Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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An Interesting Continuation

The Ship Who Dared by Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere

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Tia and Alex continue their adventures when they’re asked to test a military engine drive.  It quickly becomes clear why the drive needs some more testing as the two of them are thrown off course multiple times by the drive.  As they try to figure out what is going on, they also run across a number of folks who could use a helping hand as well as new allies and enemies. When I was reading the Brainships books earlier this year, I wasn’t expecting a […]

And then I read volume two

Huck, Volume 2: Big Bad World by Mark Millar, Rafael Albuquerque and various

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While I wasn’t as into Huck, Volume 2: Big Bad World as I was the first one, Huck Volume 1: All-American, Huck and the Supers are an interesting group of people and their continuation story has its appeal. Creators Mark Millar (author), Rafael Albuquerque (illustrator), Dave McCaig (colorist), and Clem Robins (letterer), made a world where our hero of book one, Huck (a big, sweet, not the brightest cookie in the jar, but has a big ol’ heart kind of guy), has found himself a […]

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The Sixth Faction (The Sixth Faction, #1) by Veronica Roth

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This is a four star book but I’m giving it an extra .25, because I can now! And because I was so into this when it’s been so hard for me lately to really be into and finish new books. I let my curiosity get the better of me with this one. I was really into Divergent when it was first published, and then the second two books devolved into something very disappointing, which at the time made me angry, but I just don’t think […]

Captain Superman

Huck Volume 1: All-American by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque

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If Superman was a smidgen less Super and more Man, but still had powers and Captain America had no Captain in his name, but still had a really big heart, pumped gas for a living and was not the smartest cookie in the container, you would have Huck Volume 1: All-American by Mark Millar and illustrator Rafael Albuquerque.  The character of Huck is a bit of a clique. He is nice, sweet, good looking, not too bright but has a giving heart. He’ll find things, […]

As soon as I finished listening to it, I immediately went back to the beginning and started again. Twice

Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes

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On Sunday nights we have a family dinner that ranges from 3 to 10 people. After everyone leaves, I put in my earbuds and listen to an audiobook. Last Sunday, my library hold for Valerie Valdes’ Where Peace is Lost had come in, so I started it. I was immediately so engrossed that I stretched that kitchen clean up to almost 4 hours. It’s a small kitchen. I drowned myself in Valdes’ world. I finished the next day and then promptly started again and listened […]

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

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I got nothing. This was really not a good book. It was not necessary to tell at all. It added nothing. It took to more than halfway through the book before you even get to the start of the Games. And then it just floundered worst than the first half. There’s an ending that some fans will love since we get to hear about some beloved characters, but frankly it’s not worth your time. Maybe if this had been a novella with some flashbacks to […]



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