If you are joining us for the first time, you might have some questions about how to get started. The FAQ is a great resource, but this post is the tl;dr version, the things MsWas and I want you to know and the answers to questions we get asked a lot. Feel free to ask other questions (or answer them) in the comments below. The Most Important Point We Want Every Cannonballer to Know MsWas: Don’t be put off by other Cannonballers’ totals, every review […]
I have reservations
Demon Rising by Victoria Larque
While scrolling twitter, I saw one of my mutuals interacting with an account raving about Victoria Larque’s Embers Duology, Demon Rising and Angel Falling. I had just seen the two books offered on NetGalley available to read now, so I went back and got them. Fane is a low level demon, an Ember. She sculpts and shapes stone with her hands. She is owned by a more powerful demon, who is pressuring her for sex. She wants to get away from him, but doesn’t see […]
Finally! A Truly Trashy Romance
Match With the Demon by Chace Verity
For years, people have been asking me about the trashy romances I read. Sadly I have had to explain that none of the romances I read are trashy. It’s very confusing for everyone. I’m not sure where they got the idea that romances are about trash. Finally I can hold up and recommend a trashy romance. In Chace Verity’s third cozy Canadian demon romance, Match With the Demon, a recent empty nester dad matches on a dating site with an improbably handsome man, who turns […]
I Didn’t Like It.
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker
A couple of years ago, I saw someone who doesn’t usually make a fuss about books raving about K.J. Parker’s Sixteen Way to Defend a Walled City. When I saw it on sale, I bought it, but didn’t get around to reading it. And then I saw A Practical Guide to Conquering the World on NetGalley. I thought, this would be a great motivator to actually read a book already on my kindle! Friends, I really wish I had read the first few pages of […]
And now he was looking at her as if she were a cake, if cakes were also religious icons…
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
I thought The Queer Principles of Kit Webb made me swoon, but I was unprepared for the vertigo inducing swoon of The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes. First I’m going to share two quotes and these ought to be all the advertisement you need to sell you on this book. Next, I’m going to warn you that you cannot read this gem of a book without reading reading it’s predecessor, The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, and then I’m going to add some spoilers for Kit Webb. […]
An Unconditional American
Go Back to Where You Came From by Wajahat Ali
Wajahat Ali’s Go Back to Where You Came From and Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American is an enormously readable punch in the gut. Ali is a gifted storyteller. He dissects his life and the world around him with a fine scalpel. He is funny, smarter than me, and can make me look at the ugly underbelly while I’m laughing until I’m not laughing anymore. As I told an earlier fan, I would love to move back to my ancestral land of the […]
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