Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


They have an audiance, but that wasn’t really me

SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical by Roy Lucey

Stray Cat V01 Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge by Dian Day

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Have you ever read a book that you really wanted to like, but it just didn’t pan out as hoped? That was SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical and Stray Cat V01 Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge. Both had fun and nifty ideas, but the style of writing and/or the progression to the finale did not work for me. The idea of SCRAM: Society of Creatures Real and Magical by Roy Lucey was interesting. Three friends want to search for Magical Creatures. The […]

Exploring love

Love, Retold by Tikva Wolf

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With celebrities coming out as non-mongomous and personal situations with friends and acquaintances, I decided to learn more about polyamory. Questions to poly and/or open relationshiped people, some online reading and more took me to Tikva Wolf. Their work, Ask Me about Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles, I learned a few more things in a safe environment. Their non-technical, non-textbook format allowed me to stop and think, allowing me to understand things on an easier level than in academic forms. This led me to […]

Enviormental fun

Luz Goes Green V01 Luz Sees the Light by Claudia Dávila

Luz Goes Green V02 Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Dávila

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Unknowingly I read the Luz Goes Green series backwards. Or I read Luz Makes a Splash (Luz Goes Green, 2) by Claudia Davila before Luz Sees the Light (book one). That did not take away from the fact that I loved this book. Honestly this is probably the closest five I have read in awhile. Sure, there was one small bump, but that is forgivable. That bump was because the online reader I was reading didn’t have a lot of color. I would have loved […]

Welcome to bizzaro world

In Utero by Chris Gooch

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In Utero by Chris Gooch is totally screwy. But also amazing. If you like Jeff Lemire, Ram V., Spectators by Brian K. Vaughan, Junji Ito (with slightly less intensity), We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen (and others I can’t remember, but were amazed how mental and emotional they were) you might like this. It is a horror/thriller. While “tame” in some ways, is much more intense in others. Violence, death, blood and some other triggers. The idea is that 12 years ago an explosion […]

Magic of a snow day

Thank You, Snow (Thank You, World) by Dan McCauley and Jo Loring-Fisher

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Thank You, Snow (Thank You, World) by Dan McCauley and Jo Loring-Fisher (due late January 2026, read via an online reader). The illustrations are both supporting and are their own characters in this sweet story of being in the moment. And that is basically all I want to say. This is a simple book, good for the younger reader as it is a board book. But the early reader (with help or solo) could read as well. Overall, it is good. Nice. I cannot shout […]

Munchies and Crunchies animal friendly

Picadillo for Paulina by Ruth Behar, Gabriel Frye-Behar, Erika Rodriguez Medina

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Picadillo for Paulina by Ruth Behar, Gabriel Frye-Behar, and Erika Rodriguez Medina    Having a vegetarian base to the character is a unique way of introducing a food “lifestyle” (for health or personal reasons). The addition of the recipe shows how you can adapt one dish for this traditionally Cuban meat dish. Overall, sweet, I like the tension without it being too confrontational. The images are soft, and bubbly to help soften a somewhat serious story. That is a basic description of the story. I […]



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