Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Light up the monsters

There Are Monsters in My Room: (Interactive Shine a Light; A Hidden Shadows Book; Fear of the Dark) by Fanny Pageaud

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There Are Monsters in My Room: (Interactive Shine a Light; A Hidden Shadows Book; Fear of the Dark) by Fanny Pageaud is, to be honest, okay for me when it comes to the story. It was not really “new” but was also not “same old” either, but still, it was not completely grabbing me. However, the clever illustrations are the complete package. These images caught my eye not because of what you do see, but what you do not see. They are fun and I […]

They are Irumaiyimai இருமை (Irumai)

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

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Disclaimer: I hope I got the title correct, if not blame Google! The book Bad Queer will make you think. Author, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, makes a lot of things happen all at once. On one level things are familiar as this is nothing more than a coming of age story. This is a story where we all can relate to such issues as situations with family, friendships and possible lovers.  But there is more to things on top of that. It is also a queer person’s […]

Thank you, Kit Moonstar!

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This afternoon I was literally leaving to head into work to finish things up before leaving for the holidays, and USPS pulled up next to my car and hand delivered me a package from my local bookstore, Stacks. I practically squealed, and when I got to work, I tore into that package to find three lovely books, with no note. But some light investigative work told me that Kit Moonstar was the only of my Goodreads friends that had read and loved all three! Also, […]

Thank you, narfna!

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When The Raven Scholar arrived, I was delighted as it has not been on my radar but it does sound like something I will quite enjoy.  Since receiving it, I keep seeing it pop up online as recommended and now I’m even more excited to read it!  Then F*cked Up Fairy Tales arrived a few days later and I couldn’t have been more stoked.  I’ve been following Cosbrarian online since 2020 and I’m delighted to read her book.  Thank you for such thoughtful picks!

Basketball & Mayhem with a side of honey cake

To Kill a Badger by Shelly Laurenston

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As the sixth novel in the Honey Badger Chronicles (and who even knows what number in Laurenston’s extended shifter universe), readers will know exactly what they are getting into with this one. After the first three novels focused on the MacKilligan sisters finding hijinks and love, the following three have followed Max’s basketball team members as they get closer to the O’Malley brothers (Siberian tiger shifters). Laurenston knows that we are primarily here for the sisters, and especially Charlie, so unlike other romance series where […]

It’s me, not you … to the entire sub genre of cozy fantasy

Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree

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This simply wasn’t the year for me and cozy fantasy. I don’t think I was in quite the right headspace for it so I didn’t enjoy these types of novels nearly as much as in other years, even when it was authors I previously enjoyed. It’s not that every novel needs to be gripping epic fantasy but even for my lighter reads, I just tended to want something that was a bit more fast paced. For this reason, I was slightly dreading this novel even […]



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