Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Slow Start to a Series but a Compelling One

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

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Han Alister is a former street thief and gang leader trying to go straight.  Raisa is the Princess Heir struggling to find her path and navigate the court.  While the two seem to have very little in common, both are caught up in schemes that pose a threat to the Queendom.  As each of them tries to figure out what is going on, their paths intersect, and the stakes might be higher than either of them knows. This book has a slow start, but the […]

A whole nation that never learned, “don’t bargain with the fae”

The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

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This was our July book club choice – one of the club members pays more attention to TikTok and BookTok trends so she mentioned this as one that’s been gaining attention. I’m old so I don’t purposely follow booktok but see the occasional reel on IG or Facebook. I think this was kind of a quintessential summer read – entertaining while you are reading it, nothing groundbreaking and if you remember the book exists in a year, you’ll totally get the sequel but also won’t […]

Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (Translator)

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I absolutely loved this collection of stories told under the umbrella of a mysterious person called “the Go-Between”. A person that is able to set up meetings with the living and the dead, preferable during the full moon. Each story follows four people who reach out to this person and then the last portion of this book has us finding out who the “Go-Between” is and how they […]

“Living my life to disappoint my father had been something to aspire to.”

The Innocent Sleep (October Daye #18) by Seanan McGuire

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And at last, we come to an end of the books out so far, and Seanan McGuire thankfully ends it on an upbeat note. I vastly preferred Tybalt’s point of view of the events that happened in Sleep No More; not only was there more action, but there was a narrator I want to hug, not slap. For a man who’s philosophy has to be “when this is all said and done, I will definitely have that nervous breakdown I’ve scheduled because I certainly deserve […]

“Courage isn’t knowing everything will be fine. It’s knowing everything might not be, and doing what needs to be done anyway, because someone has to.”

Sleep No More (Ocotber Daye #17) by Seanan McGuire

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Where do I begin? Especially as seeing as I can’t even give a synopsis of the plot because if you haven’t read the series yet (or haven’t gotten this far), the plot of this book is just one large, glaring spoiler. The ending of this book is great(ish); the majority of the book though I want to shake Toby so hard her teeth rattle. Just shake her, and then keep shaking her, and then maybe slap her upside the head. Yes, I know it’s not […]

“You like tea. I like books, Aren’t you glad we opened a shop and forgot the world exists?”

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea Book Four) by Rebecca Thorne

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To all the publishing professionals who deal with my terrible sense of humor and impulsive nature-for without their guidance, I would have enthusiastically titled this book F**k It, Let’s Try Coffee– Author’s Dedication All Reyna wanted at the end of Tea You At the Altar was a nice night unwinding with a relaxing cup of tea. Instead, she got kidnapped and dragged off to an abandoned watch tower with a strange alchemy circle hidden under the floorboards. Luckily, Kianthe’s rescue of her goes off without […]



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