Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


From the author of Bad Sisters comes, Bad Friend?

Wrong Friend by Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey

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Online reader copies were clogging up my number of emails I had saved. One of those was Wrong Friend by Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey as Illustrator. It came out in January 2026, therefore you can run out and get yourself, or your child more likely, a copy.  And while I enjoyed this fun, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:126 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , , , , ·

Two erasers in a pencil case

Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks

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When you are a fan of an author, or at least with me, I find one of two things happening with a book: Either  I love it so much that even if it is bad, I don’t notice. I am just a fan blinded by my fangirling mind. Or I am terribly disappointed and figure that there is no way my author wrote it, as … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Princess and the bird

The Magical, Wonderful Bul Bul Bird by Jonathan Kruk and Rob Bridges

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When I sit to write out a draft of a review of The Magical, Wonderful Bul Bul Bird by Jonathan Kruk and illustrator Rob Bridges, I have trouble finding the right words. After mentioning that the book is a rich story, with elegant illustrations that are keeping with traditional inspiration and modern … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:124 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Don’t read and eat

Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre and Steve Jenkins

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Do not read Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre and illustrator Steve Jenkins while eating lunch. Even if it is a nice, tame dish of shepherd's pie (just hamburger, corn and lots of mashed potatoes). While there is nothing grotesque about the images of Jenkins, it was shall we say the idea of their … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:123 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Welcome to your first sleepover

Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise (Volume 1) by Adeola Sokunbi

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Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise (Volume 1) by Adeola Sokunbi is a fun story about worries and friendship. It has cute images accompanying the familiar and fresh take on the theme. The end. The thing is, this is a quick read for the adult reader. There is not a lot of meat to the potatoes, but … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:122 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

I don’t know who wandered more: the book or me writing this review

Tongues, Volume 1 by Anders Nilsen

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Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen   I have NO idea what was read. The stories all bounce all over the place. The images are busy, the text mixes and gets lost in the illustrations. The images are colorless but are not black and white. The characters are unlikable, even Astrid, who might be … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:121 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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