Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“…for a while I needed to believe that my mother was not dead and that she would come back.”

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

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Somehow I never read this as a kid and had always wondered if was any good. I finally picked this up on vacation in August (only £3, bless used bookstores) and it turns out that this is a classic and won the Newbery Medal for a reason. Often when you read a children's/middle grade book, there's a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:115 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: , , , , , ·

A Satisfying Conclusion (For Now…)

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

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After watching the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix, 2022 became the year of Leigh Bardugo for me - and although I didn’t connect equally to all of her work, overall I’ve very much enjoyed this adventure. I started out with the original Shadow and Bone trilogy, then moved on to the Six of Crows … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

“Autism is a fundamentally different way of being, and a fundamentally useful way of being.”

Keep Clear: My Adventures with Asperger's by Tom Cutler

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I have mixed feelings about this one. There were some good points in here and it shows how positive a diagnosis can be -- once Tom realizes what the cause of his life-long struggles is, his depression evaporates and he is able to start taking concrete steps to cope with things. This is a combination … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:114 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: , , , ·

A Delightful Medley of the Finest New Middle Grade Graphic Novels

Freestyle by Gale Galligan

Growing Pains by Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks

The Baby-Sitters Club #12: Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chau

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao

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My love of middle grade graphic novels continues to deepen as more and more great books come out. Over the past week I read these six, which almost all came out recently (Tidesong came out in 2021). What really struck me about most of them is the wonderful diversity of viewpoints and experiences, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

“…if you’re gonna fail anyway, you might as well fail as your true self.”

Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety by Alex Graudins

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I love autobio comics so have been following Alex Graudins' work for a few years and seeing her work on this book, so it was exciting that it is finally available in the world. I pre-ordered it but it got returned to B&N for some reason by USPS, so I bought it at an indie bookstore randomly … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:107 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , ·

Personal Essays on Horror, from a Queer Angle

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese (editor)

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When I saw that It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror came out this month I headed immediately to my library catalog to request it and then proceeded to consume it over three evenings. By and large this is an excellent collection of essays featuring queer authors of many stripes … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·


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