Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Three Little Witches and the Spooky Old House by Peggy Archer and Gaia Bordicchia

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The cover of Three Little Witches and the Spooky Old House by Peggy Archer and Gaia Bordicchia (illustrator) makes it look like a sweet story. But, no! It is a spooky, creepy, scary tale! It has three little witches who are sneaking around, in the middle of the night! With brooms and sacks and cauldrons! And look at those impish grins appearing on their faces! Or at least it starts that way. As you move along, the three witches cook, clean and do witchy things, […]

Are all fictional detectives neurodivergent?

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

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4.5 stars Dark Corner selection: April 2026 Nowhere Book Bingo 26: Award Winner (Hugo and World Fantasy Award 2025) CBR18 Bingo: Map (there’s a map at the start, showing the various walls to keep out the Levianthans) Official plot synopsis (since I’m reviewing a book I finished in APRIL): <i>In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and […]

Watch out for Grandma Billy and the crazy Gods (I’m more scare of GB though!)

Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

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No matter how many times you tell me, I cannot believe that T. Kingfisher is Ursula Vernon (and Vernon is Kingfisher). They must be two different people! After all Vernon has one voice and Kingfisher has another. Okay, maybe four people actually, as Vernon has three main tones that I have found. The first is fun, quirky, and young. The second has a middle ground voice but can be edgy. And the third is mature and not to Kingfisher’s level, but is not Vernon’s middle […]

Huntng the Haunted

Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman and Frank Cvetkovic

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The rating for Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman (illustrator), Frank Cvetkovic (letterer) is a four as it is not really a 3 or a solid four, but 3.75 (but we don’t have a .75). The four rating is because kids are going to love it. But I did not like two parts of the story, so I took a bit off. One thing I did not care for is that some characters did not get what they deserved (bullies who bully should […]

Do you like Pets?

No Fish In My Dish by Ted Forsstrom, Asa Lucander, A.A. Prime

Rebecca the White House Raccoon by April Genevieve Tucholke and Dave Szalay

Button Up, Buttercup! by Ted Forsstrom, Asa Lucander and A.A. Prime

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Most people have had at least one pet in their life. I had a few cats (mostly shared as family cats), several fish, tons of rocks and a shared dog with my uncle who was dumb as those pet rocks (the dog, not my uncle; then again as I think about it…) Anyway, if you haven’t had/can’t have or even if you do have/or had, that wouldn’t stop you from reading about pets. Below I found three titles that are about Pets. Some are pets […]

Slow but Good

Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith

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Bingo: Sheep. The main character appears to be a meek lamb but proves to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Patricia Highsmith’s Deep Water is the story of a man who repeatedly swallows the humiliation of his wife taking continuous lovers during their marriage. Throughout the book, we follow Victor Von Allen, a seemingly mild-mannered man who runs a printing press for literary works. His wife Melinda is beautiful, dismissive, and chronically unfaithful, even going so far as traipsing her lovers in front of Vic […]



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