Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“When things get tough, you find out who’s in your corner. That’s all you need to claw your way back from rock bottom.”

I Wanna Be Your Girl (Volume 2) by Umi Takase

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Spoilers follow throughout this review! This second volume of I Wanna Be Your Girl continues to follow the journey of Akira and Hime. Akira is a trans girl who has been allowed to wear the girls’ uniform to school, but the mockery and backlash was strong enough that her best friend Hime decides to wear the boys’ uniform in solidarity. Hime and Akira have always been very close and they now are starting to make their first faltering steps towards other friends while learning how to […]

“As long as you were pursuing your dreams, that was all that mattered.”

Light of My Life by Takiba and Fuuko Minami

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This had been sitting on my to-read shelf for a while, and CBR has been helping me to tackle some of these books that I’ve felt sort of meh about and either keep them or get them out the door. Light of My Life is one volume, so it has that going for it, and it’s a fast read. Aki, Minagi, and Sarara were all best friends in high school; Aki wanted to become a pro soccer player, Minagi wanted to be a doctor, and Sarara […]

When it comes to love, it all sux

Everyone Sux But You by K. Wroten

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I am assuming the K. Wroten of Everyone Sux But You, is the same author as Cannonball, which I read back in 2019. The odds are they are the same person, but if not, my apologies.  However, the feel of both books and the art style do say they probably are created by the same person. Now, do not get me wrong, I liked this book. However, it reminded me of a lot of things I have already read. Therefore, there was nothing New and […]

When you realized you have read before, but it’s better the 2nd time around

Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza

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While I knew I had read Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, I had thought I hadn’t read Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes series) also by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza. Yet, near the middle of things I said, “Oh you have read this book!” But I needed a light read as I had a tough read coming and a semi-tough read behind me, so this was a good cleaning of the senses. Nothing new happens on the pages if you are an adult […]

The not-so-lady with the creepy a$$ doll who did more than just Marlene Dietrich

Joe the Pirate by Hubert and Virginie Augustin

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Joe the Pirate by Hubert and Virginie Augustin is about a totally and completely scandalous individual. Born Marion Barbara Carstairs (later known as Tuffy), she would become Joe Carstairs. She didn’t want to be a man, just had fun pretending to be one. This started when she was young and having a swinging time in the early 1900’s. The flapping 1920s would see her have affairs with such people as Dolly Wilde, Tallulah Bankhead (who liked to take her dress off and jiggle it in […]

Not just a Native American Rock Band

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, and Thibault Balahy

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Several weeks ago I was looking for books in the young adult graphic novel section of my local library. I was in a mood that told me to just grab a few. I know when I’m in that kind of mood, I can find something amazing or something less than ideal (afterall there is a reason it was on the shelf and not checked out). One of those was Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, and […]



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