Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Wake up to a beautiful day in Morningtown!

Welcome to Morningtown by Blake Liliane Hellman

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#cbr11bingo #Youth I started this book a few weeks back while waiting for a Goodbye Lunch of our long-time accounting person (she is leaving us after 34 years) to start. I put it in my mailbox for safe keeping (after all there was quiche for lunch). Due to the fact I no memory of what happened (except there was this hilarious, realistic, oh-so-typical image of a little kid flushing the toilet while holding up their pants in one hand and not quite covering everything up) […]

Not just another slipper story

The Tale of the Tiger Slippers by Jan Brett

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#cbr11bingo #Illustrated Due in September 2019, this book, The Tale of the Tiger Slippers is classical Jan Brett with the illustrations. Every page is busy with no space left untouched. Every color in your Crayola box (and a few I am sure they never heard of) is everyplace. They pop off the page in bold, brash and rich images and strength. They assault the eyes (but not in a negative manner but can be a bit overwhelming at times). The illustrations sound as if a […]

When the Sugar Plum Fairy meet Alice (well….not really)

The Nutcracker by E.T.A Hoffmann

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

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#cbr11bingo  #Remix Various publishers have done board books that have a classic theme. They tell you the bare minimal of the story with each one having limited text; yet some have more than others. This series, Penguin Bedtime Classics, seems to be my favorite so far. Or at least the two I have read which are illustrated by Carly Gledhill. The Nutcracker (based on E.T.A Hoffmann’s story) is a simplistic version of the Nutcracker, with details that make it lighthearted and fun. The characters are […]

Lumberjane Standalone

Lumberjanes: THe Infernal Compass by Lilah Sturges, Polterink

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Bingo 16 (Illustrated) I really liked the first few installments of the Lumberjanes series, and then things started to get uneven, both in terms of art and the story. Then came Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass. This volume isn’t part of the main series exactly, it’s a stand-alone graphic novel, but it seems to go back to the original spirit in ways I really appreciated. A significant bit is dedicated to a single story that’s not an obvious episode (a good thing). The basic story focuses […]

Really Unreal (pun intended)

The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey

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Bingo 15 (Far and Away) What makes The Grand Dark so interesting is that there’s a lot of recognizable elements to it, but at the same time it’s so very much not reality. Overall, this is a creepy but intriguing world because bits are familiar, but then the rest is either too vague or too unnatural. That’s what makes the whole thing, the setting and the story, something you recognize and at the same time really different- the unfamiliar familiar. It’s also a world apart […]

How hard could husbanding be?

Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold

Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold

Penric's Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold

Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold

Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Orphans of Raspay by Lois McMaster Bujold

Protozoa by Lois McMaster Bujold

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This is a collection of novellas that take place in the world of the Five Gods (the site of The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt). Penric is a local and mostly minor noble who helps a dying woman on the side of the road. She dies and her vested demon chooses Penric as a host (which makes him a default sorcerer). In addition, I’m also reviewing an early collection of stories called Protozoa. Penric’s Demon I have read this before, […]



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