Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Another Solid Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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I love books that have banter — the sassier and snarkier, the better. While Beach Read doesn’t quite hit that banter to the extent that some of my favs like Get a Life, Chloe Brown or Red, White & Royal Blue do, it does have those moments, especially in the beginning. January Andrews is stressed about her writer’s block and grieving the death of her father a year ago, so when she comes across former college rival Gus Everett, she has no qualms about sniping […]

“You are in all of my happiest places.”

Happy Place by Emily Henry

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I’ve read a number of books by Emily Henry, so it was not a surprise when I picked up her latest, Happy Place (2023). I can always count on Henry for some fun entertainment, interesting characters, and sweet yearning. Full disclosure: I finished reading this book quite a while ago now, so I don’t remember it as clearly now. I know I had no problem finishing it, though. Harriet has been best friends with Sabrina and Cleo since they all roomed together in college. They’ve gotten together, […]

The next cooking book but without the Jem Milton connection

Cooking with Monsters Volume 1 The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa

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adventureAt first, I thought Cooking with Monsters Volume 1 The Beginner’s Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong was going to be a little scary as they are fighting monsters. And it looked older than what it turned out to be, so I was expecting mature death scenes. I thought it was going to be way more serious than it really is. But in the end, the only thing I can say is this graphic novel is:  Over. The. Top. The end.  Yet, […]

Start of the cooking theme and a Jem Milton connection

Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm

Hunger Heart V01 by Jem Milton

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Recently I picked up two books about food and a social theme. I thought that it would be fun to do a review of “food books,” only to realize that they have a same author/illustrator as well, so it made sense that these graphic novels would have similar themes. And as Jem Milton’s style really says “I am a Jem of a book,” the illustrations connected as well. I will start with Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm, Jem Milton and Micah Myers. First, not […]

B***h Barbecues Bad Guys

Broken Luna (Broken Trilogy Book 1) by Paulina Vasquez

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I always like rags to rage stories. I wanted to read a Cinderella-ish female  vindication story (with werewolves and lots more blood and violence) without having to guess what happens next. Don’t give me plot twists or surprises. I want to be able to say: “…gasp…oh no…she just happens to be more than meets the eye.” I also, in this instance, need a stereotypical  “real” man who knows he’s a man, who acts manly and saves her from un-manly evildoers…but still respects her as a […]

Camp, love, broken friendships

Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

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Friendship is at its best and worse in Paper Planes by Jennie Wood and illustrated by  Dozerdraws. We follow two characters at a camp that seems like any summer camp, until you realize the girls there have some interesting events in their past that have made them come to this point. And each girl has to show they can be “normal” and “safe” before they go back into the real world. And our two main characters have several issues, not only did they do something […]



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