Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“We are the ones who ensure history exists to be written.”

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

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Have you ever heard the saying (not the Groucho Marx version, but the earnest one) about becoming a member of a club you don’t want to be a member of? It might just be pretty common in the circles I’ve run in, because I’ve mostly heard people talk about it in relation to loss – How you never want to become &/or welcome a new member to the parents of kids who’ve died club, or the widows’ club. Definitely clubs you do not want to […]

Starting CB14 off belatedly but well

Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

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JUST LIKE, BLANKET SPOILER NOTES OKAY? GIVEN that the entire synopsis for this novel is “As such, [this book] contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages,” I feel like I should get a pass but just in case this review will have spoilers so you have been warned   . . . . . . . This is a HARD one to review because on one hand, I think that Sanderson really does […]

Short story that needs a novel

Hush by Mary Anne Mohanraj

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Dear Mary Anne Mohanraj, your story Hush just blew me away! I have probably never read anything so short that threw me for such a loop. This story about a middle-aged mom coming home from a long trip as a flight attendant. She is “human” but not of a new world, not like her ancestors of Old Earth. But is she humane? This is tested the day she comes home to find her (alien) neighbors’ daughter (approximately 14-years-old) being harassed by the local authorities. Of course, you […]

Immersive, engaging and a whole lotta fun

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.L. Huchu

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T.L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead was one of my favorite books of last year, so you better believe I went nuts when I saw that unbelievable cover. Just like the first, this book is captivating, immersing you in the world of a post-catastrophe Edinburgh through the eyes of one teen girl who can quote Sun Tzu one moment and then fall back into Scottish slang the next. After the events of the last book, Ropa’s ghostalking business has tanked. But that’s ok because she’s […]

Fine, I’ll Say It

Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

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I got Peace Talks by Jim Butcher out of the library. I’m not sure they have Battle Ground, I guess I should check. I was…underwhelmed. I’m starting to think that Jim Butcher can’t write/doesn’t know what to do with his female characters. Everyone wants Harry, Harry wants everyone, except Justine, because she’s off limits.  He can’t even act like a normal dude about Butters’ consensual poly relationship.  And yes, I’m glad he and Karrin Murphy finally traded I love yous, but he couldn’t get it […]

I Am Somewhat Less in Awe, But Still In It

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas

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Bryce Quinlan, half-human and half-Fae, has been revealed to be Starborn, and life has changed completely with it. But everything is not smooth sailing for her and Hunt after the dangers of the last book, for they have made powerful enemies, and their unbalanced world has dangerous secrets. After how much I enjoyed the last book I am a little disappointed. But first the good. The writing remains enthralling, the world-building exciting, and some of the twists and turns made me gasp aloud – while […]



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