Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Who ya calling an alien?

Kloud 9: The Star Soldier by AJ O. Mason

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By the time I got to chapter two in Kloud 9: The Star Soldier by AJ O. Mason I decided it reminded me of a much lighter Covenant by Lysandra Vuong (and I mean much much much lighter) and later on it would remind me of Heartstopper by Alice Oseman and Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries (both on the lighter side). Or at least the dynamic between Kal and Cosmo and the protagonists of the other stories are similar. The big difference is that […]

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery starts off with a marker and that you know that a lot of people died at a particular location. From there, we have someone or something waking up and then a Puritan housewife, Abitha is out searching for her lost goat. Abitha, born and raised in England, was sent to the Colonies to marry her husband, Edward. Abitha is trying to be a good Puritan wife and Christian woman, but finds it hard when she sees the men and some of […]

I did not come all this way to live a smaller life

Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha

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This is a hard review to write because I had such a fractured reading experience. I was never able to get into a rhythm with reading, and whatever narrative tension exists was undercut by constantly having to fight with the digital copy to get back to where I left off. NetGalley Shelf digital copies are pretty but not user friendly. I’m always going to be in favor of reading Kit Rocha. I love their brains (plural, Kit Rocha is a writing duo). Aside from the […]

The Housewife by Natalie Barelli

The Housewife by Natalie Barelli

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review.  Long story short. This was not the worst book I have read, but it’s up there. I said in some of my updates on other sites I post reviews on that this read like a bad Freida McFadden book and I stand by that. It really does read like one of her books, but somehow dumber? I am trying to not be insulting, but the whole premise of […]

A motley assortment of children’s graphic novels

Blue, Barry, & Pancakes: Mayhem on Wheels by Dan and Jason

Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers by Dav Pilkey (credited as George Beard and Harold Hutchins)

Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi

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I haven’t finished any adult books recently, but my kids and I have been flying through the junior graphic novel section of our local library lately, so I thought I’d review the latest books we’ve read. I really like the Blue, Barry, & Pancakes series by Dan and Jason (credited without last names). The main characters are three best friends: a worm named Blue, a frog named Barry, and a rabbit named Pancakes. Blue is quirky and has esoteric interests (like spelunking). Barry is analytical […]

The siren call of NASA

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

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I was a little surprised to find that this is the second book about a lesbian astronaut that I’ve read in the past six months. Back in December, I read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and I loved it. I can’t remember where I first saw To the Moon and Back (2025) by Eliana Ramage, but at some point I put it on hold at my library. I wasn’t sure what I was getting into when I began this book, but I liked it. Steph Harper is a teenager […]



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