Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Inconceivable, or I do not think that word means what you think it means

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

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Kit Rocha’s Consort of Fire has done something really well: it has hit that sweet spot between a really well-envisioned fantasy world and romance. Queer romance at that. You could pick it up for either of those genres and be completely satisfied. The fact that it does justice to both is proof that the two authors behind the pseudonym of Kit Rocha are the real deal. Consort of Fire has done an excellent job of introducing us to this fantasy world where the Gods and […]

Nothing Like Being On the Run to Help You Get to Know One Another

Daindreth's Outlaw by Elisabeth Wheatley

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Amira, Daindreth, and Thadred are on the run after escaping from Vesha and her plans.  They’re hoping to make contact with Istovari sorceresses in hopes of finding a way to break Daindreth’s curse.  Along the way, the three of them get to know one another a little better and learn to work together.  Still, none of them really know what to expect or who to trust, and the stakes may be higher than they realize. This one moved quickly and was a transitional novel in […]

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor asteroids, or giants, messy planets, nor gloom of night stays this courier from the not-so-swift completion of their appointed rounds

The Postman from Space by Guillaume Perreault

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The Postman from Space written and illustrated by Guillaume Perreault is an odd book that is both really really good and also a, “What did I read?” read. There is a lot going on, even though it looks simple. I was just flying through the minimalist text, thinking things would either be a bit on the “normal and dull” side or outrageously humorous. I am not sure if kids will get some of the Easter eggs (there is an obvious nod to a classic prince […]

One seed

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

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While I did not completely love the grainy illustrations of Big Tree by Brian Selznick, I understand the reason for them and appreciate them. And there were several that were more fleshed out, but they felt few and far between. The story is a mature environmental tale with spiritual elements that is told by two seeds from a seed pod from Mama Sycamore. It does not sound like it makes sense, but it does, even if sometimes the flow of the story felt to be not as […]

Cat Transformations and Found Family

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

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Rook has a secret – he’s non-magical, yet a powerful sorcerer has taken him on as her apprentice. But when the Magical Consortium comes down on them for breaking the law, he ends up going on the run with Sun, the apprentice of a rival sorcerer. I  read FT Lukens’s So This is Ever After last year, which I gave an A for the romance but found the other aspects of the story less impressive. But I’ll try most things twice, and intrigued by the […]

Cozy Fantasy(?) Reviews

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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In The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Mika Moon is a 31-year-old witch who, like other witches around the world, hides who she is. Every 3 months she meets up with other witches in Great Britain for a few hours, but aside from that, they have little to no contact with each other. But Mika loves magic so much and wants to share it with a community so badly that she creates videos in which she performs magic. She doesn’t expect any viewers to […]



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