Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I wish I may, I wish I might, have a friend to play with tonight

The Witchling’s Wish by Lu Fraser

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When I posted on Facebook that I had read seven books (all though picture books) I lied, a little. You see it was actually nine (picture) books (I had a busy picture book day). And one of them was The Witchling’s Wish by Lu Fraser and Sarah Massine. Due in July 2022, this book about a young witch (with a not so pointy hat) who wants a friend. She does not mind the critters living with her, or the drips of occasional rain, but she […]

“His skin neatly tailored over his bones:” A Great YA SF/F Novel

Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen

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I’m unable to be objective about this book since I’ve been reading it since childhood. I love it, it really is a perfect book to start a person onto sf/f. Dragon’s Blood follows Jakkin, who is an indentured servant at a dragon fighting stable. He’s an orphan whose father was killed when he was trying to train a feral dragon and whose mother died after they went into indentured servitude. The book blends science fiction and fantasy, as the dragon fighting happens on an alien planet […]

Doesn’t really matter to me (or does it?)

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

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Although she holds the title of my favorite author, the Simon Snow series has never resonated with me in any meaningful way and the first two books are firmly at the bottom when I rank her bibliography. My fiancee, who I’ve read all of Rowell’s books to (aside from this one), is firmly in agreement on that one. Whether it be the spells that are in fact just cliches that have amassed magical power from their frequent usage, the Harry Potter retreads that aren’t really […]

Wheel of Time – much different than the show

Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

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While I have been aware of the Wheel of Time series since the 90s, I avoided reading it as I had my fill of Tolkein wannabe stories growing up and had been generally avoiding them since then. With the series premiering on Amazon Prime, my teenager had started reading them and had been pressing me to read them but I resisted. After watching the first season, which I enjoyed greatly, I decided to give the books a shot and I am glad I did. Reading […]

Fowl Play

That Egg Is Mine! A Silly Story about Sharing (Duck and Cluck) by Liz Goulet DuBois

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Duck and Cluck (a duck and a chicken) have an egg. The funny thing is it looks like Cluck with the same blue and white spots. But it looks like Duck’s bill as well (same blue and white color scheme). And both claim it to be theirs. Long story short, since Duck found it after it was lost by Cluck, it is his. But Cluck still claims they found it first. After a crazy story with crazier antics, Duck shows why it is his, but […]

Half-baked fantasy, over-baked drama.

The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) by Olivie Blake

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This self-pubbed book apparently blew up on BookTok, and honestly, from the other books that have done that (an older Colleen Hoover release, for example), I should have known this one wouldn’t be perfectly to my taste, but I was curious! Also, the synopsis sounded great, and I liked the look of the cover. It is now being re-released in 2022 after having been picked up by Tor. I do hope they whip it into shape a little, but my fear is they will let […]



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