Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I ended 2023 reading Part 2

Moonstruck Volume 2: Some Enchanted Evening by Grace Ellis

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I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  After I read about Teen Killers/Assassins who are now in love and going on a Bonnie and Clyde-like spree (only, you know they are the “good guys””) I needed a little humor and read book two of the Moonstruck graphic novels. Moonstruck Volume 2: […]

Review #7: I felt so old reading Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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My sister and her husband wanted me to read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – neither of them read much (if any) fantasy, so I was curious what had made them pay attention to this novel. After thinking long and hard about it, I believe it was two things: 1. Hype 2. Accessibility First, the publisher’s description: “Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered […]

Review #6: Slow burn, but what for?

Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham

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This is the latest series from one-half of the writers of “The Expanse” books (those under the pen name James S.A. Corey, with Age of Ash being published under the name Daniel Abraham). My partner picked it up because of his deep love of The Expanse, but I stole it and read it before him, and unfortunately ended up influencing his opinion on whether to read it or not. Publisher’s description: “Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, […]

The Dragon, the Princess and the Assassin

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

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Disclaimer! This was an ARC from Netgalley (but I have also paid to buy the book myself, after reading it). My opinions are my own. Every one hundred years, the king of the Sheltered Lands has to send one heir to serve as consort to the ancient dragon god who acts as its protector and guardian. The previous consort went mad with fear not long after bonding with the Dragon, and Ash, the Dragon, worries that history will repeat itself. Ash has lived for over […]

“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

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From the official plot description: At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. […]

‘I claim my place. And if the pattern of the world refuses to let that place exist, I will change it. ‘

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

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There will be spoilers from She Who Became the Sun here, be warned.  He Who Drowned the World was one of my more anticipated reads this year, and Emmalita was so very kind and sent me a copy. So, I owe it to squeeze this review in before the year’s end.  She Who Became the Sun was an absolutely fantastic book that really put Shelly Parker-Chan on the map. But it was also a book that was eager to give you a gut punch. Or […]



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