Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

If books could kill. (I do not regret this pun.)

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe is a contemporary fantasy novel that treads some well-worn tropes and plot structures that make it rather predictable, but because of the execution, still very enjoyable. If you haven’t spent your life reading fantasy books, you probably won’t think this was as predictable as I did, so in that way it might be a good intro to fantasy book, particularly since it’s set in our world. But there really is enough here to interest regular fantasy readers as well (unless you’re […]

Definitely worth every penny!

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

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Legendborn is an amazing book. It’s set in modern day, at a college. But it’s fantasy, so with an Arthurian explanation, and a blood tie, you have a bunch of modern-day knights. The main character, Bree, isn’t one of them. But on her first night of college life, she sees something she can’t explain. This, as you can expect, is the start of several hundred pages of chaos. I loved this book so much, it was fantastic. I love a good Arthur and his knights […]

A Bittersweet Read

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

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The Sunbearer Trials is based on Mexican mythology, set in a world in which every ten years, a competition is held. There are reasons but the important thing for the main character Teo, the son of the goddess of the birds, is that the winner gets to bring light to the land, and the loser is sacrificed. While this doesn’t directly affect Teo, it affects his best friend. However, when the time comes for the selection, he gets chosen. I think my favorite part about this […]

The Sixteen Sweet Books Challenge #1 Cozy science

Rover and Speck: This Planet Rocks! by Jonathan Roth

Rover and Speck: Splash Down! by Jonathan Roth

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The Sixteen Sweet Books Challenge Cozy #1   #CBR16SweetBooks     Cozy for me means easy, simple, I do not have to “think” to hard, but I can enjoy and even learn something. I could see myself curled up reading these to my nephews or my soon official great-niece (I’ve adopted several unofficial nieces/nephews and greats over the years)     I was reading my online reader copies and found two Jonathan Roth titles. Okay, I found one that I came to realize was actually the second […]

Among misfits you’re family

Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault

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I was cleaning out my old online reader links (once again…. this is going to take longer than I thought) and found Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault. I had thought I had lost this link, but I was excited to see that I had not. This book has been something I have wanted to read since I first saved the link, but never had the opportunity to read it. And the wait was mostly worth it. This is a terribly cute story about family and […]

A Fey with some actual character makes some bargains with sometimes interesting results

The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

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Full disclosure: I have only read book 1 of the Kingkiller Chronicles so far, although book 2 is physically on my tbr shelf. I have also not read the first novella set in that world, nor do I subscribe to the author’s fan sites/newsletters/Patreon/etc; I only follow a couple of (free) social media accounts. The Narrow Road Between Desires is a revision/extension of a previously published short story, per the author’s note as well as some commentary on the book’s Goodreads page; I might have […]



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