Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Book it to the library or your local indie bookstore

Nick and Charlie: A Heartstopper Novella by Alice Oseman

Class Act: A Graphic Novel by Jerry Craft

Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

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What happens when you read three books (one young adult novella and two middle reader graphic novels) but none of them inspire you to write large expansive reviews about them? You combine them into one fun package. Now, that is not to say these books are not good, in fact they are delightful. One is a continuation of a beloved graphic novel series, Heartstopper by Oseman. In fact, so beloved it’s been adapted to the small screen. The other two are familiar themed, but fresh […]

I wolfed this down

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

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“Do I want to read Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens” has been on my mind since I first saw it “advertised” as a reader online copy, when it came out and finally when I saw it on the shelf of the library a few days ago. And the answer was always no until I saw it at the library. It was not like I didn’t have four other books in hand, or have a ton at home, but my gut said, “Get […]

More adventures in bedtime reading

How To Be A Pirate by Cressida Cowell

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How To Be A Pirate continues the story of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as he continues to grow into his role as as a viking, a pirate, and the heir to/future leader of the Hooligan tribe. In the first book, Hiccup established himself as a capable Dragon master, not through his brutality, but through his humanity. His unorthodox approach to training his dragon, Toothless, saved the tribe from total annihalation. He learned that, although his ways are different, his instincts are sound and cleverness is […]

Much lizard, so destruction

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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The Kaiju Preservation Society is about a masters graduate who loses his job and falls into doing menial labour (via a loosely-rebranded Uber Eats stand in) when the pandemic hits.  His job brings him back into the orbit of an old friend from college, who hits him up with the mysterious job opportunity of a lifetime. After preparing his will and getting shot full of vaccines, he’s whisked away to a world of nightmares to, in his words, ‘life heavy things’.  It turns out he’s […]

A Celebration of Books and Readers

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

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I am a sucker for  Louise Erdrich, and this book did not disappoint. This is a book lover’s story: the romance of words, sentences, the independent bookstore, discussions about books, book recommendations, all wrapped up in a darn good story. Tookie, the narrator begins: “While in prison, I received a dictionary. . . I had received an impossible sentence of sixty years from the lips of a judge who believed in the afterlife. So the word with its yawning c, belligerent little e‘s, with its […]

It’s Important to Have the Occasional Existential Crisis About Trust. Probably.

A Trial of Sorcerers by Elise Kova

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On it’s face, Trial of Sorcerers is basically just about what happens when you send the various elemental benders from Avatar: The Last Airbender through the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Which is fun! But actually a vehicle for a VERY different story. Because inside of the framing plot device, Trial of Sorcerers is fundamentally a story about trust. Our core is this: Years ago, a disastrous Carrie-style incident caused our heroine to lose control of her magic and kill someone. It was an accident. It was still manslaughter. […]



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