Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sheep in Wolf Clothing

The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp

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The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp is an interesting story about being yourself, being brave, and learning that the scary things are a little less scary with friends. You will have a love or hate relationship with the illustrations, as they have an abstract realism to them. They are colorful and detailed, and they support the story. The overall feeling to the text of Sid Sharp is that it might have been a translation, and that is supported by the art giving off European vibes […]

Tropey reality show YA romance

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

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This is my first Sophie Gonzales, but when I saw the premise I knew I needed this in my life! And Never Ever Getting Back Together does not disappoint! Two years ago, Maya dated Jordy who suddenly moved to Canada, but they were going to try keeping it going and make things work. Except almost immediately after moving to Canada, Jordy met Skye and started dating her. He convinced everyone, including Skye, that he broke up with Maya before the move but she couldn’t let […]

A real sense of place

The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman

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Tony Hillerman mysteries are my jam. I love the sense of place he captures, the mood he creates and the characters we watch develop. That Hillerman is a white man writing about Native American people and places gives me pause, but what I’ve read suggests that he is knowledgeable on and accurate about the indigenous traditions and background he includes. And I just love these books! The Ghostway features Sergeant Jim Chee, a Navajo Nation detective who features in most of Hillerman’s novels. At the […]

Our Mothers, Ourselves?

The Push by Ashley Audrain

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I’ve been hearing the buzz about Audrain’s novel since last year so was excited to pull it out as a summer vacation read. It did not disappoint! I had the impression that the novel was a horror but psychological thriller is more accurate. The protagonist, Blythe, is a forty something divorced mother of two writing a long letter to her ex-husband. She weaves together the story of their marriage with snapshots of her childhood, particularly her relationship with her mother. The letter is a narrative, […]

Can’t decide what kind of book it wants to be

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

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This book was everywhere for awhile, so I’m late to the party but at least I made it! I am a sucker for Indian diaspora books (and books about India in general)- I couldn’t get enough post-colonial lit in college and it left me with an enduring affection for female Indian authors (The God of Small Things still looms large in my foundational reads). Which is to say: I was excited to read this before I had any idea what it was about. The plot […]

I want to love Vonnegut but its just not hitting for me

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

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I never took an American lit class in college, so I am still attempting to fill the holes with some of the seminal authors that I missed, Kurt Vonnegut being one. I read Slaughterhouse Five years ago and mostly what I remember is it being weird- which prepared me for Breakfast of Champions. The novel follows two main characters, Dwayne Hoover, a successful car salesman in Midland City, Ohio, and Kilgore Trout, a fictional author that shows up in several Vonnegut novels. Hoover is inching […]



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