Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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SF and fantasy fiction fan. Lost my dad and sister to cancer so want to support this cause

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When everyone has magic you’re special if you’re the one without

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

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Furies of Calderon is the first book in Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera. The book series came about as the result of a discussion about whether a good premise could overcome a bad writer or vice-versa – that a good enough writer could come up with a story even from a bad premise. Jim’s response was to say give him two terrible ideas and he’d write the book combining them; so here we are with a book that combines the Lost Roman legion and Pokemon! This […]

The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock

The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock

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When I was younger one of the things I loved in my home was artwork by Rodney Matthews and I still have a canvas print of his Ice Spirit on my wall. I always knew that was inspired by the Michael Moorcock book The Ice Schooner but for some reason I never read it, even whilst reading the Corum, Hawkmoon, and Elric series in my late-teens. Coming across a copy in a second hand book shop earlier this year gave me a chance to correct […]

Kingdom Hearts: Mickey Mouse kicks ass!

Kingdom Hearts 2: The Novel, Volume 1 by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts 2: The Novel, Volume 2 by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep by Tomoco Kanemaki

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Introduction A long time ago (17 years!) Square Enix got together with Disney to create a game that combined characters from Square’s famous role playing games (Final Fantasy) and characters from classic Disney canon. The aim was to get new audiences for both companies work by connecting them via a story featuring a young protagonist (Sora, aged 14 in the first game and still only just about 16 in the latest) and his adventures. That game was Kingdom Hearts and we’re still here 17 years […]

Interesting ideas but needed more space to grow

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

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Binti is a novella starting a series about a young woman leaving her home in Africa to travel to a distant world – Oomza University. She is the first of her people – the Himba – to leave their homelands but she is an incredibly gifted harmoniser who even as a teenager is capable of building complex instruments called astrolabes. Basically she is gifted at the complex and advanced mathematics that are used to propel this future society. The book introduces intriguing concepts such as […]

Love is an ass

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

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As I’m heading to London tomorrow to see this performed in the open air I decided a read of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was in order. It’s also exactly the right time of year to read or see this play as the lazy, long, days of summer are a defining characteristic of this story. This is a story of star-crossed lovers, jealousy, and mistaken identity tangled up in the ongoing games of immortal fairies. Hermia is being forced to marry Demetrius (who loves her) […]

A trip back to childhood

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome

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For me, some of my favourite books are those that remind me of a time or place. And so it was that when I went on holiday to the Lake District I decided I wanted to reread books in the Swallows and Amazons series – specifically the original book and it’s sequel Swallowdale. I first read this series starting at the age of about eight and they have stuck with me ever since for their depiction of childhood adventure The books follow the adventures of […]



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