Cannonball Read 18

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Now you know why it’s called His Dark Materials

The Golden Compass Graphic Novel by Stephane Melchior-Durand

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If you liked the novel, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, this graphic novel is a nice companion to “flesh out” parts. If you have not read the book, this might be a way to be introduced to it, but it will color your feelings about the pictureless novel. I did not picture the characters the way Clement Oubrerie has. It feels like it might be more authentic to what the author probably wanted, with the darker and bleak imagery. However, colors are used to […]

Like doing Wordle with a serial killer and if you lose someone dies! Fun for all ages!

The Cipher (Nina Guerrera #1) by Isabella Maldonado

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I think this might’ve been a Kindle First Reads book for me?  I legit have no idea how I get to read some of the books I do.  Like the process I mean.  How do I select them?  Why do I have such a backlog on my Kindle when I’m constantly reading?  Who knows? Anyway, I’ve never read anything by Isabella Maldonado before, but I would love to read more in the future!  This is the first book in the “Nina Guerrera” series.  She’s an […]

So Your protagonist is a Moron.

No Exit by Taylor Adams

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Writing a good protagonist is obviously a tricky business. You can have all the plot ideas you want, but if there’s nobody to carry them they won’t go anywhere. The problem is that people disagree about what makes a good protagonist. Take Holden Caulfield, for example. Is he the voice of a generation or just a whiny runt with first world problems? (It’s the latter). Unfortunately, as far as No Exit is concerned, your mileage may vary.  The premise of the novel is enticing if […]

I honestly would have enjoyed just reading about what it’s like to be an opera singer

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

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A group of international businesspeople, government leaders, and ambassadors gather together in the house of the vice president of an unspecified South American country to celebrate the birthday of one Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese businessman. The vice president and the businesspeople of the South American country are trying to impress Mr. Hosokawa and convince him to set up factories and invest in their county. Mr. Hosokawa is only there because he will get to hear Roxanne Coss, world renowned opera soprano, sing. Mr. Hosokawa is […]

Swampy

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

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I’m not the biggest reader of thrillers, but my mother bought this for herself at a train station once, it looked interesting, so I “borrowed” it. Helena Pelletier is a woman with a dark past, her mother was kidnapped by her father as a child and kept in a cabin somewhere deep in the Michigan Upper Peninsula’s marshes. For the first twelve years of Helena’s life, she has no contact to the outside world, only knows her controlling, sadistic father, her shellshocked mother and a […]

Manga and Me

Asadora! V01 by Naoki Urasawa

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I started the book Asadora! V01 thinking there was going to be some big excitement on every page (meaning our main character would be a Pippi Longstocking type of gal getting in and out of mischief with their friends). Instead, Naoki Urasawa gives us one very large, devastating moment, and the rest of the book is what we do to survive. We try and survive every day (Asa is one of 12 children), what we do to save face (a side story of a boy […]



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