Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Hero School Shenanigans

My Hero Academia: School Briefs (v4) by Kohei Horikoshi, Anri Yoshi

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I have realized something about novelizations and short story collections based on manga/anime: I prefer the episodes that don’t refer to something directly from the main series. Just for the record, stories that started as novels and then got turned into the other forms are something else entirely, not this. This is My Hero Academia: School Briefs 4. Basically it’s a series of short stories mainly linked to episodes from the manga; at least I’m pretty sure since I’m not totally caught up with the […]

Dragons and Swamp Folk Underwhelm in the Bayou

Highfire by Eoin Colfer

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I’m not sure what I was expecting with Highfire. I was introduced to the author Eoin Colfer via Artemis Fowl which I enjoyed for the first several novels, then lost interest in in the direction the series was going. I like the not entirely original premise of the grumpy powerful being (Vern the dragon) teaming up with and gradually softening to a spunky sidekick (Squib Moreau). The setting of the Bayou, presumably Louisiana, makes for interesting potential in terms of cultural lore. It’s sort of […]

Fun with Fred and Friends

Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

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The “yay for Drew Hayes” streak continues. Undeading Bells is book 6 in the Fred series and a lot of the fun continues. The main challenge comes in the form of the alluded to wedding of the title, between Krystal and Fred. Of course there are several obstacles to overcome before getting to the altar. There are basically 3 things the House of Fred and Fred have to work through: first, wedding planning and then pulling off the actual ceremony, Fred further working on his […]

I Might have Enjoyed This More at Another Time

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

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I am so grateful that the a couple of things about Wayward Son irritated me, otherwise I would be finding 250 words for unenthusiastic. I was really looking forward to Wayward Son after loving Carry On. In short, Simon Snow is depressed and listless after defeating the mage, draining all his magic into the Humdrum, and finding himself with permanent wings and a tail. He doesn’t think he deserves Baz as his boyfriend and doesn’t know how to talk to him. Baz feels Simon slipping away […]

If you step on this Lego you’ll only slip

Mystery of the Masks (Lego Ninjago) by Kate Howard

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Are you social distancing? In the house for way to long with your kiddos? Are they are Lego Ninjago fan? Then try this book (or series) on.   Mystery of the Masks (Lego Ninjago) by Kate Howard is a book if you know who these characters are. This book starts in the “middle” of the characters story. Their characteristics and what these people (Lego) can do are already in place. This is #17 in the series of books. I did not realize this when I […]

Big time catch up post

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

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I am WAY behind. I have a stand-alone review planned for my favorite book of the year and another group review for a series on the way but I needed to knock these out and get my count down a bit. How the gracious did I get so backlogged. Let’s take these one-by-one because they really don’t have a whole lot in common. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Reading Red, White & Royal Blue earlier this year turned me around a bit on […]



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