So many other Cannonballers have been praising Saga, the graphic novel series from author Brian Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, I just had to know what all the fuss was about. As you must be aware by now, Saga tells the tale of Marko and Alana, lovers from warring planets (Marko has horns! Alana has wings! They are so different!) who find themselves pregnant and on the run from the many, many people who want them dead. As the story starts, Alana is giving birth to […]
Diamonds, Dames, and Danger!
I’ve been reading the Ian Fleming Bond books for the last couple of years in order of release. Diamonds Are Forever is the 4th full length Bond novel and like its predecessors much more focused on tension and mystery than over the top action and unbelievable circumstances. This time out, the British secret service has tasked Bond with discovering the head of a diamond smuggling operation. This assignment pits Bond against a crime organization known as the Spang Brothers and puts him in the company […]
Who knew that there was a market for gay airplane erotica?
I can’t believe this is how I am starting my very first Cannonball Read. I feel like my next review will have to be “War and Peace” for you guys to actually take me seriously. In Russian, obviously. But before I pretend to be all respectable and stuff, let’s dive into some gay plane sex! Shout out to Patty Smith for loaning me the book, and getting this whole mess started. Honestly, I was tempted to just post excerpts from the book with insightful comments […]
Lots more Whacks
Lizzie Borden took an ax… Those of us familiar with Lizzie’s story (or just with the rhyme) believe we know what happened next. Cherie Priest, though, looked at the variety of facts available, asked herself the writer’s favorite question (“What if…?”), and came up with an almost entirely different story. Though father and (step-) mother still take their whacks.