Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Lights, Camera, Jersey Devil and the Gang

The Big Break by Mark Tatulli

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This review of The Big Break has a few almost spoilers. This graphic novel of Mark Tatulli’s is about two best friends who have a falling out. They have been best friends forever, and when one starts to branch out and has a new friend, things are no so great for the old friendship or their trying to get together to create their movie for the big contest. Therefore, you have read this tale before. You know the idea, “It is okay to have new […]

Don’t be suck a pain in the neck

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane

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The Accursed Vampire looked like it would be a funny story. I mean, a story of three vampire kids? You know there is going to be hijinks. I was ready for Madeline McGrane to dazzle me. Instead, I was, not underwhelmed nor overwhelmed by the result. What happens when three kids set off on an adventure to steal a book that was stolen from the master of one of them? (A master who just happens to be a witch)? You get The Accursed Vampire. These […]

Rot, Snot and Squirm

Rot, the Bravest in the World! by Ben Clanton

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I am not a fan of rot. You know, that decaying, moldy and yucky stuff. However, Rot, the Bravest in the World!  is not about the kind of rot that is “eeeewww gross!” but about a potato called Rot. And while I have not always been friends with author and illustrator Ben Clanton books (Rot, the Cutest in the World! and Narwhal and Jelly series to name a few), I did enjoy this latest adventure. There is humor in Clanton’s books that is not for […]

*record scratch* you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation

False Value by Ben Aaronovitch

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well, not me per say- but DC Peter Grant. There was a good deal of magic AND non-magic kerfuffle at the end of Lies Sleeping. Peter, Lesley, Chorley, and the Nightingale himself were all thrown into the process of red tape and blue lines. I read Lies Sleeping back in September of last year, and then stopped dead in the ROL-iverse except for a short story here or there. False Value was available, but no way in hell was I about to mess up my matching set […]

Political intrigue is extra intriguing when everyone’s a necromancer

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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I discovered Cannonball Read at a rather opportune time, because I read Gideon the Ninth recently and until now, I’ve lacked a place to yell about this book as much as I need to. I know a fair bit has been written about it already, and I need to add to it, because this book. This book. My God this book.  The setting and worldbuilding of Gideon the Ninth speaks directly to the part of me who really, really wants to be into Warhammer 40k. […]

Grab books one and two while you grab three

Last Pick V03 Rise Up by Jason Walz

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Now that book three of the Last Pick series is out, you need to find all three books of this trilogy and dive in. Rise Up continues the adventures from Last Pick and Born to Run. Due to the fact that it had been a long since I had read books one and two, I had forgotten a few points. So of course, I recommend you start (not one as you will want to take a bathroom break and at least one snack break. Saving […]



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