Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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G'day, I'm an Australian Cannonballer! I'm a horror/thriller junkie embarking on my seventh Half-Cannonball. I'm a bit shy at commenting, but I absolutely love writing and reading reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Caesar’s Wife's Quick Questions interview.)

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Beauty and the Yeast Infection

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

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If this is what counts as a fairy love story these days, then consider me permanently checked out. A Court of Thorns and Roses is one of the most poorly written, boring, and utterly unbelievable ventures into fae romance I could imagine. Centered around a protagonist named Feyre — which is somehow both an absurd and fitting name for such a ridiculous character — the story begins with her starving in the woods and shooting a wolf with her bow and arrow. This apparently triggers […]

Face your demon

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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I recently finished Demon Copperhead—or more accurately, listened to it on audiobook—and it completely captured me. At over 30 hours long, it ticked my new criteria for audiobooks: a truly epic runtime that gives me a good return on my Audible credit. I tend to listen while I’m out running or commuting, and choosing a long, immersive story like this one keeps me motivated to keep getting out and doing things. It becomes part of the rhythm of life.   Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, inspired […]

Dragon Player

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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Picture this: The rain is pouring, you’re shivering, terrified, staring down into a dark abyss. You’re halfway across a narrow castle parapet—the first of many deadly tests you’ll need to survive over the next year. You’re smaller than all the other wannabe cadets. Weaker. But none of that matters. Your mother, the general in charge of your nation’s army, has decreed that you must join the Riders Quadrant. And so, you must. All your life, you’d been training to be a Scribe, studying ancient tomes […]

Hook, Line and Thinker

All Fours by Miranda July

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If you’ve been traipsing around the ‘new book recommendations’ corners of the internet that I frequent, you’ve likely already read the (very effective) hook for July’s latest novel: “A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey.” It certainly was effective on me, and I dived into this novel with reckless abandon. It’s […]

What if…? Aussie edition.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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How is it that I, a middle-class, middle-aged white Australian woman, have never read a Moriarty book before now?! I was failing all sorts of stereotypes but NO MORE. I have joined my clan. I have Moriartied. I have no regrets. ‘Here One Moment’ starts with a great What If…? premise. What if, on a frustratingly delayed domestic flight from Hobart to Sydney, an elderly woman suddenly rises from her seat, points at you, and says ‘I expect you to die by [cause] at [age]’. […]

Mindblowing, but not in a good way

The Dispatcher by John Scalzi

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This is my fifth Scalzi novel, so at this point, I must be a fan! I will admit, I was nearing the end of the year and still too far away from hitting my Half Cannonball so, on a quiet afternoon, I found myself googling “Short Free Audiobooks” in desperation. I stumbled upon the Dispatcher, saw the author’s name and the runtime (2 hours and 18 minutes), downloaded this audiobook (audionovella?) without hesitation. Tony Valdez is the titular Dispatcher, a person who is paid to […]



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