Cannonball Read 18

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“Four legs good, two legs bad”

Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Nowhere Books Bingo 25: Banned Book Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Cover featuring an animal On Manor Farm, somewhere in England, an old boar gathers all the animals in the barn and makes a powerful speech about how animals suffer at the hands of humans and should rise up and take power for themselves. Shortly after his death, the animals of Manor Farm do just that – they violently fight back when Farmer Jones and his farmhands try to control them and chase the farmer, his […]

“If Thunderclan is to survive, we must have new warriors” — Great Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Classic Series!

Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

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I’ve already written at length here before how much I enjoy Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter’s work, so it’s no surprise that I was thrilled to see this at the bookstore. I was even more thrilled to realize this is the first of three planned books, so I have two more to look forward to when they publish! Any time artists I’ve been following for a while get a multi book deal, especially to work on a famous media property, I am hopeful this means […]

Oh It Is Fun!

This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

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Old friends reuniting for a royal wedding? How timely! I’m sure everyone will be so glad to see each other again after years of very determined not speaking. Ten years ago best friends Beatrice and Elowen, rogue Clare and the valiant Galwell the Great banded together to save the realm. They succeeded and it ruined their lives. Since then they’ve been burying themselves in their various vices trying to forget the past. But when the queen of Mythria sends you an invitation to her upcoming […]

Book 2: Villains be villainous.

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

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Book 2 of ??? in this year’s Robin Hobb journey! I liked this one. I didn’t like it as much as the first one, but it’s still a solid 4 stars. The Pace of Assassin’s Apprentice  felt like slow and deliberate because we were getting to know Fitz, setting up the other characters, laying groundwork for other pieces of the narrative, getting to know the lay of the land, literally. Royal Assassin felt, weirdly, a little slower to me, in a more frustrating way. Like […]

The Game Might Be Changing but not the Characters

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! v.9 by Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka

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I have been a little desperate for the cozy; not only is the world (you know, gestures at the state of things), but there’s been some other unfortunately timed drama beyond my control in my life as well. Cozy mindless manga to the rescue! My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Is definitely cozy. The friendship angle always wins, and nothing bad lasts for more than a few pages. In volume 9 of the manga, Katarina is happily awaiting the end […]

Carl and Donut’s Guide to Dungeon Crawling as Reality TV

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

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I’ve had Dungeon Crawler Carl on my TBR for a while (picked it up as retail therapy not too long ago, but it’s been on a list for good bit longer), and then there was a spike of reviews on here, so now here’s my take. I kind of do get the hype; there’s humor but it’s kind of dark by necessity, there’s hope in the midst of tragedy and chaos, and it’s mostly pretty entertaining. The basic story feels kind of like a mish-mash […]



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