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I can't believe Cannonball 15 will be my 8th year participating. That is thanks to this wonderful community. I refer to y'all as my Cannonball friends when telling my spouse about your reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Dome’Loki's Quick Questions interview.)

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A cozy, low stakes fantasy about an orc opening the coffee shop of her dreams

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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I don’t recall when I started seeing ads for Legends and Lattes online but they immediately grabbed my attention with the adorable picture of two female baristas, an orc and succubus, on the cover.  Then, my favorite bookshop fell head over heels for it and I knew I had to read this book.  Our family does a Winter Solstice book exchange and one of my daughters gifted me Legends and Lattes.  It took restraint to finish New City, Who Dis? before starting it. The book advertises itself […]

“New City, Who Dis?”

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

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I discovered N.K. Jemisin through The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms trilogy.  Loved the first two, was very ‘meh’ about the third.  Then The Fifth Season erupted onto the scene and blew my mind with such a creative fantasy, Jemisin became an auto-buy author.  She hasn’t disappointed me yet and The World We Make is another excellent entry in her list of works. In Jemisin’s world, cities have the ability to awaken.  When enough people live in them, when the idea of the city’s identity becomes a belief […]

Holiday tropes and enemies to geeky lovers makes for a fun read at Christmas

So this is Christmas by Jenny Holiday

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On Friday afternoon I stepped into the security line at the airport to look down at a message that just arrived on my phone, my flight had been delayed by an hour.  Now facing three hours at the airport instead of two, I went to the nearest store selling books.  While pondering what to get, I started putting titles and authors into Cannonball Read to see what others had to say.  Thus far no one has reviewed, So This is Christmas.  However, both Emmalita and Malin […]

Beauty and the Beast with no Stockholm syndrome and more magic

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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In 2020 I read Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver, which I found to be an excellent reimaging of Rumpelstiltskin.  I finished the review with,  “Uprooted is going on my “wish list”.  Between then and now I got Uprooted in a Cannonball fundraiser but it has sat on the shelf.  I had this slated for the “Bird” square in Cannonball Bingo because of the bird on the cover.  However, I ran out of time and used Transmetropolitan volume 2: Lust for Life instead. I’ve long been a fan of […]

“Sometimes, death is a blessing, even if we don’t realize it right away.”

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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I was gifted Under the Whispering Door Winter Solstice, 2021.  Narfna described it as a ‘warm hug’ in her review and I wanted to save it for when such a book was needed.  Somehow almost a year has passed and it sat on the shelf.  When looking for my next read I swear I could hear the book say, “You should read me before you get more books for this year’s Winter Solstice book exchange”.  The book had a point so I picked it up and […]

Thank you, Mobius_Walker!

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Thank you, Mobius_Walker!  Cannonballers are fans of Cat Sebastian and I’m excited to read my first by her.  The tote bag is gorgeous and I look forward to showing off my Mysterious Galaxy pride.  Thank you for supporting my favorite independent bookstore!  



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