Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

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I don’t know guys. I love Charlie Parker but this was just not that great. It’s definitely not in my top five of this series. This is even more filler (why is Parker so important—the world will never know) and the main plot is just very unsatisfying. I just felt like there were too many holes and not enough people for me care about outside of Charlie, Louis, and Angel. We do get more of Charlie and his daughter Sam which I appreciated. I wonder […]

A Theory of Dreaming

A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid

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cbr17bingo: school Unfortunately, this book did not live up to the first one, A Study in Drowning, which was atmospheric and felt like it was making an important point. This one is more muddled and unfocused. The perspectives are divided between Effy and Preston, and I appreciated learning more about Preston. He and Effy have returned to their university, where they have to deal with the aftermath of their discoveries at Hiraeth, the trauma of what happened there, and Effy’s becoming the first female student […]

Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

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CBR Bingo: Green (also my very first Cannonball, yay?) After reading (and reviewing) the first two books in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic), I decided to keep going in chronological order. I’ve read (and loved) many of the series’ novels previously, but I’ve done it in a rather piecemeal fashion (I’ve completed the Death and City Watch subseries, as well as a smattering of other books). The third (overall) book in the series is Equal Rites, and is the […]

And you thought your Nanny was a strict monster!

The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina

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cbr17bingo Black (the cover is mostly black and dark colors) The graphic novel, The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina, reminds me of the RL Stine Goosebumps series or the Are You Afraid of the Dark? Series (or something similar as I know there are several thriller/horror reads out there).  Things are spooky, but not necessarily over the top, but also things are not for the sensitive reader. It deals with grief (death of a caregiver who was like a grandmother to the family), […]

“I did not come this far to only come this far.” CBRBINGO – ‘I’

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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I didn’t like this as much as I liked House of Hollow, but there is no one writing fantastical horror atmosphere like Krystal Sutherland. Immaculate vibes. Cool and creepy worldbuilding. I am for sure reading any and all future books from her. This is also one of those cases where genre and marketing are getting in the way of people finding her books and liking them. She writes YA only because her protagonists are young. In almost every other respect, this is adult stuff, adult […]

An Urban Fantasy Featuring Slavic Folklore

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

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cbr17bingo: diaspora—a lot of the non-human creatures settled in the U.S. after fleeing the Holy Order in Europe, especially Poland. Who knew Veronica Roth had written so many books? I kind of lost sight of her after the Divergence trilogy, but she has a number of other publications to her name now, and I’m glad I decided to start exploring them. This novella is an urban fantasy set in Chicago. It follows Dymitr, who makes a deal with Ala, a zmora—a fear-eating creature—to help him […]



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