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Dome'Loki

Reader, role-player, board-gamer, and baker who happens to be a mom that would like to travel and ride horses more. Found predominantly reading fantasy, sci-fi, children's, middle grade fiction, and YA in roughly that order, preferably with a cup of tea nearby. My daughter in 5th grade will occasionally be adding comments, as Ysakitty, to books she has read too.

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Everyone has felt like Moon Girl at one time or other – #CBR11Bingo: “And so it begins”

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: The Beginning by Brandon Montclare (writer), Amy Reeder (writer), Natacha Bustos (artist), Marco Failla (artist)

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For a couple years now, people have been telling me to read Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.  I even bought it for my daughters, they read it and loved it, but it sat on the shelf unread by me.  Then an adorable video of a parent and child cosplaying, with a preschool aged Moon Girl and a parent in a blow up dinosaur costume, was posted on the Cannonball Read Book Chat Facebook page by emmalita.  It was adorable and gave me the push to finally fit this graphic novel into my reading. Lunella Lafayette is a super genius fourth […]

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9/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |

A Darker Shade of Magic Re-read: CBR Bingo “I Love This”

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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Due to a bathroom remodel, my husband and I slept in our front room, where all our bookcases are, and when we finally went back to our bedroom a stack of books was unearthed with A Darker Shade of Magic sitting on top.  This book was my introduction to author Victoria (V.E.) Schwab, also known for the Monsters of Verity duology and Vicious.  I devoured the story and highly praised it in a previous Cannonball.  My TBR list is intimidating, so even though I often find comfort in re-reading, I’ve been making a conscious choice not to in favor of new books.  A […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

A little bit romance, history, and ghost story

Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

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I have a friend who is an Outlander fanatic.  She re-reads the series every couple of years and the book associated with the tv series season before it is aired.  For the past couple of years at Christmas, I have given her Outlander calendars and one year an Outlander cook book (which she used and it has good recipes!).  Last year I wanted to introduce her to a new author.  My favorite local independent bookstore gave me a couple of recommendations but I settled on Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley.  When presenting the book, I commented that it would be lovely […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

Django Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series took me on one heck of a ride

The Guns of Empire: Book 4 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

The Infernal Battalion: Book 5 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

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This review specifically covers the last two books in Djanjo Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series, book four, The Guns of Empire, and the conclusion in book five, The Infernal Battalion but also discusses the series as a whole.  Each book of The Shadow Campaigns gets a 4 star rating, however the strength of the series as a whole is 5 stars. With each book Wexler expands the scope of the story and fills in the world with greater detail.  The Thousand Names is a military campaign in the deserts of Khandar.  In The Shadow Throne the capital city of Vordan  is […]

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8/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

Cute cooking manga that took a dark turn, comes to a sweet conclusion

Kitchen Princess Vol. 7 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 8 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 9 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 10 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

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I have previously reviewed Volume 1 and a combined review of Volumes 5 and 6 in the series.  Kitchen Princess starts with the main protagonist, Najika, changing schools to find her flan prince.  A boy that saved her life by offering flan and hope when Najika was at her darkest after becoming orphaned at a young age.  She was raised by Hagio-Sensei in Lavender House, a group home for orphaned children in Hokkaido, Japan. Najika has a natural talent in the kitchen.  With one taste she can name all the ingredients in a recipe. After eating a dish once, she […]

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8/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

Squirrel Girl continues to delight with choose your own adventure, dating drama, and computer science! (bonus review from Ysakitty)

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It by Ryan North (writer), Erica Henderson (artist), Jacob Chabot (artist)

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Squirrel Girl a.k.a. Doreen Green is at the top of my favorite superhero list and I love sharing her with people unfamiliar with this awesome heroine.  My daughters look up to her and you couldn’t ask for a better role model.  In this fourth graphic novel collection there are two particular issues that stand out for their uniqueness in my (albeit limited) comic reading.  The book starts with a choose your own adventure and ends with an issue devoted entirely to using computer science.  In the middle are two comics about Doreen attempting online dating which are hilarious and end […]

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7/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

Genius military tactics, intriguing magic, a queen trying to save her people from threats internal and external, and LGBTQ characters

The Price of Valor: Book Three of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

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As this is the third book in the series, perhaps you should check out my review of the first book The Thousand Names: Book One of the Shadow Campaigns, which is predominantly about a military campaign.  The second book, The Shadow Throne, switches gears and is about political intrigue and power struggles.  This third book, The Price of Valor, is combination of both and an excellent continuation of the series. Note about the cover art of the books: I originally found them off putting as they are very male military, “Ooh Rah!” in nature (and partly why it took me […]

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7/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:20 |

Just as hilarious as the first outing by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne

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Last year Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne released, and I reviewed, Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell.  It was a hysterical twisting of fantasy tropes that had my husband and I literally laughing out loud while reading.  This year they put out another book set in Pell, No Country for Old Gnomes.  The nifty thing about these two books is they are standalone.  You do not need to have read Kill the Farm Boy to read No Country for Old Gnomes, this is not a continuation but a separate story.  However, a few characters from Farm Boy appear in […]

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7/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:19 |


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