Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

CBR15 Bingo: Take the Skies (Double bingo)

Network Effect by Martha Wells

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4.5 stars CBR15 Bingo: Take the Skies Murderbot is away from Dr. Mensah, the person it likes the most (although it would never admit this to anyone, or itself), in order to guard a research party (which includes Mensah’s daughter). The group is attacked and sucked through a wormhole, and Murderbot is really very annoyed about the sudden upheaval. When it turns out that the abduction may in fact have something to do with an old friend of Murderbot (not that it acknowledges friends, as […]

One for the Citizen Detectives

My Murder by Katie Williams

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What if the murder you had to solve was your own? I hope everyone has been brushing up their investigative skills! Lou is the happily married mother of a young toddler. Lou was also the fifth victim of a serial killer. Cloned along with the other four victims and brought back to life by the Replication Commission, Lou is just trying to settle back into her life and the job she loves. Very quickly Lou realizes that her life before was not as picture perfect […]

Triggers. Messed up humans. Realistic and fantastical and surreal situations.

Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy

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The rating I am giving for Bolero is a bit complicated. It is a 3 for the story and a 4 for art. There is a 2 for the obvious shock for shock value and a 2 for some oogy bits. There is another 4 for this is not an easy book, and I was not always in the moment, but I know I could be if the circumstances were more ideal towards reading. Therefore, it is a very solid three  that had its moments […]

Fear and oppression

Restless by Joseph Kai

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This graphic novel by Joseph Kai, Restless,  is a quick but not easy read. Things are a bit abstract, surreal and very introspective all at once.  The reality of the times and the dreams and fears Kai’s character unfolds is a bumpy path. The art is either a like or not, really little to no in-between. There are possible triggers with nudity, violence, sexual situations, and GLBTQ issues. Overall, this book is not for everyone, but perhaps everyone should read it. We are looking into […]

I am Joe’s transgressive angst

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

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It was the Fall of 1999 and I was a junior in high school. I’d stayed after school for some reason, was waiting to get picked up by my mom, and was sitting outside on the concourse in front of the school cafeteria – probably reading a book – when a student walked up to me. I didn’t know the guy, but he started talking about a movie that just came out called “Fight Club”. He said it was amazing, and proceeded to describe the […]



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