Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Dice & Deathtraps is not D&D but you know it’s D&D

The Last Session Vol. 1 by Jasmine Walls

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Have you ever played a Dungeons & Dragons game or a D&D like game? Have you had envy and/or jealousy of a friend’s friend/girlfriend/boyfriend/partner? Are you not a fan of change; even good changes? Are you queer? Do you like comics/graphic novels? Do you like stories about things like that in graphic novel format? Then this is the book for you.  For the most part, in The Last Session Vol. 1 by Jasmine Walls, Dozerdraws (Illustrator), and Micah Myers (Letterer), the story is familiar. The […]

The Map to the Afterlife

49 Days by Agnes Lee

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Read the description of 49 Days by Agnes Lee as that tells the story. My review is one that focuses on the fact that this is an emotional, complex and beautifully done book. I am focusing on the pieces that really spoke to me. And how it is relatable in many ways.  I like the realism of the grief processes. It is strong and powerful, and the idea of “yes, I must grieve, but I also must keep on living” is an interesting twist. Usually […]

Tossed a curveball

Curveball  by Pablo Cartaya

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We know the story of Curveball it is a  “It is more fun to play the game than to be played by the game.” But Pablo Cartaya has a few curveballs tossed in as well. We follow a young girl who loves competition and sports, especially baseball. Or does she? Or is her mother trying to live vicariously through her, pushing her to be the best as she couldn’t be? And to keep the family tradition alive so that she can have the opportunities her mother […]

Fred, looking for friends in all the wrong places

Low Power: A Graphic Novel (Your Pal Fred) by Michael Rex

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Book one of the Your Pal Fred series opens with Fred waking after (I forget how many) centuries to a dystopian earth. He is a friendship robot who on the perky scale makes Sandy Duncan and Mr. Rogers look like grumps.  And in his very special way (being kind, talking things out, staring contests, etc) saves the day.  With volume two, Low Power: A Graphic Novel (Your Pal Fred) Michael Rex continues our Robot Friend Fred’s journey to make everyone friends. This time around we […]

The Brothers 3 and their Dad and this person name Carey do a really cool series

The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

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This probably goes without saying, but I will say it, “Read volumes one to three first.”  So, why am I writing this review for volumes four and five? To let you know that the series gets better as it goes along. Now, things might be a bit slow for the old school reader of D&D like graphic novels (especially at first), but the humor and accessibility for the newbie or someone not fully familiar with that format can get into it. I once gave a […]

Crossing paths

Me: Moth by Amber McBride

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I took a roundabout path to read Me: Moth by Amber McBride. I had reader copies (mostly online) and then saw the final book was out (losing all my reader copies). I then happened to see the book on a shelf at work, but then noticed it was at my library and since I was not sure if I really wanted to read it, I took it out of the library.  It took so long for me to finally get a copy and read that […]



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