Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Very Horny Ode to Kindness

Dealing With a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein

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While I was reading Charlotte Stein’s Dealing with a Desperate Demon, I had a few conversations about the way unkindness is being rewarded socially and politically and how we combat that. And then I would dive back into Desperate Demon and feel wrapped in kindness again. This book is about being kind, being soft, and because it’s a Charlotte Stein romance, being very horny. When Nancy was a child, she wrote stories and things happened. Her father hated the stories she wrote and the things […]

“ We locked eyes, not needing to speak to each other. We understood that survival was everything. It was the meaning of life.”

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

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Almost three years ago I reviewed Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders, a book I thoroughly enjoyed. For some unknown reason, right after I finished the book  I went on Good Reads and spoiled a number of his other books for myself, including The Kind Worth Killing. Thankfully I completely forgot the plot, so I picked this up for a fast read. My reviews of mystery thrillers are often not terribly long because I don’t want to spoil anything. This is particularly true for this book […]

Welcome to my Two Books in One Review review 

Thank You, School by Louise Borden

Finding My Wave by Alexandra Katona

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I found two books (hence the title) that were nice, cozy and enjoyable but I did not want to weaken reviewing either solo as I didn’t want to add fluff to them. Therefore, please enjoy these shorter reviews that hopefully do not leave out the good stuff. Thank You, School by Louise Borden and illustrator Paige Keiser  due March 2026 Read via an online reader copy. Through a series of poems, children thank each person (from bus drivers to teachers) who help make their school […]

Dance like your ancestors are watching

I Am a Bon Dancer by Brandi-Ann Uyemura

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Recently I noticed that I have been reading a lot of titles that are similar to each other, be it the theme or the way it is presented. Therefore, I was hoping to find a few new themes or at least new ways of presenting them. In I Am a Bon Dancer, by Brandi-Ann Uyemura and Amy Matsushita-Beal (the lovely illustrations creator) the dance itself is a new way of presenting an old theme, but the idea of family and trying your best has been […]

The Last Samurai

Yojimbot Volume 1: Metal Silence by Sylvain Repos and Noiry

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Yojimbot Volume 1: Metal Silence by Sylvain Repos and Noiry There is something about this book I liked a lot. There wasn’t a new theme, but the way it was presented really captured me. We start “at the end” of things, or we don’t know why we are finding ourselves in a rundown, abandoned park that not-so-nice (to say the very least) military and/or government scientists inhabit. The artwork is clever, but I’ve seen it before, yet I really was into it. There is a […]

Talking goats, the common cold and other ways to change history

Earthdivers V01: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones

Earthdivers V02: Ice Age! by Stephen Graham Jones

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Time travel books. I like the concept of them and even have enjoyed some time traveling TV shows and movies, and I have even enjoyed some books with the theme. However, they also can confuse the bejimminies out of me. The Earthdivers series had all the good stuff I like about books and time traveling books but also all the pieces that confuse me. And while things are fairly straight forward, when people start to backtrack on themselves, it gets confusing. Part of this is […]



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