Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Trick to Falling

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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I go through phases of reading YA fantasy. I have come to realize that for the most part I age the characters up in my mind, because they rarely seem like teenagers. While I was in the middle of reading Six of Crows, I listened to The Dollop episode 275, “The Newsie Strike.” As a Dave and Gareth were marveling over 8 – 16 year old boys organizing and leading a strike, and understanding the economic theory behind each side’s position. It reminded me that modern childhood and adolescence are fairly recent luxuries. Which led me back to Kaz, Inej […]

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6/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Let Us Now Praise Jessica Trent

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

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On the recommendation of Malin and Mrs. Julien, I picked up Lord of Scoundrels over a year ago. I had a hard time getting past the prologue. Finally, with permission from Our Ladies of the Kissing Books, I skipped the prologue and a chunk of the first chapter. I was going through a reviewing slump when I read the book, so, um, it’s been a while. Here is faintingviolet‘s review. Somehow I shall endeavor to say different things, but this is what I would have said if she hadn’t said it first. First we meet a bunch of dumb guys. […]

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6/19/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

The Delicate Infrastructure of People

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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I can’t remember who said it, and I may be mashing many people’s words together, “when there is nothing external to give our life meaning, then all that matters is what we do.” Which is another way of saying “survival is insufficient.” I loved Station Eleven. It struck a number of chords in me. There are some spoilers in the review. Station Eleven is about loss, meaning and human connection before, during and after a global pandemic that wipes out most humans and human civilization. The timeline is not linear and there are multiple point of view characters. Arthur Leander sought fame, […]

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6/19/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

Despite the great reviews, I hesitated

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

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Despite all the the good reviews and word of mouth from fellow Cannonballers, I was reluctant to start Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union. How can a romance between a black woman and a white man set during the Civil War be anything other than hugely problematic? If this book had been written by a white woman, I wouldn’t have touched it at all. Alyssa Cole is not white, and she is gaining a reputation for writing historical romances that challenge convention. This is the only book of hers I’ve read, and I would not hesitate to read another. Ellen “Elle” […]

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6/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:46 |

Wade wants to roast marshmallows while all creation burns.

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic

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Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe is interesting, but not as much fun as I like my Deadpool. Spoilers abound in this review. The first issue opens on Sue Storm grieving with Reed Richards as he dies a rather gruesome death in the shattered remains of The Thing. Soon we find out that Deadpool has killed them, and he promptly kills the Storm siblings. But why? Flashback to Charles Xavier and some X-Men forcibly checking Deadpool into a mental hospital. It’s pretty clear that something sketchy is going on, and sure enough, the chief head doctor is actually a robot run […]

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6/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:45 |

Patsy and Jessica, Starting Over

Patsy Walker, aka Hellcat! Vol. 1 Hooked on a Feline, Jessica Jones: Alias by Kate Leth, Brittney Williams, Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos

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In the Netflix Jessica Jones series, Patsy Walker and Jessica are best friends and foster sisters. In Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat! and Jessica Jones: Alias, they don’t even know each other, yet. Despite the years, writers, artists and tones separating them, they have a lot in common. Beyond the superficial of both being super powered, they are two women with traumatic pasts trying to start over and move on. As you can tell from the cover, Patsy Walker, aka Hellcat is not gritty. It’s fun, but grounded. It’s a lighthearted romp with stakes and well grounded relationships. She’s got a supportive […]

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6/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:44 |

Get it together, Maas

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

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At the end of Queen of Shadows, the King of Adarlan has been killed, Prince Dorian is going to be the king, Aelin and her court are on their way to Terrasen to take her crown, Kaltain has blown up the dungeons of Morath, and Manon has rescued Elide. For some reason, I felt like the story was over. As it happens, it wasn’t and that annoyed me. I read Empire of Storms under a cloud of annoyance. I probably could have shaken it off if I had known this was the last book in the series, but it is […]

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6/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:42 |

Your smile will tell you what warms your heart, or How to go from zen bliss to a massacre in three easy steps

The Kill Society by Richard Kadrey

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James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, is officially dead, but in his universe, there is all kinds of dead. While he tries to figure out where he is and why he’s there, he’s trying not to get deader. At the end of The Perdition Score, Death, formerly known as Samael, formerly known as Lucifer, has left him on a mountain at the edge of Hell looking at a sandstorm. The sandstorm is the Havoc, a Mad Max style caravan with a portable gallows led by a zealot. Stark finds that once again, a soul he saved has not stayed saved. He […]

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6/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:41 |

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