Harrison Troy, billionaire in a start-up trying to get to Mars (oh, boy), is dreading going home this summer to help out with the family travel business. His family is eccentric, and though the family’s tours are now popular (thanks to that book), the ancestral castle needs a lot of repairs and is possibly a hazard. Nicole Sullivan, on the other hand, can’t wait to start her new life across the pond. She’s just broken up with her latest unworthy boyfriend and needs the change […]
Girls, Friends, Girlfriends, and Frenemies
To: Cannonball Read readers From: J Date: 7 Jun 2018 at 9:00 p.m. Subject: Girls, Friends, Girlfriends, and Frenemies YOU GUYS, I’M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK!
It’s not enough to be a teenager, but an alien, too?
Kara is in the thick of adolescent growing pangs, unsure of her place in the world, like any first world teenager. She’s surrounded by people she loves and who love her in return, but she struggles to connect in a meaningful way. You know… because she can lift tractors with a single hand and fly and stuff. So when her powers start going a little haywire, there’s nowhere to turn for support. Is it some sort of super-puberty? Or is something else going on? Tamaki’s […]
Superman Vol. 5: Hopes and Fears
Because I don’t keep up with this title, I was a little concerned that I might be at a bit of a loss starting this without having read Vol 4, but I needn’t have worried. Hopes and Fears collects three separate story arcs of the Superman title, and little prior knowledge is required: The Kents go on a road trip over the Fourth of July weekend, taking a break from their daily routine and paying call at various patriotic landmarks. Superman goes toe-to-toe with Parallax, […]