Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Committing it to ink makes it truer.”

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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This was a warm blanket of a macabre fantasy Romance about life, death, and making yourself actually live your life that I devoured in a day and have spent nearly a week searching my mind for how to review. There are a couple things that have held up the writing, one that it’s a weird book that is both very straightforward in its description but the minute you scratch at its surface it gets quite difficult to nail down, and second that this is a […]

Needed more mystery solving and way less age gap romance

Rhapsodic by Laura Thelassa

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The part of this book that I really liked was the supernatural PI being called into solve a mystery in the Fae Kingdom of Night. The part that I struggled with, a lot, was the King of Night, The Bargainer, falling in love with a traumatized teenage girl. Calypso “Callie” Lillis is a siren. She can compel humans to tell her things and to do things against their will. Very convenient for a private investigator. She’s in business with her longtime best friend, whom we […]

“You’ll never understand the way the worlds really work until you surround yourself with people from all sorts of weird backgrounds.”

Saga: Volume Four by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist)

Saga: Volume Five by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist)

Saga: Volume Six by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist)

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The Saga re-read continues. I’m still in love with this series. It’s rare to have humor, sorrow, wit, action, adventure, and beautiful drawings married in one text, but this is that text. Volume Four would be my sole four star rated volume, but I am refusing to grade these against themselves, they are collectively some of the best storytelling I have read and will all be given five stars, regardless of swings in execution from volume to volume. That said, while I’m sure that the plot […]

“Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

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As the year is winding down I find myself in the position of staring aspirationally at my reading goal. I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet, so I am on the hunt for small books that will be a good way to spend my time and get me one step closer to that end. Clocking in at a mere 147 pages this little novella will charm, amaze, and move you. The only reason I wasn’t full-on sobbing at the end (cathartically, not with […]

Finally visiting the World of the 5 Gods

Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold

Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold

Penric’s Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Bothari43 has been singing the praises of Lois McMaster Bujold for some time and she, and a couple of other people, have given me various Bujold books, which I have not read. I don’t know why. I believe Bothari43 when she tells me I will like the books, but some part of me, I don’t know, hates joy? I become overwhelmed with anxiety that I will fail people by not loving the books as much as they do? Anyway, I finally bit the bullet, sort […]

I want the bat on my team

The Great Ball Game: How Bat Settles the Rivalry Between the Animals and the Birds; A Circle Round Book by Rebecca Sheir

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The Great Ball Game: How Bat Settles the Rivalry Between the Animals and the Birds; A Circle Round Book came onto my radar due to the fact my bookstore will be having an event with this person in a few days. I figured, if I was to come and view it might be nice to have read the book (author appreciate that you know). When I read it online via a reader copy, I was glad I did not purchase it. I mean, it was […]



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