Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Magic is just a plot point for a passionate romance

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

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BINGO – HEART Vivienne knows better than to mix vodka and witchcraft. She does. But when her cousin recommends a harmless bit of non-magic to curse Rhys, the man who breaks her heart after a wild and passionate summer, she can’t resist. Though she and her cousin Gwen are real witches, they’re aren’t about to do a real piece of magic. It’s mostly a symbolic exercise to help Vivienne move on. Nine years later, Rhys comes back to town to find that things just aren’t […]

An impulse buy that I’m really happy I picked up

We Kill Monsters: Vol 1 by Christopher Leone, Laura Harkcom

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BINGO – MONSTER Brothers Andrew and Jake are barely scraping by running their dad’s old auto-body shop. Andrew too is trying to mend his broken heart that he was left with after local bartender Vanessa dumped him. Unfortunately Vanessa has already moved on to Dennis, the Vice President of a breakfast technologies company. Oh, and there are giant, hideous, horrifying monsters suddenly attacking the town. The entire town has evacuated, except for these four who stick around to help save the town. In the very […]

Nettle & Bone

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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This is only the second offering I have read by T. Kingfisher. I was blown away by “What Moves the Dead” so wanted to read a longer work. Definitely happy that I did. I would only say the only thing that was an issue was how slow the first part of the book was when reading. It got much better. But we start in medias res and you are wondering what is happening as you find Marra trying to craft a dog made of bones. […]

The 200 pages left to read I’m guessing is more of the warped sameness

Human Remains: The Complete Series by Peter Milligan

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EDIT: I wrote the below yesterday, since then I started Chapter Two and I think I am now hooked. I’ve gotten to the point where I can include there are several trigger warnings including, but not limited to: Pandemic like situations, violence, sexual assault, sexuality, extreme blood/violence, religious content.  And a three for potential and how much I like/dislike the first chapter and half.   There is something perversely beautiful about the first chapter of Human Remains: The Complete Series. Especially towards the end when […]

A Potted History

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

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It seems ridiculous to pen a review of the first Harry Potter novel. This is a world-wide smash hit, everyone has read it (some numerous times – myself included). Everyone knows the story of The Boy Who Lived, and his tumultuous first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So why am I reviewing this book? Because my family, including my husband, five year old son, and two corgis drove 3,550km across Australia to play in the snow at the Snowy Mountains. We chunked […]

And so the mythos of Gaiman’s Sandman begins – CBR14 Bingo: Adapt

The Sandman, volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg (illustrator), Sam Keith (illustrator), Malcolm Jones III (illustrator), Robbie Busch (colorer), Todd Klein (letterer)

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CBR14 Bingo: “Adapt” – The Sandman has recently been adapted into a television series. I discovered The Sandman graphic novels in 2000 and instantly became a fan (with collectibles to show for it!).  I’m a sucker for beautiful book editions and when the “Absolute Sandman” editions were released I couldn’t resist.  What makes them ‘Absolute’?  To quote  the Amazon blurb, “The Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 collects issues #1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring, approved by the author on the first 18 issues, as well […]



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