Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Why is this guy the worst villain in manga?

Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, vols 2-5 by Ai Yazawa

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Cbr18 Bingo – You. You could meet a Takumi or someone hurt by one. You probably have. The first volume of Nana by Ai Yazawa sets up the (platonic?) love story between two roommates named Nana. The young women have nothing in common but their name, age, and mutual devotion. It’s a sweet friendship that destroys the line between playing house and genuine romance. And then it all goes to hell in the subsequent four volumes. One of the Nanas (I’ll call her Punk Nana) […]

Snail is back

How Not to Rescue a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier

How to Be Brave Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier

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In 2022 the book How to Party Like a Snail came out. Two years later How to Staycation Like a Snail arrived. In September 2026 we had the fourth book, How Not to Rescue a Snail and October 2025 gave us the third installment with How to Be Brave Like a Snail. All four books are created by Naseem Hrab and the illustrations are done by Kelly Collier.  If you are familiar with the first two, skip to the next few lines; if not, continue reading. […]

A court of snarling and mates

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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I came back for mooooooore! So it turns out all that guff about the ACOTAR series just being for horny middle-aged women was spot on, as I remain firmly seated. While this third book in the series didn’t have quite as many fae-banging moments, it was chock-full of military tactics, war planning, political manoeuvring and tense words between friends. And that is not a criticism. The book starts with Feyre being a total badass and returning to the Spring Court as an undercover agent, trying […]

Worst piece of monkey doo

Gnartoons by James the Stanton

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The cover says it all: Gnartoons by James the Stanton are going to be your favorite cartoon book or the worst piece of monkey doo-doo you have ever seen.  Anyway, so can I give this a Zero? As you can see, I am not the audience for this. Or maybe I was too subtle? So, let me sum up: This was the worst piece of monkey doo-doo (only I really did not say doo-doo) I have seen in a very long time. I have had […]

You are a poet! And you are a poet! And I (try to be) a Poet!

You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher

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When you judge a book by its cover, usually you are going to be mostly right, with of course, exceptions. You see a book that looks like You’re a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher (illustrated by) and you assume it is going to be terribly cute, silly, maybe even overly saccharine. And in this case you are not wrong. But you are also not completely right.  Yes it is cute, and yes it is a little silly and honestly, […]

K Pop meets Honey Bees

Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant

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Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant (illustrator) is a cute story with a little edge.The edge is that there is a bit of depict happening within the bee hive, and the queen is unaware. So far, the worst things that have happened is that the girls have gotten caught in a spiderweb, almost got eaten and of course, escaped; our main character has been well… something happens to her but I don’t want to give spoilers, and there […]



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