Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A weird ending for this series.

Lady of the Lake (The Witcher, #5) by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Basically . . . I don’t get it. The longest book in the series by quite a bit, Lady of the Lake is the weirdest possible ending for almost everything that has happened in this series so far, and I’m hard-pressed at the moment (and have been for the last two months) to see how it resolves much of anything that this series has been about for the last four books, plus two short story collections. I don’t know what to do with this book? […]

“Power taken and not returned incurs a debt. And the universe, and the debt, will always come to collect, one way or another.” #CBRBINGO – Mythic

Legendborn (Legendborn, #1) by Tracy Deonn

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This takes tired YA fantasy tropes and makes them feel so fresh. Just a super solid book and I can’t wait to see where she takes the rest of the series. So I finished this book back in July and I was riding high off of it, but I procrastinated the review, so my middle-aged brain is having to strain a little on this one. Bottom line before you read any further, if you normally stay away from YA fantasy like I do, because of […]

Beautiful covers do not always mean beautiful books. Sad face.

Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart

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The cover is beautiful and the premise sounded amazing, so of course this didn’t live up to either. Wait for it . . . I should have written this review back when I finished the book in July because I no longer remember specifics on my feelings. All that I’m left with are feelings of negative discontentment, but maybe that’s really all you need to know about my experience with this book. If I’d have liked it more, I would remember more. I suppose the […]

I thought I didn’t care, but then I couldn’t stop crying

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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I don’t think I have ever read a book that was quite this hyped to me. I am actually looking forward to going back through the past reviews of this book here to see what cannonballers think of this book, because you guys always surprise me in a good way when I’m feeling conflicted – I never feel alone. Anyway, this book is the current darling of booktube, bookstagram and booktok even though it’s already 10 years old by now, which I think is quite […]

How to balance social justice, politics, lost love, and maybe more

Soulstar by C. L. Polk

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Bingo 23: They She He I have to admit, I think I saw C.L. Polk saying on social media she/they (both pronouns are noted in the bio at the back of the book) was either non-binary or bisexual, or maybe both? Thing is, I’m not sure, but it turns out it didn’t matter and I can use Soulstar for this square anyways, as one of the main new characters is most certainly non-binary. Soulstar is the final of the Kingston Cycle trilogy, each of which […]

I came into this thinking Brandon Sanderson was a master. I underestimated him – the Wheel of Time: Book 12 (review part VIII)

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

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I’m entering a new era in this series, and want to start this review with some thoughts unencumbered by the knowledge of how thinks change. This is the point at which The Wheel of Time turns to the better, according to everyone I’ve ever talked to who has finished it. Following the death of Robert Jordan in 2007, his widow and editor, Harriet McDougal, selected Brandon Sanderson to finish this series based partly on his novel Elantris and partly on a eulogy written by Sanderson […]



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