Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Mars is a planet divided and so am I about my feelings about the book

Total THB, Volume 1 by Paul Pope

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All I am going to say about Total THB, Volume 1 by Paul Pope is that each person has their own feelings on this combination of 1984, all other dystopian stories, Brave New World, cyberpunk, coming of age story. Okay, I lie…… I will say more.  It had some WOW that’s awesome moments. And then some WTF ??????????????? moments (I mean there is a story arc where a Steinway piano is a sentient special agent assassin). And then Whaaaaaaaaat is going on moments and it […]

I know I took a picture of this….

Witch's Inheritance by Paige Hender

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When I first saw the cover of Witch’s Inheritance by Paige Hender I figured it was a Baba Yaga story (chicken-footed house) and the witches were going to be “the bad guys” or at least one “bad guy” witch and the rest “good witches.”  That’s partly true.   There is a chicken house, good witches and some bad magical characters, but not as you’d think. The main character of the story has inherited her estranged mother’s family home from her unknown grandmother. She meets her equally […]

The time Marjane Satrapi made me question my love of them

The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi

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When I was texting my friend about the title, The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi, her comments made me realize I was not doing the book justice. I mean “outdated”? How could that be? She’s not a DID (Damsel in Distress). And she goes off to save the prince. Okay, so yeah, he was a bit of a creeper (drugging her and going into her bedroom at night to stroke her hair) and he never told her not to touch the feather…. But outdated? And okay, […]

Can’t belive I forgot to take a photo of this book!

Death in the Cards (The Dizon Detective Agency) by Mia Manansala

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Teen me would have loved the novel Death in the Cards (The Dizon Detective Agency) by Mia Manansala. Okay, it was a romance, and I never was “into” those types of books, but I would have focused on the mystery elements and have that as a necessary to move the story along. Now, I look at this modern teen romance, mystery and a little humor novel and realize it is not really “my thing” but I wasn’t really disliking it. The basic idea is a […]

You know how the story ends

The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda

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Cbr18 Bingo – Wealth: It portrays graphic depictions of the events and people who caused the French revolution. The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda is usually the story of Marie Antoinette. As the story progressed, her bodyguard Oscar went from the deuteragonist to co-protagonist to protagonist. The reader is expected to know Marie Antoinette’s story ends with execution and the French Revolution. If you didn’t know, it tells you. We see her grow up as the queen of France. She gambles, has kids, and […]

an art piece

She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace

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The title She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace is the first poetry book I read cover to cover without stopping too long in between poems (just to catch my breath and not have poems bleed into each other) or jumping to the end to find out “what happens” in a while. Now, this is not to say OMG Best Book Ever, but there was something about it that was captivating. This means I enjoyed it but was not blown away at […]



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