Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Neverland will never let go…

Hooked by A.C. Wise

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He remembers drowning. That single sentence, recurring often in Hooked, A.C. Wise’s sequel to Wendy, Darling, is the cornerstone of the existential dread that permeates the story. Described as dark fantasy I think this book edges deeper into horror, more even than the first book, which had moments of horror. This is a mean tale and a reinvention of Neverland and the Peter Pan mythos into something modern and terrifying at its core. What set Wendy, Darling apart from the pack of other modern takes on Peter […]

If I didn’t already have one DNF on my BINGO sheet, I would have quit this one

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

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BINGO – They, She, He (the author is trans) I read Aiden Thomas’ other novel Cemetery Boys earlier this year, and I cannot imagine that it will be knocked out of my top 5 favorite novels that I read in 2021. My expectations were very high going in to Lost in the Never Woods, and unfortunately, those expectations were not met. Lost in the Never Woods is a reimaging of the Peter Pan story set in modern times. Peter Pan is real much to the consternation of […]

The Heroines We Wanted in Childhood

Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir & Sarah Anderson

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I’m not usually into graphic novels, but my friend showed up to our weekly DnD game with “Cheshire Crossing,” and was like, ‘you have to read this!’ Being that it was free (hello, #no money bingo square), I did, and was not disappointed. Now, I still haven’t read the Martin, so I didn’t realize who Andy Weir was, but I love Sarah Anderson’s art, and from the start, the cover and all the comics of this graphic novel are gorgeous. Weir’s writer’s note on the first […]

You Can Never Leave the Island

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Since I drove up to visit my parents’ new house last weekend (and to catch up with my cat), I actually had a long enough drive for once to make progress in an audiobook (“thanks” to traffic, it ended up being much more progress than I expected).  I think I bought this when it was an Audible deal of the day, and I am so glad I did.  It was an enjoyable story, easy to listen to, though I do feel that the narrator’s voice […]

By Hook or by Crook

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All children, except one, grow up. This, however, is a review of a book and not a story of my life, so we’ll be moving on now. The idea of Peter Pan is something that just about anyone can recite from memory.  There’s a boy who will remain a boy forever who lives upon an exciting island far in the sky just past the second star to the right where there are fairies, pirates, indians, mermaids, and an adventure around every corner.  Not only can […]



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