Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Very Delightful Slice of Life Manga About Looking Past Exteriors and Being Your True Self

Suzuki-kun's Mindful Life (Volume 1) by Yuhki Fujimoto

Suzuki-kun's Mindful Life (Volume 2) by Yuhki Fujimoto

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I’m so glad I randomly saw this at the bookstore this weekend! I actually got both volumes even though they were shrinkwrapped and I couldn’t see inside them, just on the strength of the covers. And what a nice treat! Suzuki-kun’s Mindful Life is about a high school freshman who looks tough and scary, but he’s actually a huge softy who loves cooking and baking and helping to take care of his little sister. Suzuki is used to people being afraid of him and bullying […]

“She’s got a strong will and a kind heart. She’s not just some cutesy princess. It’s as if she sees things differently compared to the rest of us.”

Fall in Love, You False Angels (Volume 4) by Coco Uzuki

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Light spoilers are in my review below. There’s a bit in a shoujo story where the plot either takes the turn to allowing the main characters to get together or the author decides to string the reader along for an unknown amount of time. We’ve reached Volume 4 of Fall in Love, You False Angels and we’ve entered stringing me along for no good reason territory. The basic plot of this series is that Otogi is the picture perfect, most popular girl in school, but this […]

Or, why I don’t have children

Otherworld Barbara by Hagio Moto

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First, I have a bias towards Fantagraphics books. Their publications feel good in the hand and I sometimes pause my reading to inspect the binding and imagine the books I’d want them to do. The volumes of Otherworld Barbara by Hagio Moto that I read were from them, so I may have enjoyed them more than I would if they were published by someone else. There’s a lot going on in this story. There’s time travel and doppelgangers and identity switching, and it’s all dreamy. […]

They have an audiance, but that wasn’t really me

SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical by Roy Lucey

Stray Cat V01 Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge by Dian Day

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Have you ever read a book that you really wanted to like, but it just didn’t pan out as hoped? That was SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical and Stray Cat V01 Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge. Both had fun and nifty ideas, but the style of writing and/or the progression to the finale did not work for me. The idea of SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical by Roy Lucey was interesting. Three friends want to search for Magical Creatures. The […]

Exploring love

Love, Retold by Tikva Wolf

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With celebrities coming out as non-mongomous and personal situations with friends and acquaintances, I decided to learn more about polyamory. Questions to poly and/or open relationshiped people, some online reading and more took me to Tikva Wolf. Their work, Ask Me about Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles, I learned a few more things in a safe environment. Their non-technical, non-textbook format allowed me to stop and think, allowing me to understand things on an easier level than in academic forms. This led me to […]

Some Really Delightful High School Manga

Here and There and Us (Volume 1) by Thanat

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Futekiya has been publishing BL titles that are only really sold at Kinokuniya (and online), so once a month I wander to the bookstore and see what awaits me. Here and There and Us is a real treat and an example of why I end up buying somewhat random books that fall into my interest areas — this first volume is a real delight, with a compelling narrative and fluid, lovely cartooning. It’s also a thick edition for only $15.99 and the pages are dense, so […]



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