Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.”

Soulless by Gail Carriger

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CBR18 Bingo: And – This book’s got a mashup of genres – historical AND fantasy AND mystery AND steampunk AND romance. Alexia Tarabotti, who has a big nose, a dead Italian father, and no soul, finds herself embroiled in supernatural intrigues when werewolves and vampires start disappearing from London. I read this book (and practically all of Carriger’s Parasolverse) years and years ago, though my memory is pretty vague on almost all of it, so I got to enjoy the twists and turns in this […]

World of the White Rat: A Kingfisher-palooza or An Embarrassment of Paladins

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

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CBR Bingo: You – As in, “It was always you.” Or, “I love you.” It could work for several of these books, but let’s say Paladin’s Faith. When I first read the Paladin’s one and two (Grace and Strength) earlier this year, I was pretty underwhelmed. And then I was sad that I was underwhelmed because they really felt like they should be in my wheelhouse. So, I put aside T. Kingfisher for a while. I figured if I came back and liked her books […]

Define What You Mean by Vermin

The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

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No matter what else has been going on recently, it has at least been a banner year for reading. Forget the top three, I’m going to have so much fun (difficulty) trying to whittle everything down to a top ten list. In the parlance of some of my students, the last few months have given me some absolute bangers.  The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes is absolutely in that catagory. In some ways it feels like a throwback to the New Weird of the […]

Bingo 6: travel and violence abound

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

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Bingo 6: Map The Devils is about a journey, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. So ‘Map’ spot it is. The general premise is somewhat familiar: a monk is put in charge a group of seriously magical/supernaturally powered misfits (at least according the Church) and sent to escort a newly discovered princess to secure her throne. Brother Diaz expected a promotion when he was summoned to meet the Pope. Except he was actually meeting with the Cardinal in charge of behind the scenes, who […]

Bingo 5: Chaos and lots of things not as they might seem

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan

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Bingo 5: Sheep OK so All Hail Chaos has as heavy dose of innocence (being lost) and people following (at various levels of blindness either what they want, or what someone else wants). So it fits. Also full disclosure, this was travel reading I finished and then gave to my mom, so if I misspell a name or something, that’s why. The story continues from the first volume with Rae trying to avoid Rahela’s canonical fate along with the fates of several other characters. She […]

Shut up, Brenner! (Sob!)

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

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Did I have time to binge listen to The Clocktaur Wars series? No. Did I do it anyway? Yep. I read Daggerbound and then I realized that I needed to refresh myself on Learned Edmund’s origin story. I had listened to Clockwork Boys and The Wonder Engine a couple of years ago while I was suffering from a bug. The combination of T. Kingfisher’s story and Khristine Hvam’s narration make a great distraction, but I can’t say the I was paying enough attention to retain […]



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