Cannonball Read 18

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The Blackout by Luis Amavisca and Francesc Rovira

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The cover of The Blackout by Luis Amavisca and illustrator Francesc Rovira (due October 2026, read via an online reader copy) makes the book look like it would be a slightly different and more mature story. Instead, it is a sweet picture book (that I hope is not oversized as it has an unusual look to the actual cover illustration) about how family—even found family, who is literally in the dark—makes everything a little better. The illustrations are perhaps my favorite part of things as […]

I should have posted this on May 4th for the Star Wars tie-in

2 Dumb Dinos by Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski

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The abstractness of jokes (makes no sense, with no punchline) of 2 Dumb Dinos, will hit the right reader, but it was not my cup of tar (pit). Do you Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski and I hope you find the right audience. To help you do so, let me mention some things about the book. I read via an online reader, but it is available. Therefore, I am not sure of the actual size, but I have a feeling the book will be on […]

I’m sure it’s not the first time someone has heard, “Shake your Moneymaker” on OnlyF@ns

My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children's Stories) by R. Moneymaker

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I am an adult. At least, physically. Mentally (depending on the day) I am too young to even know about, let alone read, My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children’s Stories) by R. Moneymaker. Therefore I can honestly say, I have not read it. Instead, I had it read to me by rsullivan1991 on Facebook (I think his name is Ryan Sullivan, but I only have rsullivan1991 on the screenshot I took, and he uses this moniker across platforms).  Quick background: Mr. RSullivan1991 is a […]

“I’m a fuckin’ honey badger and by this claw”— she held her hand up—“ I fuckin’ rule.”

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

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I picked up the first book on Saturday and was done with the third by the end of the week. Like Pringles, you can’t have just one. Hot and Badgered – 4.25 stars When a naked woman tumbles onto his hotel balcony while escaping her enemies, Berg’s happy to give her a T-shirt and a gun, but doesn’t expect to see her again. But it turns out that Charlie’s problems are manifest, and when they bring her to Manhattan, he’s happy to lend her a […]

Life, uhh, finds a way. – The Divine Jeff

Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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I requested Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Green City Wars because I was intrigued by the premise – Philip Marlow meets Redwall with a raccoon private investigator. This is not an inaccurate description. BUT! It’s Phillip Marlow meets Redwall written by Adrian Tchaikovsky. When I understood the premise of the world in Green City Wars, I had to lie down for a bit. It is so deeply dystopian. The humans have created what may be a utopia for themselves, and to achieve it, they’ve bio-engineered small animals, amphibians, […]

And he left her behind, as much as he could, the taste of maraschino cherry still bright on the tip of his tongue.

Soon by You by Dahlia Adler

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Soon by You is a romance in which two people who think they are completely wrong for each other, find out they are completely right for each other. After many years of writing YA romance, Dalia Adler is bringing the questioning of self into the firmly adult romance world. I enjoyed this so much. I am not a reader who needs to self insert into a book to enjoy it. I love reading characters whose lives are wildly different from my own, and yet we […]



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