Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Berzerker Barb and Porkchop to save the day, but first… Sausages!

Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan & Jason

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According to the publisher content (with a little edit from me), my first review is if: She-Ra/He-Man met Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man. And while I won’t disagree, I do think it is a little less as shall we say, clueless than Dog Man can be. Barb is a young Berzerker who wants in on the action, but the others feel she is too young. But when she is the last one standing, this Dan (Abdo) and Jason (Patterson) graphic novel, she is their only hope […]

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Click V03 Act by Kayla Miller

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If you have not guessed graphic novels and I became friends a few years ago. And now I love trying all sorts of books. And when I found a copy of Click V03 Act, I was excited to give it a try. I figured it would be light and quick (it was) and I would be able to enjoy it without having to deal with “really deep” storylines. And it is a fun story about friendship with contemporary themes and tone. It is best for […]

Dual Review Just for You …. And you and you and you ….

Nat Enough V03: Absolutely Nat by Maria Scrivan

Sunny Makes a Splash Volume 4 by Jennifer L. Holm

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In Maria Scrivan’s books, her plucky main character, Nat, gets up to lots of everyday, growing up issues. This time, Nat’s adventures continue at summer camp in Nat Enough V03: Absolutely Nat. And while things do not go horribly wrong, there are bumps in the road for her. She learns this time that fear is okay to have, if you do not let it stop you. This, along with friendship issues, funny camp adventures and some interesting confessions, make up a fun new story by […]

Beyond the Himalaya Mountains

A Girl in the Himalayas by David Jesus Vignolli

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Environmental issues and man’s greed, pain, actions, and fear are countered by a young girl, Vijaya, and her new family and new friends of the other realm in this graphic novel. A Girl in the Himalayas has a unique feel. At first you get the feeling of the scene in the animated Disney move, Mulan, when the village was attacked, and the doll of the little girl is found. You then get a feeling of a child who has been orphaned and is raised by […]

“My whole life I had hated the magic world. I knew grigoris were unreliable and dangerous, if not outright evil. Now I was surrounded by the very thing I hated. But I’d gotten myself into this fix. I had to get myself out.”

An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris

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In one word: Surprising Cannonball Read Bingo: Rec’d At the last Cannonball Read Zoom, we did the ol’ “what are you reading” merry-go-round, and our fearless organizer, MsWas mentioned this book. I read and enjoyed the Sookie Stackhouse series and as recommenders go, she’s got high marks so I immediately put this one on the reserve list at the library. Firstly, look at this cover? Young lady gunslinger? YES PLEASE. I was excited from page one and this book held my attention and enthusiasm almost […]

“Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.”

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

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When thinking about my White Whale pick for Bingo this year I was coming up short. Then the Go Fug Yourself Book Club on Goodreads voted to read A Room with a View for October and I found my whale. Many classics are heavy reads, but I found A Room with a View to be refreshingly light on the whole with some lively characters. It’s an accessible story, funny, biting, poignant, wistful, romantic. It’s a study of (mostly) good people, who love one another as […]



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