Cannonball Read 18

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The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor

Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Volume 1 by Marume Goshika

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Before I started to write a review for The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor, I said to myself, “I have read too many books!” (Who am I and will the real Raven stand up???). You see, I couldn’t find another book I thought I had written a review for and I wasn’t sure how to start this review, as it was blending into another book (a third book) I […]

Into the belly of the beast

Wolf's Belly by John August and Simón Estrada

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Wolf’s Belly by John August and Simón Estrada (illustrator) is a fairly intense, unique but also familiar, graphic novel. It has a narrator voice, but is told from the perspective of the girl with the red cape (we always forget her name). So, to make sure she gets her due, we learn her name is Lu (Little Red Riding Hood), and in a turnabout, her parents and many siblings have no names. They have actions or a personality (her mother is a great warrior, her […]

The Witch by Fredia McFadden

The Witch by Fredia McFadden

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I really have to stop hoping that McFadden gets back to The Housemaid success in terms of her writing. I find myself so bored with her latter works. And now there is a blurb in the front that we won’t read about sex and other things since she wants her family to be able to read the books. Maybe that’s where things have gone wrong. This was boring from beginning to end and honestly just huge plot holes abound (per usual). Not much to say […]

I’m posting the reviews in the order I read them

Kodi: A Place to Call Home by Jared Cullum

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I thought I wasn’t going to like Kodi: A Place to Call Home by Jared Cullum at first. When I started reading I felt off. Like it was starting in the middle of things. And that was because it is book two and I’ve never read book one. So, yes, I am starting in the middle of the story. This explained a few things about why I was feeling how I was feeling about things. No background to why such things as the main character […]

Liked the Nature Bit. Disliked the Mother Daughter Bit

Heartwood by Amity Gaige

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Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: Valerie goes missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail. The story of her search is told through her eyes, the eyes of the lead searcher Lt Bev, and an older woman Lena, who lives in a nursing home somewhat far away. Best for: Folks tired of stories focused on the relationships between fathers and sons and wishing more were about mothers and daughters. Those who enjoy mystery but also nature writing. Quote that made me think: “He was, like many […]

A Copycat Serial Killer in a 90s Midwestern Noir

Scream City by Hannah Morrissey

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I’ve been a fan of author Hannah Morrissey since the debut of Hello, Transcriber, the first book in her Black Harbor series. She uses the term “Midwestern Noir” to describe her books – kind of like Scandi noir in tone, but set in rusting cities of the American midwest. While Morrissey’s Black Harbor books are cold and grimy, the organic warmth of characters trying to maintain their humanity always comes through. The humanity is what keeps me coming back – some human connection in a […]



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