Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Evil Geniuses Come in All Ages

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

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Bingo: Culture. This book covers many aspects of fairy culture. I haven’t read any fantasy in a long time, so I picked up the YA novel Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. It was a light read, but I enjoyed it. Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old boy who comes from a long line of crime lords. He is extraordinarily smart and devious. At the start of the book, he manages to get his hands on the fairies’ golden book, which holds all their secrets. […]

Sisters, differences and love

Little Big Sister by Eoin Colfer

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I picked up Little Big Sister by Eoin Colfer and illustrated by Celia Ivey because the cover was terribly brightly colored and pushy to the eye.  I read it because I like sibling stories (sister stories in particular) and thought it would be an interesting read on differently abled children/people. And while it was not my favourite read, it was a read that I enjoyed and recommend if you have a family member, friend or a child’s classmate who has dwarfism. Therefore, the rating of […]

One sweet Bansheenie

Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer

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The online reader site I use had a new listing of titles up. I saw the cover of Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer and illustrator Steve McCarthy and said, sorry, not now. But I would go back to it. Okay, let’s read the description… banshee, a little girl, death. Nope, not right now. Then went back a third time. Still a no. It would be several looks later that I said I would read it. I still wasn’t sure if I should read, as […]

A prince, an aging dragon, and a mysterious maiden should have gone out for a drink, instead they did a little battle

Three Tasks for a Dragon by Eoin Colfer 

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I like a good fairy tale, legend, mythology, or folklore story. Therefore, when I saw the cover of  Three Tasks for a Dragon I figured it would be a fun story in that line of storytelling that would be about a dragon and his redemption story. And it is somewhat that; but it is also the loss of innocence, loss of youth, the greed for power, and the magic of true love and cherries. It was the illustrations of P. J. Lynch that kept pulling […]

And another thing, I couldn’t even finish this book

And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer

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Not long ago on Facebook, someone posed the question, “When do you give up on a book and stop reading?” I thought about this and determined that, if I look at how many pages I have left in a book and I’m actively dreading it, that’s when I quit. I had 188 pages left in And Another Thing when I just couldn’t stand it anymore. God knows I don’t quit a book likely. I’ve slogged through my share of banality and dreck just to give […]

Dragons and Swamp Folk Underwhelm in the Bayou

Highfire by Eoin Colfer

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I’m not sure what I was expecting with Highfire. I was introduced to the author Eoin Colfer via Artemis Fowl which I enjoyed for the first several novels, then lost interest in in the direction the series was going. I like the not entirely original premise of the grumpy powerful being (Vern the dragon) teaming up with and gradually softening to a spunky sidekick (Squib Moreau). The setting of the Bayou, presumably Louisiana, makes for interesting potential in terms of cultural lore. It’s sort of […]



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