Cannonball Read 18

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Who's on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with John Martz

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You might know the comedy sketch, Who’s On First? if you’re of a certain age, like classical comedy or know baseball adjacent history. I just read an online book version of it called Who’s on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello. It was written by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello originally with this version having John Martz on illustrations. Is it due early February 2027 so you have some time to decide if you want this version or not. The thing is, I […]

Frankenstein: But with cats. And funny

Frankenstein: A Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley, Lorenzo Coltellacci, Mary Shelley, Lorenzo Coltellacci and Federica De Cotis

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Frankenstein: A Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley, Lorenzo Coltellacci (Adapter), Michele Botton (Adapter), Federica De Cotis (Illustrator)   Due October 2026 read via an online reader copy. When the book started, it’s set in an arctic landscape. My brain said, “Isn’t this how Dracula opens? A ship? Ice?” My brain said, “Yes ship;  ice no.” And then, “But wasn’t there a scene in the film adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Men that looked like this?” My brain said, “Yes, I think we are remembering […]

Revisit the Hundred Acre Wood

Winnie-the-Pooh: The Graphic Novel by A.A. Milne, Kevan Chandler and Joe Sutphin

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Winnie-the-Pooh: The Graphic Novel by A.A. Milne, Kevan Chandler (Adapter), Joe Sutphin (Adapter/Illustrator) It took a bit to read this because I was using an online reader, and a few pages were “split,” so I couldn’t get the “full picture” with images. I also “put down” the reader to start reading other books as it is not due until October 2026 and figured I had some time to finish at a later date. The original story and this book might vary a bit from each […]

Big Brother is watching Part Two

1984: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell and Fido Nesti

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When I saw the cover for 1984: The Graphic Novel adapted by Fido Nesti, I thought I would enjoy reading George Orwell’s book this way. I requested it via interlibrary loan. I did mention that there was another one done by  Matyás  Namai,, but I would prefer Nesti. So, what did I get? Both! I started with Namai’s just because it was due first. After reading it, I was not impressed by the style. It was too busy. Yet, it was an experience I was […]

Big Brother is watching Part One

George Orwell's 1984: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell and Matyas Namai

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Even though I was an English major in college, my contemporary classic reading was minimal. Going to a small school meant I repeated professors and they repeated the authors and texts they liked, therefore I did not always get the most expansive exposure to a variety of classics. Because of this 1984 missed my radar. When I found free time for reading, the classics never appealed to me for two reasons. The first, the language was not contemporary and therefore was lofty. It was not […]

Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: a Classic mystery

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Hi, Classic! Thanks so much for agreeing to participate in our interview! I see from your Cannonball Read profile that you’ve been participating in and off since CBR 9. How did you find us? I used to post on Pajiba, and reading Pajiba Love, I saw that there were often book reviews and I started to read the reviews that were linked. There were more CBR commenters back in those days, and I think it was Ms. Julien who told me about CBR and how […]



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