Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Frankenstein but Golem

Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

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I’ve been a fan of Frankenstein since I read it for school and love seeing different adaptations and interpretations. Learning of a Jewish golem interpretation, I knew I needed to get my hands on it, and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read Odessa. In many ways this is a tragic story, but in the end it’s full of hope and love. I loved getting Mordechai, Frieda, and Yetta’s perspectives, because even though they’re one family living in the city of Odessa in […]

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 […]

As the old saying goes: Who is the monster and who is the man?

Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein by Pádraig Kenny

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Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein by Pádraig Kenny is a good reimagining of the Frankenstein story. You can see how the original story influences the ideas presented on the pages of this middle grade novel. There was much to enjoy, however, it lacked a ‘wow’ factor for me. It was enjoyable and I liked it but it wasn’t my favorite. With that said, I recommend it for ages 10 and up, but the sensitive reader might not be okay with some situations, as it does go “edgy […]

Purple for the Spooky Science

The Glass Scientists vol. 1 by S. H. Cotucino

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Bingo 20: Purple When the public library has a summer reading program that adults can do, and also get prizes, it’s a good time. The past few years, the top reading level prize (defined by minutes read) is you get to take home a new book from a seemingly random selection the library ahs gotten. This year I went with The Glass Scientists volume 1. It was on the YA list, but I tend to keep an eye out for things I can use in […]

Frankenstein but plants and gay!

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

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I saw a reel on Instagram from the author talking about this book, and I was immediately sold. Frankenstein? Queer? Messy, messy characters? Sign me up! And this absolutely delivers on all fronts. The beginning of A Botanical Daughter is a little slow, but it perfectly sets the scene of Grimfern, an estate inside a greenhouse outside the closest village, and the three main characters – Gregor, botanist and lord of Grimfern; Simon, taxidermist and romantic partner to Gregor; and Jenny, local village girl whose […]

Getting caught up on reviews

Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy

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Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (5 stars) As I slowly make way through books most of you read in grade school, I’m learning that these books have staying power for a reason. I’ve liked the vast majority of them. Sometimes, I don’t know how I made it through school without having read them before, but my ability to avoid school work should never be underestimated. This book was phenomenal. Melodramatic, and the prose, though beautiful, was a bit antiquated and florid, but […]



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