Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Old stories told today, sort of.

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman gathers together tales from Norse mythology and tells them in a way that makes sense to him. He attempts to pull together a cohesive narrative from what few myths have survived which is not many. All of the standards are here: the creation of the nine realms and the World Tree, Loki’s children, Thor’s visit with Hymir, Balder’s death, and Ragnarok. There are a few myths included that I had not read before such as The Mead of the Poets and Freya’s Unusual […]

I am a rule breaker….And can be unlike Kiku and her family in this graphic novel

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

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#cbr12bingo Book Club I am 100% cheating on this Bingo Block as I can’t find a Book Club book that I really want to read right now. However, this book should be 1000% in a book club.  We need to remember a piece of our own history and how history is currently repeating itself. Displacement by Kiku Hughes was not a perfect read for me. As much as I loved this book, I needed a bit more. It is a beautiful story about family, history, […]

I scream you scream for Halloween! (Or: Autumn books that can be Halloween books )

We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox

She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert

The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen

A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Pumpkin Monster by Amy Young

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This is Halloween, this is Halloween/Pumpkins scream in the dead of night Okay, these four books are on the other side of Halloween. They are not spooky (or at least not to the level of The Nightmare Before Christmas) but they are fun, can acutely be an autumn read (or even anytime read) and can be absolutely perfect for the right audience. We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox is probably my least favorite of the group. That’s not to say it is […]

Two for the paw of one

Super Turbo Saves the Day by Lee Kirby

Pup Detectives V01 The First Case by Feliz Gumpaw

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My recent vacation time was meant to be reading time. But I had a few adventures and just a lot of “Boy, am I too tired to read anything too serious; but OH LOOK! Two short, cute looking young, graphic novels!” The first read was Super Turbo Saves the Day by Lee Kirby, George O’Connor and Stan Kirby. It is also the first in the Super Turbo series. This familiar story of  classroom pets who take it upon themselves to protect their classrooms when students […]

Enemies to lovers in a dark, pre-historic world

A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

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Official book description: A generation past, the western realms were embroiled in endless war. Then the Destroyer came. From the blood and ashes he left behind, a tenuous alliance rose between the barbarian riders of Parsathe and the walled kingdoms of the south. That alliance is all that stands against the return of an ancient evil – until the barbarian king and queen are slain in an act of bloody betrayal.   Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for […]

Feeding my Toby habit again

Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

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I’ve become rather addicted to the Toby Daye series, so it’s been super frustrating to me that the UK Kindle release dates seem to be so behind which inevitably leads to me giving in before the time is up and breaking the promise I may not to bring more physical books into the house. But it’s been worth it – Toby always helps to bring back my reading mojo when I need it most. Night & Silence is the twelfth outing for Toby, and we […]



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