Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“You got a promotion with extra responsibilities but without pay or additional benefits.” Mom smiled. “I’m so proud of you. You’re officially a successful adult.”

Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

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CBR14 Bingo: New (possibly my most anticipated new book of the year. Could also have been used for Series – last in a series, and Mind – a lot of minds are manipulated by various powers throughout) Spoiler warning! This book finishes off a bunch of storylines that started six books and a novella earlier in Burn for Me. It’s technically the third book in a trilogy, but to fully get the emotional heft of the story, you should have read the whole series up […]

Here, where the two worlds embraced, and magic rose to the Earth…

Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

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CBR14 BINGO: Snake Square (BINGO! Snake to Elephant) (Again, another literal one: Snake in the title. One of the main characters is a cottonmouth snake.) Aside from the joy it brings my non-athletic yet competitive spirit, I love CBR Bingo for all of the books it brings into my life. Keyword bingo square Google searches have introduced me to different authors and books that I may have never found otherwise. Like this one. The story takes place in two worlds: Earth and the Reflecting World. In the […]

…a store that carries a wondrous assortment of little treasures all needed by someone but not quite desired enough to be sold anywhere else.

Funky Dan and the Pixie Dream Girl by Courtney Lanning

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CBR14 BINGO: Funky square (Googled “funky” for kicks. Could not ignore this title. Could you? That title and cover are perfection. Felt like Cannonball Bingo kismet.) Okay. This book had all of the bones of an outrageous fantastical romp. Indebted to a witch, a cursed man (Dan) is tasked with running a store full of magical doo-dads (Funky Dan’s) in a small Arkansas town. He can’t leave the building until this debt is paid. If he does, worms eat him from the inside. He knows this […]

“Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”

Harrow the Ninth: The Locked Tomb vol. 2 by Tamsyn Muir

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CBR14: Bingo “Funky” – Much of Harrow the Ninth is written in second person perspective which is odd enough on its own but Muir also mixes in first and third perspective as well, making this a truly funky read. Spoilers:  This is a review of a reread and will contain spoilers.  Continue only if you’ve read Harrow the Ninth.  Spoiler Free review here.         Reading Harrow the Ninth the first time was challenging on a variety of levels. I was struggling processing my own grief while reading […]

Between reality and dreaming

Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard

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I read the English version, of À qui appartiennent les nuages? by Mario Brassard and Gérard DuBois under the name Who Owns the Clouds? Which seems to fit the story look more than the French name. I mean, I love the French title (even though I cannot read it). It looks sexy and has a bit of a tone to it that also fits, but the English translation allows the feeling I had for the book come out. This is an experience book, I cannot tell you […]

How does your garden grow?

Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger

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A few spoilers below: Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger is a solid story about a young girl coming of age and learning about pushing back. Pamela (Ivy to be) is abused in many ways: a classmate, her father, and even herself. The elements that make Pamela into Poison Ivy are actually logical and heartbreaking. After all, you be “mind raped” by your classmate (having lies told about you, being harassed in the hallways), your principal saying to you, “now now little girl, don’t dress […]



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