Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I make bad life decisions

Marigold and Rose by Louise Glück

She-Hulk #8 by Rainbow Rowell

She-Hulk #9 by Rainbow Rowell

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The other day I went to pick up the puppy-corn bucket we’d painted for our dog Winston at Color Me Mine and decided to stop at the Target up there while I was out, since I needed a couple things. When the Starbucks inside somehow didn’t have a functioning coffee machine, my dumb ass decided to jet on over to the Barnes & Noble across the street to get my Starbucks fix… and for an excuse to probably spend money I shouldn’t on books (I […]

Catch-Up 22

Chainsaw Man Vol. 13 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

My Rosebud Boy by Rainbow Rowell

She-Hulk #7 by Rainbow Rowell

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell

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I’m late to the game with these reviews, plus I missed the best and worst of the year talks, but I don’t wanna falsely claim these as 2023 reads next year, so here goes. I’ve done very little in the way of reading these last two months of the year, pretty much keeping to my usual comfort picks, as I’m sure you can tell. Getting married, working 50 hours a week for a little while, and having two major holidays, will do that to you, […]

This isn’t it…

Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Sam Maggs

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Look, I love Rainbow Rowell, I love Fangirl, and I love comics. How, then, could Fangirl, the manga, not be a homerun for me? I think my gripes begin and end with the art style. I could rant about how this isn’t manga, seeing as manga literally means a Japanese comic book, but plenty of people have said their peace about that already. It’s in a “manga style,” I guess, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, even if it remains quite sus. No, what bothers […]

It sure took you long enough

She Hulk #6 by Rainbow Rowell

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Jeez, Rainbow Rowell, it sure took you long enough. After five issues of romantic tension, we finally get some payoff. Walters and Jack have literally already been acting like a couple all this time. It was long overdue. The guy is living with her and forever wearing the heart shirt that she gave him. I know Rowell likes to drag out romance in her stories, but this was bad even by her standards. I mean, if I had to pick one thing that felt like […]

Stop buying up all the She-Hulk, people!

She-Hulk #5 by Rainbow Rowell

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I guess the arrival of the She-Hulk television series must’ve been a boon for Rainbow Rowell’s comic series too, since both of the local comic book stores I’ve been to are sold out of #6. Even online retailers are out of stock, except for third-party re-sellers who are trying to make an extra profit. However, in my search for issue #6, I discovered I’d neglected to get issue #5 due to all the hubbub surrounding our big move. I managed to find what I guess is […]

Levi…*heart eyes*

Fangirl, the Manga. Vol 2 by Rainbow Rowell, Sam Maggs and Gabi Nam

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4.5 stars CBR14 Bingo: Bodies (Cath and Levi become a lot more aware of each other’s bodies in this volume – not like THAT. Get your mind out of the gutter!) Cath has started getting more comfortable at college and with her classes, but she still finds it difficult to reconcile the fact that her twin, Wren, is having such a great time without her. Wren is embracing the party lifestyle and seems to spend a lot of evenings out drinking with her roommate. Meanwhile, […]



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