Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Kamala says be kind.

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 7 by G. Willow Wilson

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Volume seven and still going strong. I almost feel like I should knock on wood, because surely G. Willow Wilson can’t keep this up? Writing an emotionally affecting, funny, superhero comic that manages to transcend the limitations of its genre (mostly neverending mashups with other series, forced crossover storylines, etc.) The only “flaw” I can consistently identify in this series is that it sometimes betrays its other genre (young adult) by leaning a little too far into some of those tropes, getting a teensy bit “messagey.” But the messages are always so good and right, I honestly don’t think I […]

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9/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:84 |

Get yourself a 24-hour lawyer.

Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison

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Okay, first, I love this series. I love the characters. I love the university setting. I love how weird it is. But as a whole, this wasn’t a super great trade paperback. It covers several events that don’t really form a cohesive story arc, even if the individual components were highly amusing. This volume is basically split into three: the end of their first year at university, an incident over their summer break where the girls attend a music festival, and the beginning of their second year. As always, Allison takes actual, everyday things that undergrads have to deal with, […]

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9/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:83 |

Riordan, I’m probably going to quit you.

The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick Riordan

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There was a distinct moment about a third of the way through this book when I thought, I don’t think I’m going to read any more of Rick Riordan’s books; I don’t think they are for me anymore. After this series is over, I’m out. This was a sad thought to have. For the most part, I have really enjoyed reading Riordan’s demigods and monsters saga(s) since I picked up the first Percy Jackson book in 2009. But I am starting to feel exhausted by them, and no longer find them quite so charming. I retained this thought until halfway through […]

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9/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:82 |

It’s a love/hate relationship.

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

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Despite its numerous flaws, it seems I actually like this series quite a bit now. Sigh. A lot of the problems I had with this series are still there, but if I’m going to keep reading it, at some point I’m going to have to acknowledge that no one is holding a gun to my head and making me do that, and that some part of me is enjoying it enough to push past all the stuff that annoys me. At that point, it just seems hypocritical to spend the entire review moaning about what I don’t like when it’s […]

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9/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:81 |

Goodbye, Bridgertons, I hardly knew ye.

On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons, #8) by Julia Quinn

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This book was a bit of a mixed bag for me, which is sad since it’s the last Bridgerton book, and I would have liked the series to go out on more of bang rather than a whimper*. And I really genuinely enjoyed the first half of the book. It was fun and bantery, and I liked that neither our hero nor heroine were really very self aware, and thus instalove was avoided. But the second half lost its way. *I would also rather it wasn’t the pinkest shade of book to ever exist this side of cotton candy. Gregory […]

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9/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:80 |

“First comes smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.”

Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5) by Stephen King

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It’s sort of hard to be objective when a book sucks you in as hard as this one sucked me in. It’s not often anymore that I actually lose myself in a book—just straight up forget about my own existence, and become completely absorbed in a fictional one—but this one totally did that. It gave me the same feeling as The Drawing of Three, which is probably still my favorite in the series so far, though this one comes close. Roland and his ka-tet are once again back on the Path of the Beam, but along the way, their gunslinger […]

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9/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:79 |

“My father believes hunger is in the mind. I know differently. I know that hunger is in the mind and the body and the heart and the soul.”

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

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“For so long, I closed myself off from everything and everyone. Terrible things happened and I had to shut down to survive. I was cold, I’ve been told. I often write stories about women who are perceived as cold and resent that perception. I write these women because I know what it’s like to have so much warmth roiling beneath the skin’s surface, ready to be found. I am not cold. I wasn’t ever cold. My warmth was hidden far away from anything that could bring hurt because I knew I didn’t have the inner scaffolding to endure any more hurt […]

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9/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:78 |

This book, I need y’all to read it so I can talk about it with someone!

Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1) by Ada Palmer

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This might be the weirdest book I’ve ever read. Well, the weirdest book I’ve read that I actually ended up enjoying. I might have to think a while before officially giving it that award. My instinct is to put this review away and not think about it for weeks. I just want to sit with the story, let it brew and fester in my mind a little bit. But I know if I do that, I will forget everything and end up floundering around when it actually comes time to write. I might be more eloquent about the book’s larger […]

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9/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:77 |

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