Each year Cannonball Read holds a (completely voluntary) Holiday Book Exchange, and we’re excited to continue the tradition this year. It’s a lovely part of our community here at CBR and a great way to get to know a fellow Cannonballer a little better. We hope you’ll join our bookish end of year … [Read more]
One-Pound Gospel, vols. 1-4 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi is one of my favorite manga artists. She has been since I was so young that I thought I was getting away with something by reading her stuff (I wasn't). She built up 30+ years of goodwill with me by the time I got to One-Pound Gospel. This was, I think, the last of her series … [Read more]
The Maid by Nita Prose
I’m a few years late reading “The Maid” by Nita Prose, an author with an excellent last name for a writer, but in my defense, I don’t read a lot of mysteries. I prefer fantasy, sci-fi, and literary fiction. But I do sometimes like a quick little mystery as a palate-cleanser and “The Maid” is perfect … [Read more]
Sticks & Stones by Jillian Arly
This one is another case of needed something quick to fulfill a goal. Somehow my TBR is lacking a sports book written by a woman, and Read Harder is asking me for one so I decided to hunt up a quick sports romance novella by a woman to help get my read count up and fulfill the task. Which … [Read more]
How to Kill a Witch by Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell
How to Kill a Witch is an examination of the early modern period's witch hunts through the lens of Scotland (with a couple quick jaunts to other locales). I knew a decent amount of the worldwide epidemic of witch hunts, but not enough about Scotland specifically and my visit to Scotland back in 2023 … [Read more]
Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher
Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
Continuing my journey through the Saint of Steel universe, I decided to re-read my two favorite books in the series. I think that these held up well for me on the second time through. It had been a while since I'd read them, so I couldn't remember precisely what was about to happen, just the broad … [Read more]
Girls Fart! by Jayme Mattler
There is a video I like watching about a little girl with some big sass. She is dancing as only a 7-and-younger-old can (so, not so hot, but dang if she’s not having fun), wearing her pink princess dress and she says, “Excuse me, I farted” Off camera you may or may not hear a comment, but loud and … [Read more]
