Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“They were to one another what fixed stars are to sailors: The only way through the dark.”

The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow

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I’m gonna start with a blanket spoiler warning, and also this: If you haven’t read The Everlasting, don’t look at any of the graphics, or anything I’ve written past this point, because nearly every sentence could be a spoiler, if taken in parts or sum.  Just know that this book is excruciatingly good and you should read it, without knowing anything… else about it, if at all possible. If you have read The Everlasting, come, follow me into what’s probably already the beginnings of lifelong […]

Great Intro to T. Kingfisher

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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CBR18 BINGO: One (standalone book) I am not the type to decide someone is an autobuy author based just on one book. But if I were, Nettle & Bone would have done it. I had a really good time with this. Marra is the youngest princess of a small kingdom and has lived in a convent from the age of 15 for political reasons. At age 30 she becomes aware of the abuse her sister is suffering at the hands of her royal husband, and Marra sets out […]

When Lovecraft dons a Gimpsuit

The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross

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The Laundry is going stateside again—and I’m going to be dipping into spoilers again. Quite a lot in fact. Sorry. But look at all the blue hyperlinks; I’m making so many callbacks here! So about those spoilers; at the start of The Labyrinth Index, it is clear that Britain has fallen. There was no last minute mulligan after the last book’s events. The Senior Auditor of the Laundry sold the agency and the UK both out to the Black Pharaoh. And now Fabian Everyman—also known […]

The Enemy of My Enemy is… Weirdly Hot?

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers

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CBR18 Bingo: Bird – Sir Cameron gets turned into a vulture by the evil sorcerer Merulo, in which form he enjoys eating various rodents and pooping on Merulo’s castle walls. When Sir Cameron narrowly escapes death from the hands of his friends in an effort to fulfill a prophecy to defeat a mad sorcerer, he flees for help to the only other person who is now invested in keeping him alive – the sorcerer Merulo himself. This is a light-hearted and charming adventure with some […]

Mists and Mystery

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

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Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson, is Book One of the Mistborn Original Trilogy. Although I read a good amount of fantasy, I have, for some reason, never read any Brandon Sanderson. But, since this year is the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Mistborn, I thought I’d give it a shot. And I’m glad I did. Mistborn is a very good book. The world-building is phenomenal, from the political system to the actual sad, gray, ash-covered lands. The magic system is new and interesting, and […]

Everything I’ve done since losing you has been about getting back to you.

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

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CBR18 Bingo: Maps – Kite and Joe follow and escape from the war by attacking and fleeing different harbours all over Europe. He put his hand out and Kite shook it. Joe had the alien thought that people here must never have touched each other otherwise. There was no kiss, no hug, nothing. They were all oysters sealed in their stiff manners. ― Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms I tried to let you go, before. I’m sorry. I didn’t know you’d forget so quickly. ― Natasha […]



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