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Sweet story about the joys and challenges of friendship, identity, and privilege

Stargazing by Jen Wang

January 20, 2022 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

Stargazing is the most recent graphic novel from Jen Wang of The Prince and the Dressmaker fame. My 10 year old spotted Stargazing at San Diego Comic Con and we had to bring it home. She read it in one sitting and then began insisting that I needed to read it. The Prince and the Dressmaker blew me away so I had high expectations for Stargazing, and Wang did not disappoint. Once again she explores themes of friendship, identity, and privilege. Christine Hong is Chinese American in a […]

Sexy, gay version of an American falling in love with a British royal

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

January 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Red, White & Royal Blue has been on my to read list for a while as Cannonballers have steadily given it positive praise. Happy to report it did not disappoint. I do enjoy an enemies to lovers story and McQuiston delivers with Alex Claremont Diaz, son of the first female President of the United States, and Henry, Prince of Wales. Set in a fictional 2020 (that I would very much like to trade for our own 2020), Alex is in his final year of college, […]

“In the stories, there was a sense of justice. Everything had a purpose…I thought if those heroes and heroines from the stories could keep going forward into the darkness, so could I.”

Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

January 4, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Cytonic is the third book in Brandon Sanderson’s “Skyward Series”. Here are reviews for book one Skyward and book two Starsight . In my review for Starsight I wondered if the pandemic would affect Cytonic being released in late 2021, fortunately through what sounded like a lot of hard work editing and deadlines, he and his team succeeded. When I set out to read Skyward I thought it was a standalone novel and had mixed emotions to find out it wasn’t. Excited because there was more but a little […]

Belated 2nd Thank You to llamareadsbooks!

January 1, 2022 by Dome'Loki 4 Comments

Two days before Christmas, there was a book shaped box waiting when I got home. Having already received Stone, Sword, Table: Old Legends, New Voices I was not expecting a second Cannonball Book Exchange but llamareadsbooks went beyond my list of title suggestions and choose A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske too! In addition to specific titles, I had put forth categories, one of which was LGBTQ+ romance. I eagerly look forward to this book which T.J. Klune blurbed as, “Sublime prose, top-notch world-building, delightfully queer”. […]

“Well someone has to marry him, said the Emperor.” Part space opera, mystery, and romance, all of it captivating.

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

December 14, 2021 by Dome'Loki 10 Comments

Winter’s Orbit came on to my radar through Cannonballers and then I noticed my independent bookstore featuring it as a staff pick for Pride month. It went on my book wish list and I got it for my birthday! In the far distant future there are multiple galactic civilizations and they are all connected through ‘the link network’ governed by the Resolution. Trade happens through the link and having the Resolution in place means that no invading force can use the link to attack another […]

Thank you, llamareadsbooks!

December 13, 2021 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Thank you, llamareadsbooks! Emmalita’s review got me quite interested in Sword, Stone, Table: Old Legends, New Voices since I’ve always liked Arthurian myths and retellings. As I’m working on improving the diversity of the voices I read, this anthology of “gender-bent, race-bent, LGTQIA+ inclusive retellings” from a diverse group of authors will help with that. I’m looking forward to reading this next year 🙂 Giving and receiving books is the best way to celebrate the holidays! Merry Book Exchange!

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