National Library Week in the US runs April 19-26 and the theme is Find Your Joy. At Cannonball Read, we love libraries of all kinds. Without libraries, many of us would have access to fewer books and resources. This year alone I’ve checked out crafting books, cookbooks, and a book about Malcolm X’s … [Read more]
When Gods Die: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery (Book #2) by C.S. Harris
When the young wife of an aging marquis is found stabbed to death in the Prince Regent's arms, the matter must be solved discreetly. Sebastian St. Cyr, sole surviving son of Count Devlin has no idea why he has been asked to investigate; he doesn't really know the Prince Regent, and he said after the … [Read more]
Chaos Choreography: An Incryptid Novel (#5) by Seanan McGuire
Verity Price and her ex-Covenant husband Dominic are back on the West Coast again and right back in the family business: cryptozoology. Saving people from Cryptids (and more importantly, Cryptids from people), Verity figures her days of competitive ballroom dancing are over...aren't they? But … [Read more]
Amethyst Love by Janet Louise Roberts
When Valerie's brother is killed in the Napoleonic War and a fellow soldier offers her the shelter of marriage, at first she's grateful. But as the difference between the kinds of lives they want to lead becomes apparent, she starts to wonder if she's made a mistake in accepting his … [Read more]
The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
I'm gonna start with a blanket spoiler warning, and also this: If you haven't read The Everlasting, don't look at any of the graphics, or anything I've written past this point, because nearly every sentence could be a spoiler, if taken in parts or sum. Just know that this book is excruciatingly … [Read more]
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
4.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A book involving animals Monthly Keyword Challenge 26: Cat Official plot summary, because I finished this back in February, and my perimenopausal brain isn't exactly helping here: Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As … [Read more]
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Another excellent library book. When I read fiordeligi’s review of Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian‘s Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, I knew I needed to read it asap. And then it took me a while for my library hold to come in. Fairly early in the book, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian … [Read more]
