Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Cats: Providing the Perspective You Need

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (E. Madison Shimoda, translator)

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Best for: Cat lovers. Those who enjoy a slightly melancholy, but also hopeful, look at everyday life. In a nutshell: Five individuals seek assistance from a mysterious clinic. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: My sister gave it to me for Christmas. She knows me well. Review: I read most of this book in one sitting – where I am, 2 January is also a holiday, and I enjoyed the return of sunny weather by sitting indoors devouring this sweet book. The book is […]

Teamwork is Dreamwork

Tryouts: (A Graphic Novel) (The Brinkley Yearbooks) by Sarah Sax

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I didn’t write up my review for Tryouts: (A Graphic Novel) (The Brinkley Yearbooks) by Sarah Sax until after things closed for the year. But that’s okay. I will just add it as my fourth book review of 2025 as I had a few books at the end of 2024 I missed, but will let you know about them now January 2025. And the rest of the books afterwards should be 2025 all the way. Tryouts is a typical story of girl power, sports, teamwork […]

Reviews 1 & 2

A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis and Marie Lafrance

Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect : The True Story of Pakistan's First Woman Architect by Marzieh Abbas and Hoda Hadadi

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I decided to start my 2025 reading with a few books I found in 2024. And as I like easing into the new year, I decided to start with a picture book or two. Always a favorite genre of mine, as they can be both fun and informative. And the below titles are fun and especially informative with the second. I read both via an online reader copy but they are currently available.  Book One: A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis and illustrated […]

Jumping on the bandwagon

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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This was my first Ali Hazelwood. I had heard her first few novels were basically Kylo-Ren fanfic and had very little interest in that but figured maybe this would be different enough to be a good entry point. Overall, I did enjoy it and think it was a fun read even if I have oh so many nitpicks. Misery was, for the most part, an enjoyable and likable character, and generally smart even while being completely oblivious and clueless about other things. I think the […]

And what did you lose?

The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst

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I thought this was a stand alone novel and it is and it isn’t … from what I saw on a Goodreads review, Durst actually wrote this as a trilogy and the follow up novels are even written but due to some corporate acquisitions and mergers, the new publisher chose not to proceed with the series. Fortunately, I feel like it ends less on a cliff hanger as much as an ambiguous ending in that lets you assume what happens next. As a fan of […]

And this is how the end begins

Countdown by Mira Grant

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This is one of many novellas that Mira Grant (also known as Seanan McGuire) has written to flesh out her Newsflesh trilogy – or her version of a zombie apocalypse. As a result, I would definitely not recommend this as the entry point even though this is chronologically first and goes back to the very beginning, explaining the circumstances that led to the beginning of The Rising. She had already introduced these ideas in the main trilogy but here goes into the details, introduces the […]



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