Cannonball Read 18

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Quiet Crossings by Vivi Partridge, Sal Sawler and Janaina Spada

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Quiet Crossings by Vivi Partridge (with Sal Sawler (editor) and Janaina Spada (colorist)) is, in a few words, an interesting read. The ideas of death, anxiety, depression, and living with the aftermath are poetically dealt with. The main characters are diverse, unusual and for the most part, likeable. Our main character/point of view character, Selena, has moments where you don’t necessarily like how she is reacting, but it is understandable.  We follow about a year’s worth of events. Selena is now working at an Inn, […]

This in’t about adoption

Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman and Karl Stevens

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SOME SPOILERS and possible triggers (but not as many as are in the book). Sometimes I wonder if people like something because they are “supposed to.” We are “supposed to” like a story about environmentalism. We are “supposed to” like something because the character(s) are of a minority (in Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman, and illustrator Karl Stevens they are Native, two characters are queer, and at least two other people are of color). But that does not mean the book will […]

Friend Carl might not have liked being a book prop, but I liked this book.

Orphanland by Lauren Fischer

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The story behind the book is better than the book, Orphanland by Lauren Fischer, and it is a good book. Or at least I think so, as it made a cozy memory to be connected to a book with a not so cozy theme. I was going to read it online, but got a finished paperback (after requesting the online book and the author contacting me saying thanks for requesting) from the author. We emailed a little bit as we were talking about the book, […]

Try to look away from the game of living and watching living

Spectators by Brian K Vaughan

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Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and illustrator Niko Henrichon is a train wreck I could not stop reading. This graphic novel (due late fall 2025) is in the vein of Revival by Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton, and The Walking Dead but with fewer zombies and more ghosts.  When I finished my reader copy (and in fact through it) I thought it was the most screwed up book I’ve read in a while! DAMN! What an awesome read! There is so much going on […]

Dusty town It’s a busy village Every day Like the one before Little town Full of little people Wanting to say, WHERE THE F IS SUNDAY?

The Lost Sunday by Iléana Surducan

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I won’t say a lot about the themes or story of The Lost Sunday by Iléana Surducan as it is pretty traditional. There are fairy tale tropes, the ideas are what you would expect for an Odyssey like journey of a young girl to the witches lair. The illustrations are amusing, cute, clever, simple and detailed simultaneously. There are good colors to them, without being too bold or too muted. They are supportive of the story. There are not a lot of surprises for big […]

And I have volume three waiting!

The Changeling: Volume 2 by Tina N. Lugo

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The Changeling: Volume 2 by Tina N. Lugo is obviously the second in The Changeling series. And therefore, I recommend reading the first book first. And if you can find all three of the currently available titles, you should read them together, as while I was reading this manga series, I was hoping that it is only a trilogy. It is not that I did not like it (I would not have read two volumes if it was horrible), it is just that the story, […]



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