Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I don’t want this one to be over :( (but I think maybe it won’t be?)

The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson

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First, for whomever needs to hear this: if you don’t remember the prior books in great detail, worry not. I was quite stressed that I wouldn’t remember enough to understand what was going on, but as always Sanderson is a reader’s writer and knows how to seamlessly remind you of the most salient points such that you can take a ride with him. Now, at the end of all things, I find myself in awe of what Sanderson managed to do over the course of […]

Not enough dragon

The Clockwork Ice Dragon by Liz Delton

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The Clockwork Ice Dragon is kind of a mix of “Gift of the Magi”, Polar Express, a romance, and a steampunk science adventure. The characters and the world have some good promise; the one problem really is that the novella just doesn’t have the space to really get into the details that would make the whole thing amazing. The way an inventor/engineer can really make something of themselves is to get into the union of the Magistrate of Inventors, and Aurelia has her one chance […]

definitely an always-read author, in a chill way

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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Are we in the Pacific Northwest? Are our leads Jewish? It must be a Rachel Lynn Solomon novel! I kindly jest, because I find Solomon a pretty engaging writer, especially when she’s writing about younger characters (Today Tonight Tomorrow remains my favorite, I think). This time, we tackle ones of literature/media’s timeless, repetitive tropes in a college setting… That’s right, what we have here is a garden variety time loop adventure. The negatives, to get out of the way out, are that the time loop-iness of […]

It was too short and also I don’t want any more

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

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I feel like I might have gotten around to putting this on hold eventuallly, but credit for being first on the hold list goes to emmalita! My biggest issue with this novel was how short it was! Given how much happened, and how rich the world felt, I’m frankly shocked to find out that it’s the equivalent of 144 pages. Reading on an e-reader really messes with your sense of length… My biggest issue with Polk’s prior trilogy (The Kingston Trilogy) was that her political message […]

what a gem of a book, for those with memories of Jane Eyre

Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

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I have been WAITING for my library (libraries) to buy this book, but in a casual sort of way. I freely admit to having a bit of Goodreads snobbery—my time is valuable and finite, and I’m always wary of starting or trying a book that doesn’t hit that vaunted 4.0. This story is a great example of why I should check that attitude at the door every so often and try things that seem compelling. Don’t judge a book by its Goodreads rating! Full disclosure, […]

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

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Hot take: Am I incapable of objectivity because a part of me will always miss NYC? (Yes) Attempted objectivity, December 2022 Panic Review-a-Thon: Jemisin has once again written a book that appears to appeal to only a small swatch of the reading public. Given the notes above on “objectivity, lack thereof,” I’ll caveat this by saying the population of English-literature-reading public probably does have a plurality in NYC, but nonetheless I’m left with a very similar sense s after I read The City We Became—was this […]

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