Cannonball Read 18

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New Haven Demon Hunters

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

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Dead Beat is the third and final book of the Ninth House trilogy by Leigh Bardugo and in it, Bardugo continues her theme of “yes, demons are bad, but have you met humans?” And once again she makes valid points that it’s a toss-up on who is worse. The book begins with Alex Stern and her friends monitoring for, and hunting, demons that cross into New Haven from hell through the door left cracked in the last book. The demons prey on the emotions, fears, […]

Through the magic of music

The Last Labyrinth by Gwendolyn Womack

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This sort of novel isn’t usually my jam, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. One caveat though – it is (currently) a duology. The ending will not be neat and tidy – you’ll have to read the next book, which doesn’t come out until mid 2027 (The Last Immortal (The Cosmic Frequency Book 2)). I DID NOT know this at the beginning, since “The Cosmic Frequency Book 1” is nowhere to be seen on the cover or in the title. I was just getting a little […]

bring me all the witchy dark academia books, clearly

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher

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ooh this is also cannonball for me! I’m in a really generous mood these days, aren’t I? But here I have a real view as to why I think this is a four with an asterisk: 1) I wonder if some of my ennui was wanting all of these terrible characters to be truly redeemed, in a juvenile sort of “pull the covers back and it was all a misunderstanding” way and 2) these are 18-year-olds and our main romantic leads last saw one another […]

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

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Oh, our little SecUnit has emotions now, a lot of them. Though the start of the book was really slow (and honestly I was so confused about what was going on) once the plot became clear (rescue humans) and then rescue some more humans, Wells didn’t let their foot off the gas. We have our fine murderbot with friends and emotions and he’s going to make sure no one hurts their humans. I honestly laughed a lot through this one, especially when a tiny human […]

King of the Pirates or something like that

One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda

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As you know, occasionally I need a change of scenery on the weekends. So instead of looking at, working with and reading books at work or home, I go to the library to look at and read books and I have been known to straighten a section. And when I do, I never know what will come of it. I usually get in some fun people watching or listening (on this trip I heard this tiny voice, “Where are the chickens?”), looking at titles that […]

Ode to the Game

Queen of Day by Jacob Sager Weinstein and Victo Ngai

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Every so often I find a book that has a lot of great pieces to its puzzle, yet, I am not sure if I am the audience it is meant to be for. And Queen of Day by Jacob Sager Weinstein and illustrator Victo Ngai is one of those books. The illustrations are lovely, the story interesting, there is a positive flow that is thoughtful and clever. But something is missing. I would say it is adventurous, mysterious, reflective and medium-paced. The grandfather and granddaughter […]



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