Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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A Desperate Race in a Dystopian World

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker

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Ed is an average English guy living in Scotland with his wife and two young kids. He’s probably depressed, is definitely out of shape, and is starting to wonder if he drinks too much. He wakes up early after one too many glasses of wine to the cries of his infant son, Arthur. After getting him his bottle, he takes Arthur on a walk to the local shop to pick up the newspaper. But the streets are strangely deserted, the shop is closed, and the […]

A Grimdark Story Set in Fantasy China

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

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Rin is a war orphan whose foster parents are planning to marry her off to an older man. To escape a fate that she considers to be worse than death, Rin works herself to the bone to study for the national test that will determine whether she can escape her rural province. Thanks to the help of her tutor and her own brutal work ethic, Rin excels and earns a place at Sinegard, the war academy of the Nikan Empire. Arriving at Sinegard, she realizes […]

Heist, But Make It Revolution

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

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Let’s set the scene: a dystopian world, where ash falls from the sky daily and the nights are full of thick mist and strange creatures. Society is divided into two castes who do not overlap: the nobility and the peasant skaa. Nobles have almost absolute power over the skaa that live and work on their land, and abuse that power frequently. Skaa live in beaten-down fear and despair, sure that nothing will ever change. And why are they so sure? Because the person who leads […]

Featuring A Gold-Toothed, Tattooed, Mystery-Solving Nun

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

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Sister Holiday is not your average nun. She came to the Church later in life, after a misspent youth full of punk rock, tattoos, and a love affair that broke her heart. But she’s committed her life going forwards to the Sisters of the Sublime Blood, a very small progressive order located in New Orleans, and the only order in the whole country that would accept her. As one of the sisters, she’s also expected to teach at St. Sebastian’s, the parochial school attached to […]

A Solid Conclusion to the Hillbilly Fantasy Trilogy

The Hippogriff Riders of Oklahoma by Ferrett Steinmetz

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Daisy and Wild-Eye (and adorable baby dragon Ace) are at it again. This time, the two lifelong friends and minor criminals are running cigarettes from Texas back home to Oklahoma at the bequest of Daisy’s werewolf boss Dusty. After a brief interaction with a highway trooper who realizes that its best to stay out of Dusty’s business, Daisy starts mentally hearing cries of distress high in the sky. What swoops down to attack them is a monstrosity of a creature – a hippogriff formed out […]

A Caper That Fell Flat

Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

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Finley Donovan is a struggling single mother of two. Her jerk of an ex-husband is busy building the perfect life with his fiancee (and affair partner) and judging every mistake Finlay makes. Money is tight, he’s just fired the nanny, and Finlay is months behind on her overdue novel – and she’s already spent the advance. Finlay is overheard discussing the book – a murder mystery featuring an assassin – with her agent, and is mistaken for a contract killer herself. A desperate wife offers […]



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