Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Dragonbreath V01 by Ursula Vernon

Harriet, Hamster Princess V01 Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon

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Awhile ago, there as a post about T. Kingfisher here that made me curious about them as a writer. I started thinking I wouldn’t read anything they had written as it was horror and darker fantasy. Great genres, just not my usual reads. But then I heard the name Ursula Vernon. Okay….. I know that name….WAIT I do know the name! She is the Dragonbreath and Harriet, Hamster Princess author. Books for young children.  Okay, now you’re talking (writing) my language. Well, Dragonbreath, #1 and […]

I loved this book.

The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

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Katherine Arden’s Bear and the Nightingale trilogy is one of my favorite reads of the last few years, and maybe of all time, so I was delighted when I learned that she just released a new book, The Unicorn Hunters, and that it was available for purchase immediately! I did, in fact, purchase it immediately. This is a fictionalization/fantasy-ization of the tale of Anne of Brittany. Anne is a sovereign duchess and Brittany is independent; unfortunately, France really wants Brittany. King Charles (well, actually, the […]

It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless.

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

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CBR18 Bingo: Refuge – Iris and Roman find refuge in their correspondence. The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don’t waste time worrying about things that won’t even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt are the same age and […]

Time traveling lesbian here for a good time AND a long time

The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan

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CBR18 Bingo – Summer: I read this in the summer, which is when peaches are ready. The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan is very short, but it packs in a lot. I might have preferred something longer or more comic book. But it’s not hard to find Chinese fairy tales and the cover artist (Jenn So) not illustrating the entire book isn’t a real issue. So I have no actual complaints. Mei is Chinese-American, but wasn’t raised by her white adoptive mother […]

You want to learn how to draw a zombie?

How to Draw a Zombie by Zoey Abbott and August Wagner

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Before I decided to go into the book business, I thought about maybe doing something with advertising. I figured I was good at it. After all, if I hated the commercial nine times out of ten the commercial would be a huge hit and/or the product took off (think frogs and beer…. cringe). But I decided that I was more interested in doing the reading of, then selling the item and not the selling of the item. And occasionally, my advertising talent will come in […]

Knock Knock. Who’s There? A new bestie

The Skeleton and the Cat by Brandon James Scott

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This is the time of year when one is bombarded with emails about new books just out or coming out soon. Most of the time, I’m not really interested in them. Not to say they are not good, or even interesting sounding, just I have to pick what I spend time with. I find reading picture books is a way to spend time with books. You don’t have to spend a lot of time with them, but you do get the rush of having read […]



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