Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Making a human

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu

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The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu is an emotional graphic novel with layers that could be a bit “much” as we deal with a larger “cosmic” connection. The more surface level is the love story we have with ourselves and each other, the ideas of being human and humane, and most importantly, connections on a smaller scale that we find with others and ourselves as we grow. The illustrations are unique, but familiar. They give you what is needed, but sometimes you do need to fill in a […]

When a Green Lantern fought a bad guy and made a new team member in the process

Green Lantern: Alliance by Min Le

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If you like superheroes and especially DC superheroes, you should try some of the (to me) less popular ones, like Green Lantern. And because of the way the Green Lantern is set up, there are literally the possibilities for thousands of different ones. Including kids. We followed the origin story of Tai Pham in Green Lantern: Legacy also by Min Le and Andie Tong. With Green Lantern: Alliance (including Sarah Stern,Carrie Strachan, and Saida Temofonte) we see how Tai is trying to balance school, his […]

An education in who you are

The Airless Year by Adam P. Knave

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After reading The Airless Year I realized two things, first I had wanted to read it awhile back, but had forgotten about it; and second it was not what I expected. I was not sure what I thought this book was about, but not this. Adam P. Knave, Valentine Barker, and Frank Cvetkovic have created one of the first (if not only) books I have read where the parental units are not all “lovey dove we believe in you happy happy you’re a genius” towards […]

Don’t let your doodle steal the hat of the baby in the painting

Doodlesville #2: Art Attacks!: (A Graphic Novel) by Chad Sell

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Doodlesville #2: Art Attacks!: (A Graphic Novel) by Chad Sell might not be as strong as the first book in the Doodlesville series, but it is still an interesting story about growing up, self esteem and teamwork. It would be best to read both volumes back-to-back (so if you have read volume one it just means you need to read it again). Chad Sell has a style that you can see in this series and their other series, The Cardboard Kingdom. Which is lighthearted, humorous and with a […]

A little family road trip from and to Hell

Odessa by Jonathan Hill

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I stole this part of the review from Goodreads/François Vigneault: “Odessa is the first long chapter in a sumptuously-drawn post-apocalyptic tale following the journey of teenager Virginia Crane.” That does not seem “steal worthy” but it starts my feelings of this book. It is a long “chapter to the story of the Crane family. I am not sure I would say “sumptuously-drawn,” but it does have its own unique style.    This is the surface story: three children (ages around 9 to 17) travel through a post-apocalyptic world […]

Homework, boys, hidden lizard people labs

School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight  by Jeremy Whitley

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I am giving School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight by Jeremy Whitley a 3.5 as I need the rest of the series (and there were some story flow issues that I had). This is a series where I need everything it has all at once. I can handle it! This nickel and diming Tara and her friends story is going to make me spontaneous combust! Like Tara does one day in class.   That part of the story is from book one, where we learn that Tara is […]



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