Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Meet March: A Seasons Picture Book for the Start of Spring by April Martin

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The concept of the book, Meet March: A Seasons Picture Book for the Start of Spring, is neat: having February and April help March “find spring.” The idea is that winter (February) is leaving, March is doing its March things while looking for spring, and then March hands things off (symbolized by a rabbit) to April to run with it. The art is minimalist, colors are primary and not overpowering. More of a 2.5 as it is solid and enjoyable yet not a WOW. Great […]

They are Irumaiyimai இருமை (Irumai)

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

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Disclaimer: I hope I got the title correct, if not blame Google! The book Bad Queer will make you think. Author, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, makes a lot of things happen all at once. On one level things are familiar as this is nothing more than a coming of age story. This is a story where we all can relate to such issues as situations with family, friendships and possible lovers.  But there is more to things on top of that. It is also a queer person’s […]

Fake engagements, angst and lots of secrets and lies

In a Second by Kate Canterbary

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3.5 stars This was an ARC from the author. I am very grateful, but my opinions are my own. Audrey Saunders has not seen her former boyfriend, Jude Bellessi, since he showed up at the church, only moments before she was due to get married, to ask her to run away with him instead. Because of a whole host of reasons, Audrey couldn’t tell Jude why she was getting married, and why she broke up with him in the first place and moved across the […]

Just because it is set at Halloween doesn’t mean you can’t read it anytime you want!

Ghoulia volume 1 by Barbara Cantini

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Yes, Ghoulia volume 1 is a Halloween book, and maybe it is because I love Halloween, but I would read this book by Barbara Cantini all year round. It has humor and is low-key spooky. Most ages can appreciate it, however, the only thing that might be a smidgen much for the younger or sensitive reader is the fact that the “Halloween Candy Bag” our friend Ghoulia carries, is the actual head of her uncle and she will remove her own head near the end […]

When the zombie outbreak happened, I didn’t expect zombie gnomes

Hooves of Death, Volume 1 by Sam Bragg

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While I liked this book, I’m not really sure how to write about it. Hooves of Death, Volume 1 by Sam Bragg has many of the familiar themes, settings and story arcs you find in young adult literature, but it is also new and fresh. There are parts I did not like, parts I loved and one or two parts where I went “huh?” There are ups and downs. We follow one human and a few unicorns that escaped the destruction of their compound (don’t […]

I don’t know WHAT I think about this

Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection by Jamie Hernandez

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Learning of Jamie Hernandez via another book that had characters nicknames inspired by his work was I thought a neat way to learn about someone. It was an important, but also a  smaller piece of that bigger puzzle. Therefore, I wanted to see what the fuss was all about and why did Hernandez inspire this other author? Because of that, several interlibrary loan requests for books were placed for me. I received Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection first. This is a bizarre book. […]



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