Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“It’s never a good thing when the black volhv says ‘Uh-oh’ and then runs for his life.”

Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels, #5.5) by Ilona Andrews

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 25/30 I spent most of this book angry with Raphael, and I don’t think the book (or Raphael) did enough groveling to get me back to liking him the same way I did before, though Andrea doesn’t seem to be having that issue by the end. I just really wanted him to acknowledge that although Andrea didn’t behave perfectly, either, he was the one that bailed on their relationship first, and he was the one who lashed […]

We’re talking kings and successions

Warriors: Winds of Change by Erin Hunter

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Warriors: Winds of Change is an enjoyable graphic novel story. Even though, it can be a standalone title, I probably needed to have a little more background about the Warriors series and their world to understand some of the backstory of where the characters are from. There are several points about their religion, the idea of littermates and the rivalry between clans though might have been cleared up. Yet, the stronger reader could pick up some of that while reading. Erin Hunter’s anthropomorphic cats are […]

And a Side of Short Short Story

Tall Tales and Timeless Stories by Mary Lou Condike, Brian Condike, and Emily Young

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This anthology is different for several reasons. None of the stories are longer than 1,500 words, meaning a great many of them feel unfinished. They are also split into various genres including paranormal, mystery and crime, literary and memoir, science fiction and fantasy, historical, adventure and western, and young adults and children. I kind of like that. The same writers’ names appear over and over across genres, giving the reader a nice taste of the writer’s style and ability to write in different categories. There […]

A witch and a witch-hunter, sitting in a tree . . .

Boss Witch (Fix-It Witches, #2) by Ann Aguirre

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 21/30 Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I liked this better than the first one! By quite a bit. The romance was very nice. I liked both Clem and Gavin, and thought they had lovely chemistry. The book really took off though when the non-romantic plot got going. I’m glad to say that the fact that Gavin is a witch hunter is not wasted, at […]

Other Terrors

Other Terrors by Vince A. Liaguno

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Wow. What a gangbuster list of horror stories. I don’t think I disliked a one of them except for that poem that was like a half a page and just made me go huh. But you all know that most poems I read that are horror (usually written by Stephen King or Neil Gaiman) are like my least favorite things. The first story is shockingly a poem (leave […]

Witchy Woman

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

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This is a prequel to the better known Practical Magic, which I have not yet read.  I am knocking a star off the rating, because it has that slight awkwardness of having to back into a previous opening, by their very nature, an issue with prequels.  The prequel trilogy of Star Wars is a classic example.  But it did make me want to read the original, so mission accomplished, I guess. Magic Lessons covers three generations of a family of witches and their allies.  Their […]



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