Cannonball Read 18

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Slow burn chills

The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston and Athena Gubbe

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The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston and Athena Gubbe (illustrator) is a bizarre story set in an equally bizarre blizzard. Some tension, a big reveal, and questions left unanswered. The beautifully dark images tell more of the story than the minimal text. Perhaps for the more mature audiences. Let me start over. The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston and the illustrator Athena Gubbe is a  bizarre story. It is set in a blizzard. The students are sent home due to the storm starting. A group […]

For the adults, poetry

last four years by Kelsey Day

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What can I say about the poetry collection the last four years by Kelsey Day? I guess I can say some parts were good, other parts did not work for me. It is a personal collection of poems that create a story and stories that will not be for everyone. The illustrations are interesting and capture the feeling of things well. Though I am not always sure what those feelings are. I would understand every single word on the page, but have no idea what […]

Modern meets old-world

Folk Remedy: Book 1 by Jem Yoshioka

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The graphic novel Folk Remedy: Book 1 by Jem Yoshioka is a fun, solid read that is a good book to start your graphic novel reading, expand your fantasy reading with or if you are just looking for an adventure-filled, funny tale. I was not WOWed, but I was never bored. The characters are not fully established, as some background information is missing, but they are also not one dimensional. We know they have a background (just not exactly what) and have hopes and personality […]

Everybody’s Talking at Me

Babel by R F Kuang

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  Britain has a problem. It’s struggling to find its place in a shifting world order which is made even more difficult by its inability to have any real societal discussions on its imperial legacy. Our schools and entire educational system were built to churn out good colonial administrators, able to manage an empire but not think about the suffering of the peoples enslaved by it. It also has a rich folkloric history, one of magic and the supernatural. R. F. Kuang’s Babel brings those […]

Magical Historical Fiction

The Antidote by Karen Russel

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From the afterword/Lost Land Acknowledgement by Dr. James Riding In: “The Antidote uses fantastical conceits to illuminate the holes in people’s private and collective memories, the willful omissions passed down generation to generation, and the myths that have been used by the U.S. government and White settlers to justify crimes against the citizens of Native Nations and the theft of Native lands.” And the author uses those fantastical conceits very well. The Antidote is a beautifully written, sad, interesting, and clever novel. It’s a fantastic […]

It’s kinda your mothers Cinderella

Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version) by Brothers Grimm, Bernadette Watts

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Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version) by Brothers Grimm, Bernadette Watts (Illustrator) Do you know the story of Cinderella? You probably think you do, but you also probably only know one version of this classic tale. Be it the Disney version or the more famous Charles Perrault version, you have only seen a small bit of the history of this folktale. Now, I had heard about the original version the Grimm Brothers had done, but I mostly forgot about it. If the version you know is […]



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