Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

another recommendation that I definitely should have listened to earlier

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

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I have no idea why I didn’t pick this up when my library card sister Sandhya was reading them. Something about the covers? They sort of looked like super generic trilogy-of-magic and I wasn’t really feeling the vibe, despite not having even cracked the first one open. Clearly, that was a mistake. It does take a bit to get into the novel–I found it pretty easy to set it aside when I first started. But once the outlines of the magic system started to take […]

double dipping with Rivers of London and River Cartwright

Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aronovitch

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

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Once again, I am unhappy because I am all caught up in the Rivers of London universe. BUT- I thoroughly enjoyed this entry, and I was lucky enough to be able to dive right in to another irreverent British crime series! Amongst Our Weapons, the latest from Ben Aaronovitch, is a return to form. After the strange (but not entirely off-putting) Douglas Adams worship of False Value we have returned to the archaic and architectural weirdness of the rest of the Rivers of London series. It has […]

One flighty cat

Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) by Dominic Walliman

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Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) has much in the way of scientific facts which are seriously presented but are paired with very cartoon illustrations.  The text in Dominic Walliman’s book is long, dense, and not for all readers. The serious tone of the wording would work for a more serious reader/learner, but the cartoon art might turn them off. Of course, the student might be drawn to the cartoons and that will keep their attention with […]

“When gods dance, humanity trembles”

The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

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Completely separate from the book, but can we just talk about what a disappointment the cover is? The cover for The Gilded Ones was fire, but this? I mean, it’s not bad, but it’s nowhere near as great. This was one of my most anticipated sequels of the year, and it didn’t disappoint. Since this is the second book in a trilogy, this review will contain spoilers for the first book. Deka has taken her place as the Nuru, the chosen one of the Gilded […]

You learn something new everyday

Sweet Berries by CM Nascosta

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Several months ago, I read a monster romance by C.M. Nascosta and could not get over by how fantastic it was. That book was Morning Glory Milking Farm, and it is a gem. (You can find that review here, if you’re interested.) I was greatly excited to hear that they have a new book coming out, Sweet Berries. I enjoyed MGMF so much that I went ahead and pre-ordered Berries on my Kindle without even reading the blurb – Nascosta had shot to the top […]

“Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

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Earlier this year I read book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series – The Eye of the World. I gave it the ol’ five star treatment because I just enjoyed the heck out of it. While I fully intended to read one of these books every year and finish in my 50s, that didn’t happen. Instead, I waited only two months before starting book two – The Great Hunt. I enjoyed this book even more than the first! All of the origin story […]



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