Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Well, It Ain’t Ozzie and Harriet

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

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Jennifer Niven’s titular Newmans are a family comprised of father Del, mother Dinah and sons Guy and Shep. They’re a typical American family, or at least they play one on TV. The setting is 1964, and Meet the Newmans has been on radio and then television for over a decade, presenting wholesome entertainment for all ages. But in the turbulent 1960s, the Newmans are starting to seem more than a little out of touch. When a brutal pan appears in the New York Times, and […]

There are three sides to every story…

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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Alice is a pop culture journalist – think Buzzfeed, Cosmo, that kind of thing. Hayden is a Serious Journalist – Pulitzer prize winner for a biography of a beloved rock star who died of Alzheimer’s. Their personalities match their jobs. Alice is fizzy and fun and sparkling, and Hayden is… grumpy. And now they’re both in a little town on an island off the coast of Georgia, competing for the opportunity to write the biography of the century. Margaret Ives is the sole surviving member […]

February 2026: The Extremely Late Recap (Coughing Edition)

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Well hello there.  About midway through February I caught THE worst cold I’ve ever had. I ended up going to the doctor because I was pretty sure it had to have turned into bronchitis or pneumonia, but, nope. Just a cold. If that’s what colds are like now, I shudder to think what the more serious winter illnesses are like. So, I spent about a week in bed drinking tea, watching Bridgerton,  and coughing, which was all I had the energy to do. Then my […]

Big Damn Robot Heroes, Sir

Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill

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I don’t compare things to Firefly lightly, especially when they’re not set in space. But darned if this book didn’t give Firefly vibes the whole time “Rusty Robot Face” by Anonymous Account is licensed under CC BY 2.0 . Exhibit A: The War, by which I mean the war between robots and humanity that so many folks worry about. The robots win, but robot utopia doesn’t last very long. Our heroine, Brittle, was in The War, and flashes back on it often; even though she was on the […]

The journey continues

The October Girl Volume Two by Matthew Dow Smith

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The email came into the inbox. I saw that it was Maverick. I opened it, scrolled through, and there she was. The floating girl in a sea of blue. Was it? Could I hope? YES! It was book two of The October Girl by Matthew Dow Smith. Oh! Sweet heaven! My ship had come in! I could read the online copy, not having to wait until the end of May 2026 to have a physical copy in my hand. I was going to be one […]

Amelia Dark Magician and Pesky Ghosts

Amelia Shadows V01 Amelia Shadows and the New Head Ghost by Matthew Dow Smith

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While I enjoyed the build up, the ending was too quick in the graphic novel, Amelia Shadows and the New Head Ghost by Matthew Dow Smith. We have the slow climb of Amelia and her tutor trying to beat the “New Head Ghost” her father has hired to manage their home, then BOOM Ameila figures out “the secret” to her father’s choice, why there is a new ghost in the house (and why he is so bossy), and then has more questions. It is interesting, […]



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