Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Obsession: Not the hot new perfume

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Hell Screen: The Manga Edition (Tuttle Japanese Classics in Manga) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Mihiro

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Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell Screen: The Manga Edition (Tuttle Japanese Classics in Manga) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Mihiro (adapter) is very literary. Being just enough spooky to not be “safe for work” but not necessarily over the top, but it is mature. And I cannot tell you what I feel about the story because W T F?????????????????  It is torture porn (but you know, done nicely). It is the madness of a man who has greatness and those around him who want and envy it. It […]

middle-aged reflection and other poems

The Soft Black Stars by Matthew Buckley Smith

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The Soft Black Stars by Matthew Buckley Smith was a gift from a friend of mine. She and I compare our poetry and she has been an excellent editor and inspiration to me. Our styles vary immensely (usually she writes personal, longer poetry, with clever use of styles and formats; mine are a bit shorter, less personal, free verse). Occasionally I will have a surprise package and a book will be that surprise. Usually a poetry collection that she has been part of, a friend […]

Daggerbound: Good thing this isn’t my type of book. Otherwise this might be dangerous.

Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher

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Daggerbound is the second book in the Swordheart Trilogy and either the 4th or the 6th in the World of the White Rat series depending on if you’re counting chronologically or by publish date.  In this book we acc0mpany Learned Edmund, yes, that Learned Edmund, and The Dervish, a man who has been sealed away in a magic sword for hundreds of years. Learned Edmund has decided he’s done with the misogynists who follow his god, and once he completes this one last job he […]

Opus the Penguin Stories

A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed

The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story by Berkeley Breathed

Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed

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I don’t know about you, but I keep a shelf of my childhood favorite books amongst the rest of my books. Re-Readathon had a prompt for re-reading a childhood favorite, so I knew I had some on hand, but I forgot that I didn’t have a copy of Strega Nona until I went looking for it. So, once staring at the shelf I grabbed my copy of A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed and also The Last Basselope […]

As soon as I finished listening to it, I immediately went back to the beginning and started again. Twice

Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes

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On Sunday nights we have a family dinner that ranges from 3 to 10 people. After everyone leaves, I put in my earbuds and listen to an audiobook. Last Sunday, my library hold for Valerie Valdes’ Where Peace is Lost had come in, so I started it. I was immediately so engrossed that I stretched that kitchen clean up to almost 4 hours. It’s a small kitchen. I drowned myself in Valdes’ world. I finished the next day and then promptly started again and listened […]

Because demons like to play.

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado

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Xiomara’s grandfather’s will drops this bombshell on his family, “One of you is el bacà, the demon that I made a deal with. Get rid of them or you will be damned.” The demon must be identified and expelled by sunrise. Once the message is read, the lawyer leaves to find a different will and the Abreu family find themselves trapped together in Papi Ramon’s house by a storm. Over the course of the afternoon, evening, and night, the family secrets are revealed. Xiomara searches […]



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