Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Awful Melodies but okay read

The Popularity Papers: Book Five: The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow 

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This is my review for the graphic novel: The Popularity Papers: Book Five: The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow Part of my issue with this book was that it is book five of the series, and it is not a series you can pick up in the middle of it. I find that if a book can stand alone, but still be a continuation, that is a good book/series. And while me the (physical) adult, could pick things up, […]

The can’t write 250 words for either book so combined the reviews in to one big one

Imagine a World: Full of Wonder by Heather Lean

The Art of Rewilding: The Return of Yellowstone’s Wolves by Nadja Belhadj

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The other day I was writing a review for a book and could comfortably get around 150 words to make a decent review.  I’m used to keeping my reviews under 75 words for newsletter reviews, and under 100 for a web review. I have gotten better with this 250 but some books, well a 250 worded review is more words than the book has. And while that probably is not true with the second book, it was most likely for the first one. Therefore, that […]

… In for a Pound

In for a Penny by Rose Lerner

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When Nev’s father dies unexpectedly, he leaves the family mired in debt, so he decides to make a convenient marriage to Penny, the fabulously wealthy but low-born daughter of a brewer. This is the second book I’ve read by Lerner (the first being the fabulous A Lily Among Thorns), but it has many of the same hallmarks – an unconventional, rather unsentimental romance, a strong grounding in history, and plenty of intrigue and action. I enjoyed the plot about the tenant rebellion, even if I […]

More than a broken heart

The Faint f Heart by Kerilynn Wilson

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Due to a few bumps in the story arc of The Faint f Heart, but particularly due to the artwork, this book is a 4.5 (rounded up to 5). This is a love story to emotions and feelings. It has realistic, science-fiction and fantasy vibes but is all too likely to happen scenario, or at least is within reason. When you play with the heart, emotions happen, and Kerilynn Wilson explores what happens when people find a way to stop feeling those emotions.   June […]

This novella is about as short as my review

The Witch Must Burn by Danielle Paige

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Well color me surprised. I thought this book was about Glinda but it’s mostly about Jellia – although she and Glinda spend the book together. So I guess it’s a two-fer. So far, this is the shortest of the Dorothy Must Die series and two prequel novellas at 67 pages. And to be fair, not a lot happens in this book. Jellia is working in Dorothy’s palace…I realize “working” might be a misnomer, as she really doesn’t have much of a choice at this point, […]

Woo Hoo! You’ll read my review!

Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!  by Sandra Boynton

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In early April 2023 the book birthday of a new Sandra Boynton came to be. It was for the book Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!  With their usual humorous text and outrageously funny illustrations, the message of “you are okay no matter what happens” is loud and clear, for all the hear comes blasting out of Chickens mouth. And in fact, it is so loud it wakes the bear from their nap. Poor chicken! They made a mistake! How horrible! Or is it? with a […]



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