Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

They didn’t wear black hats

I Witnessed: The Great Train Robbery of 1963: A Graphic Novel by Andrea Debbink and Crystal Jayme

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I Witnessed: The Great Train Robbery of 1963: A Graphic Novel by Andrea Debbink and Crystal Jayme (illustrator) is a  graphic novel that is fiction and fact mixed together for a modern Nancy Drew-like adventure. It is the second in the series, but each is stand alone as the first book was I Witnessed: The Lizzie Borden Story by Jeramey Kraatz and Crystal Jayme. This story is easy. Someone (in the case of The Great Train Robbery, an aspiring journalist teen girl), witnesses the action […]

Flick of the tail

Sassy Cats by Yamada Murasaki

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Recently I tried to read an online reader copy of Sassy Cats by Yamada Murasaki (translated by Ryan  Holmberg). It totally looked like something I would read. But I think I am going to have to find a finished copy in November as I just could not grasp what Muraskai was putting down. There was a long intro (which I started, then skipped, I figured I could go back) and then a few wordless images of cats. So far, okay. Not WOW, but I’m into […]

Road trip to the end of the world

We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune

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Some days I wonder if it was worth learning to read; especially, when I pick up something that is just downright awful. But then I know it is a good thing when I find something that is amazing. Of course, there is always that title that is In Between. I question and confirm both answers simultaneously. Yet, I might never come to a solid conclusion to which is the right answer. We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune is an In Betweener. What sealed the […]

Damn can this woman write

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson has a lot going on in less than 200 pages. I had always assumed it was going to be a paranormal story, as people have always said it was scary. However, like Jackson’s story, The Lottery (the only other story by Jackson I know I have read), all the spooky and scary elements are psychological. We are scared because there are two women and their invalid uncle in a big, empty house with a town […]

Mountain and bullets in the air

Lantern Pass: A Supernatural Alpine Thriller by Serge Lehman, and Frederik Peeters

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Lantern Pass: A Supernatural Alpine Thriller by Serge Lehman, Frederik Peeters (Illustrator) due mid-November 2026; read via an online reader copy Moods: dark, adventurous, tense, challenging, mysterious, emotional, and occasionally, in the middle of the violence, funny. Triggers: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment.  […]

The Green Child brought to you by physical copy, the rest by online reader copies 

The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and Britta Teckentrup

Theia: The Little Planet Who Made the Seasons by Saskia Gwinn and Katie Cottle

Something in the Darkness by Joh Dougherty and Matt Schu

Mermaid of the Deep: The Aquatic Adventures of Dr. Sylvia Earle by Leisa Stweart-Sharpe and Khoa Lee

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When I gave, The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup, a review and score on another site I broke it down this way: 7 for writing; 9 for images; 7 for I couldn’t put it down; as well as a 7’s for originality and character development, with an 8 on intellectual levels. This gave it a 7.5 total rating. That was a good representative score I felt. It is solid, but not wow! Best ever. It was a cozy read, it […]



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