Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

If you like a “I forgot how the hell I got here” book, this one’s pretty good (hahah get it? PRETTY)

The Prettiest One by James Hankins

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I think this might’ve been a random Amazon Kindle find. I can’t quite remember how I got to it. I get books from so many different sources, but I can’t remember anyone recommending this to me, so it was probably Amazon! Our main character Caitlin Sommers wakes up in a parking lot in a car she doesn’t recognize, covered in blood. She has no idea how she got there, where she is, or what she did. She does however remember *who* she is. Caitlin drives […]

Crushing faith

Someday Perfect: (A Graphic Novel) by Kat Schneider 

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Someday Perfect: (A Graphic Novel)  by Kat Schneider  Simple presentation, but it has deep questions. Lovely illustrations. Not for everyone (due to the religious aspects) but most can find something to enjoy. I would say at least 12 and up, but younger children could handle it if they are strong readers. There is some talk of sexual activities, the use of the word sl-t and the body shaming that comes with a patriarchal philosophy. But overall, it was tastefully done. It wasn’t a ‘WOW’ for […]

This read is younger than his others (or I’m assuming as I haven’t read them) but still not for really really young

Leo da Vinci: Renaissance Kid by Richard Ashley Hamilton

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If you like stories about, or at least a modernization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s story, you just might like Leo da Vinci: Renaissance Kid by Richard Ashley Hamilton. Of course, things are totally fictionalized (or so one would assume, but perhaps it is set in an alternative reality?). The language is completely of today with actions to match (fist bumps, calling stepfather Tony).  Now, maybe it is not the best book, but for certain it is a fun one that I will try to find […]

Sun reigns; desert shapes

Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book) by Zeke Peña

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The minimalistic text and illustrations of Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book) by Zeke Peña  packs a punch. It is a “you experience it by what you bring to the table” book. Therefore, no two people read the same book, and even no two readings by the same reader will be the same book, either. The siblings of the story leave the comfort zone of their home, community, safety, and wander into the desert. Here they not only see things you can’t find in society, you are […]

Charming, but incomplete

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol.1 by Beth Brower

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This was a book club read that I probably wouldn’t have read on my own, if only because it’s part of a series with 8 books in it, and that is too large a commitment for me. However, it was charming and witty, and I’m glad I read it. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion is written in the form of fictional diary entries by the titular characters. Set in London at some time in the 19th century, it tells the story of twenty-year-old […]

Dissonance and Resolution

The Fetishist by Katherine Min

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What a gorgeous book. This is one of those lit fic novels where multiple intersecting characters crash into one another through some unexpected event, and find that they have more in common than they expected. Kyoko is a young singer and illustrator, full of art and rage. In particular, she loves making music with her boyfriend Kornell, and she hates a moderately successful classical musician named Daniel. Man years ago, Daniel was the lover of Kyoko’s mom. Kyoko’s mom is dead, and Kyoko blames Daniel. […]



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