Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Who’s Your Daddy

The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly

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I got The Frozen Crown on audiobook a while ago and only recently finished it. Not because it wasn’t good, I did like it, I think I’ve just been more interested in print books lately. Askia is the heir to the kingdom of Saravesh. Her kingdom is invaded by the ruler of the Roven Empire, Radovan, who wants her for her magic abilities. Magic abilities she has to keep hidden because of the Shazir, magic hunting priests and zealots killed her parents for plot reasons. […]

Despite some excellent stories I can’t whole heartedly recommend this anthology

Never Too Old to Save the World: A Midlife Calling Anthology by Alana Joli Abbott, Addie J. King

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I love the idea of this anthology. At 54, I am not ready to give up saving the world and I am delighted to see stories about folks in the upper age ranges at the center of save the world stories. As is always true with anthologies, not every story was for me. There are some real gems in here. It’s wonderfully inclusive. I wish I could recommend it. There’s one story that throws in a brief and unnecessary Harry Potter reference, which means I […]

Searching for Dragons- In Which the Re-read Continues to Totally Hold Up

Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

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If you read my previous review of Dealing with Dragons, you’ll know I’ve loved this series for a long time, and recently stumbled across a compilation volume at a used bookstore. So of course I dropped everything to read these books again. Searching for Dragons is the second book in the Enchanted Chronicles series. It’s set about a year after the end of Dealing with Dragons. {SPOILERS FOR DEALING WITH DRAGONS AHEAD} . . . . . . . This book is narrated by Mendenbar, […]

Dealing with Dragons- In Which I Embark on a Re-read and It TOTALLY Holds Up

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

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First off, everything Patricia C. Wrede has written is a damn delight. I STILL re-read the Sorcery and Ceclia books regularly. But my entry point to her books was the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. So imagine my delight when, while browsing my favorite used book store, I found a collected hardback edition of all four of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles! A responsible person would probably have purchased it, remembered that I’ve read these books countless times, and stayed the course with the other two books I’m […]

“Hello, Hart-ache.” “Hello, Merciless”.

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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CBR Passport Challenge: New to Me author In a world very unlike our own, most people live on islands and when people die, they are not buried in coffins, but rather placed in boats and sent out to sea (like when we bury someone in the ground) or the boats are cremated. So undertakers don’t just need to know the rituals of cleaning and treating a body, there are rituals to follow and sacred words to be spoken – but they need to be able […]

Not as good as book one, but sets up an exciting book three

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

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This sequel was a lot of wheel-spinning, ennui, and existential angst; since that’s basically my life all the time, I had to put this book aside for a couple of weeks, even though I’d scrambled to get my hands on it as soon as I finished book one (The Atlas Six).  In book one, the six are identified as the most powerful medeians (magicians) in the world and invited to study in the protected magical archives of the exclusive Alexandrian Society; the catch is that […]



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