Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Magical realism at its most wonderful

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

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BINGO – Flora (there’s a small flower at the center of the cover and Orquídea means ‘orchid’ in Spanish) The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina is told with two narratives: one of the past life of Orquídea Divina, matriarch of the Montoya family and the other of the Montoya family in present day. Orquídea is dying and she summons her family to her home to receive their inheritance. The family gathers and soon realize that no one is getting the family cuckoo clock or heirloom jewelry. No, Orquídea […]

A good ending! But still not as good as the first one.

Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3) by Rainbow Rowell

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I will be honest. I do not want to review this book. First of all, I liked it. And I liked it better than the second one. It felt so comfortable to be back in England (and at Watford!) with these characters, and I was satisfied by all their endings, even the ones I didn’t see coming. But it also gave me a couple things I’ve been wanting since book one, so on that front I was very happy as well. There was resolution for […]

“No one would mistake you for anything but a tool, Gen.”

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

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CBR13Bingo: Old Series I started reading this book as a teen when I ducked into a Barnes & Noble during a rainy visit to New York City. I remember sitting spellbound in front of the shelf, highly amused at Gen’s antics, and spent much longer there than I’d intended. And of course I went home with that book! When someone on one of the discords I’m on mentioned reading it for the first time, I realized I still needed something for my pre-2011 series for […]

Get the scooper, ’cause I got the scoop on a robo-dog and its girl

D-39: A Robodog’s Journey by Irene Latham

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I am not really a dog person, but something about the idea of D-39: A Robodog’s Journey was grabbing. Maybe the androgenous look of the character on the cover or the fact it was a robot dog and as far as I could remember I had never read a book with a robot dog. Maybe because it was free. But what kept me reading this novel by Irene Latham was two main things: first it was done in a poetic prose manner. But it was […]

Getting your kitten on

Sue & Tai-chan volume one by Kanata Konami

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Sue & Tai-chan volume one is a cute story. You like it or you don’t. Really there is not an in-between for it. If you want to read about the everyday lives of two cats (Sue, and older cat wanting to just sleep and eat quietly. Tai-chan, a young kitten ready and loading for bear, trouble, mischief, shenanigans, eating, sleeping, chaos, and repeat), then Kanata Konami’s series is the graphic novel/manga series you need. Because if you are looking for action, there is not really […]

Three books that I wanted to show y’all

Where Is the Mississippi River? by Dina Anastasio

The Littlest Yak in The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser

Smurf Tales #3: The Crow in Smurfy Grove and other stories by Peyo

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Three books that I wanted to show y’all because: a) I like them b) want to tell you about them since I think someone here will like them c) they will help boost my count d) they are all in one review as I can’t do a 250 review for each solo e) all the above Where is the Mississippi River? It is “out west” someplace. (Don’t ask me for directions. I can get lost in my own backyard). But if you had a chance […]



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