part one)

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Queer Classic by Susanne Kuhlendahl

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Orlando: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Queer Classic by Virginia Woolf and adapted by Susanne Kuhlendahl is marked as a graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s feminist classic, which tells the story of a passionate young nobleman traveling through time in the body of a woman.  Say, whaaaat?  I had NO idea this was what the book was about!  I admit, I might have been an English major and worked in a bookstore for several years, but I had never had this book […]

Knocking Out Three BINGO Squares

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

His Face Is the Sun by Michelle Jabes Corpora

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CBR18 BINGO: Versus (for Chosen Ones – good vs evil), Wealth (Reluctant Fundamentalist), and Map (His Face Is the Sun) Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth What happens as the dust settles after defeating the world’s greatest evil, in this case the Dark One? That’s the premise of this interesting take on the chosen one trope. There was a prophecy about who the chosen one would be, but five people ending up fitting that description. They end up working together to defeat the Dark One. But that […]



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