Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Take a trip to the other side of the world and find yourself

Ichiro by Ryan Inzana

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What is this book? Well, I can tell you what it is not. It is not easy. It is not straightforward. And it is not something to rush through. Our hero Ichiro must deal with life, death, family, moving across the ocean from New York to Japan and will begin learning what is right and wrong. We see history (American, Japanese, even a bit of Chinese), mythology (I am assuming Japanese as while I know some, I am very lacking in my Asian cultures) and […]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

The Seeds by Ann Nocenti

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The Seeds is WARPED!  I was reading it a few nights ago and texting to a friend about it. I told them at that point (a handful of pages in), we had destroyed Earth to the point where much of the population has left the technology side of the city and gone “back to basics.” Yet, this is no lovefest, happy back-to-nature world. Just lie the technology side is just horrible as any dystopian world could be, it is pig-eat-pig world out there. On the […]

Want a Ride?

Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky

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OMG what was Afterlift? It was part … I do not know, and I do not know. Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, Pairs Alleyne, and Aditya Bidikar put together a graphic novel that takes you on a ride. There is everything in heaven, hell, and earth on the pages. We have our main character, an “uber driver” to Hell. Literally. Only she does not realize that at first. No, she only realizes this after she learns that one of her passengers is dead, The Hord of […]

Less than Dino-might

Dinosaur Explorers V08: Lord of the Skies by Albbie

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“I cannot finish this book.” Was my first thought only a handful of pages into Dinosaur Explorers V08: Lord of the Skies by Albbie. Yet, I got about probably about halfway thorough before I noticed that the chapter I was on had no new images. Everything had been repeated (or seemed to be) to the point I was wondering if there was a mistake and a few pages just keep getting repeated over and over. It was an eBook, but still, I could see it […]

Pass me ALL the tissues

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

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A retelling of The Six Swans, Daughter of the Forest pulled me fully into its story, often leaving me trying (and failing) to look like I hadn’t been weeping during my lunch break. Set in 10th century Ireland, Sorcha is the seventh child of a mother who died in childbirth and a distant father. With dad usually off protecting the borders of his land – Sevenwaters – against the Picts, Britons and Vikings, Sorcha has spent most of her childhood roaming the forests of her […]

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a cookie look smug.

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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Mona lives in Riverbraid, a city-state where folks with magick live mostly peacefully with their non-magic neighbors. (Other city-states are not so kind, you understand. Some require magickers to register with the government, or lived confined to a ghetto, or serve in the military.) Mona is pretty satisfied with this as her magic is small and, in her opinion, not terribly useful. She’s a bread wizard, useful for saving a loaf from burning, but limited in application otherwise. Then magickers with small gifts like Mona’s […]



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