Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Contains more teeth than you can imagine

Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1) by Stan Stanley

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Title from online review   Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1) by Stan Stanley is dark, odd, sexy, thoughtful, spooky, serious, humorous, and much more. The path of love is never easy, especially when a talking cat tricks you out of your life and you are tossed into a magical realm where humans are snacks, slaves or worse. Gorgeous illustrations that are both overly busy and simple, will amaze and create unease as you flow through the story of a non-binary teen and what […]

“When people are dying of thirst, they’ll drink gasoline, and it’s their right to do that.”

Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman

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This book has a really strong Catch-22 vibe about it which I think should be enough to get most of you away from this review and onto getting your hands on this book. Plot: Patrick is a Serious Writer whose book dealing with the death of his father has been optioned for a movie. Understandably, he is very concerned about them getting it right, so he insists on being there for the filming. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know a hell of a lot about contracts, because […]

Dragon’s Breath

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Axl and Beatrice, two elderly Britons, are living out their days in a post-Arthurian England when they become obsessed with the idea of taking a trip to visit their long-departed son in his village. They embark on an arduous journey in which they encounter knights, warriors, monks, ogres, and even a dragon. Their trip is hampered by the fact that the whole country seems to be under a sort of spell. No one has much of a memory anymore. Axl and Beatrice don’t remember what […]

A WWI-era inspired queer fantasy romance

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

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CBR Bingo: Rec’d I read Witchmark by C.L. Polk for the HEA book club at The Ripped Bodice. In this world, magic is real and only wielded by the nobles. They use it to control the weather and maintain order in society. Anyone who shows the mark of a witch is dangerous and somehow uses evil magic, unlike the nobles. Our protagonist Miles has returned from the war and works at a hospital. The enemy country has surrendered and all the soldiers are coming home. […]

A More Interesting Way to Do Hogwarts

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu

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Bingo 14: Snake Quick notice: because Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments is new acquisition at my local library, it had a shorter checkout period with no renewal so I had to give it back before getting to write about it; I may not be as totally sure of certain details as a result. The snake theme actually works on more than one level here because there is indeed a hospital and mysterious affliction that is affecting school boys in the magical community, and Ropa gets […]

An absolutely adorable romance set around zombies, familial trauma and several boatloads of dead bodies

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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CBR14Bingo – Bodies: Mercy’s an undertaker and Hart kills zombies. I can’t imagine a better book for this square! A book involving zombies, familial trauma and so many dead bodies has no right being this adorable. It’s weird and impossible to categorize, but it’s ultimately an enemies-to-lovers romance that delighted me to no end. “Most people start with hello.” “Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.” After her father’s heart attack, Mercy’s taken on the lion’s share of work at her family’s undertaking business. Trying to […]



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