Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The book that is NSFW and yet somehow I got away with reading it there…..

That Sexy Bea by Owlin

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That Sexy Bear by Lin Visel and Joseph Bergin III (or Owlin) is totally and completely screwed up. And that is being really polite! I really don’t want to go on as it left a funky taste in my mouth. It feels soapy. Why? Because I needed a 10 hour bath after reading with a lot of soap to wash all the parts as the whole experience was creepy AF. OMG there are women’s breasts, and natural who-ha’s hanging out; there are a couple of […]

When Satire Isn’t

Severance by Ling Ma

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I wonder what it was like to read this book pre-COVID. Because I can tell you that reading it now, six years after COVID hit, it’s not as satirical as perhaps the author intended. In Severance, the deadly virus definitively originates in China and makes sort-of zombies (not the brain-eating kind) from the infected. Other than that difference, this book is spookily prescient. So much so that I had to keep re-checking the original publication date, but, yeah, Severance was first published in August of […]

“I have everything I ever wanted–and it tastes just as delicious as I always imagined.”

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

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I love an unreliable narrator. Whether they are divorced from reality à la Montresor of “The Cask of Amontillado,” deceiving themselves as a defense against trauma, like Pi in Life of Pi, or intentionally deceiving the reader, as in many mysteries I won’t name to avoid spoilers. . .I just can’t get enough of them. What intrigues me about June Hayward (aka Juniper Song) in Yellowface is I’m never certain how much of her own press she buys into. She definitely believes she’s been screwed […]

I should have posted this on May 4th for the Star Wars tie-in

2 Dumb Dinos by Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski

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The abstractness of jokes (makes no sense, with no punchline) of 2 Dumb Dinos, will hit the right reader, but it was not my cup of tar (pit). Do you Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski and I hope you find the right audience. To help you do so, let me mention some things about the book. I read via an online reader, but it is available. Therefore, I am not sure of the actual size, but I have a feeling the book will be on […]

I’m sure it’s not the first time someone has heard, “Shake your Moneymaker” on OnlyF@ns

My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children's Stories) by R. Moneymaker

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I am an adult. At least, physically. Mentally (depending on the day) I am too young to even know about, let alone read, My Mom Only Sells Fans (Inappropriate Children’s Stories) by R. Moneymaker. Therefore I can honestly say, I have not read it. Instead, I had it read to me by rsullivan1991 on Facebook (I think his name is Ryan Sullivan, but I only have rsullivan1991 on the screenshot I took, and he uses this moniker across platforms).  Quick background: Mr. RSullivan1991 is a […]

There are Never Enough Modern Retellings of Pride and Prejudice

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Timeless satire for the win. The many adaptations of Jane’s Pride and Prejudice only strengthen my admiration of the sly intelligence in the original. Apparently this is the 4th book of the Austen Project, what a delightful discovery. Liz Bennet is pulled back into her hometown Chicago and dysfunctional family dynamics when her father has a health scare. You will recognize the rest of the Bennet characters immediately. Author Curtis Sittenfeld is just loyal enough to the original’s wit, characters and storyline for comfort. This […]



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