Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Would you please make haste with your mental breakdown. We have masculine flesh to consume.”

Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett

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I talked about this book in a recent CBR Diversion, saying that I hoped I would get it for Christmas. My CBR Fairy Bookmother decided she couldn’t wait until then to see what I thought, so she sent it to me (thank yooooouuu!).  This book was half delightful, half mystifying, and wholly my fault for not doing more digging. I fell for the title and the blurb, but didn’t put it together that ‘urban fantasy’ often means (gasp, ew!) romance. Spoilers ahoy!  Sandy is a […]

Book Mail from ElCiccio!

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Thank you so much ElCiccio! I’ve had my eye on both of these books for a good bit, and I’m excited to dig into them. I already know Picnic at Hanging Rock is going to thoroughly creep me out, so hopefully The Golem of Brooklyn will help me recover. The bookish Christmas tree ornament is so cute too, and the card is so pretty! Alfie and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Rabbit go home

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel adapted by James Sturm and illustrated by Joe Sutphin took Richard Adams’ novel and made it into a lovely book about the power of the people, and lovely illustrations that show the good and the darkness around them. The story is the one you know and maybe loved as a child, but I was fresh to the story for the most part. I knew that there would be rabbits and people had said it was dark, but other than that, I had […]

Book Exchange, Thank you Pooja!!!

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Thank you Pooja!!! I’m so so happy to have both of these books! And I’m pleased to know how much you enjoyed the Captive Prince series. I’m looking forward to swapping notes with you when you get to Dark Rise and Dark Heir.

Swedish-Vietnamese siblings in space!

Children of the Phoenix Vol. 1: The Eye of the Storm  by Oskar Kallner

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I found the part novel-part graphic novel Children of the Phoenix Vol. 1: The Eye of the Storm to be a fun space adventure with typical tropes. It is due in mid-December 2023, with book two due in summer of 2024.  Oskar Kallner’s story was not as detailed as I had hoped (there is a bit more “tell than show,” and has some repetition. Plus, the science information relies on the reader knowing some of it or having an idea about things already) but it was […]

Two books for the price of one review

Dragons of Ember City V01 Happy Spark Day!  by Shane Richardson

Dragons of Ember City V02 The Midnight Roar! by Shane Richardson

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While browsing through some online reader copies I came across the second in the Dragons of Ember City book. I knew that most young series (this is for first to lower third grade) would probably need all books read in order to understand most things. Therefore, I asked my local library to locate a copy of Dragons of Ember City V01 Happy Spark Day!  O-M-G! This book has so much sugar it makes the sugar jar seem healthy! Okay, maybe not that much, but there […]



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