Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I was prepared to eye-roll through this entire thing– I couldn’t put it down though

Tarot Academy 1: Spells of Iron and Bone by Sarah Piper

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Magic is real, and the world knows it. Unfortunately for the witches and mages, magick is also illegal, and Stevie just performed powerful magick on a non-magical person. Powerful enough that he died. Stevie must now go into hiding at the magical academy that previously threw out her parents for their heretical views. When she arrives at the academy she starts her journey to master her magick (which is largely based on the Tarot) in order to complete the work that her mother started and […]

Melancholy and Malevolent Creatures

Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender

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I read a review of this book somewhere on the internet, a long time ago.  Maybe on Pajiba, maybe on Cannonball read, I don’t really remember.  But I did write the title and the author down in my little notebook, along with the dozens (maybe hundreds) of other books I plan on reading,  and movies and TV shows that I plan on seeing.  This year, before the world changed forever, a few friends came over to hang out and one of them brought the book […]

cbr12bingo – Cannonballer Says

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Y’all really got me with this one! Bothari43 first grabbed my attention with an excellent review/cat pic combo, then Bea Pants increased my interest with promises of broad swords and dirty magazines. I don’t usually read much Science Fiction/Fantasy, but after the surprise hits of new favorite Becky Chambers (whom I would not have found without the help of Cannonball), I decided to give it a go! I was wary at first of the breakdown of Houses; I am often scared off by complex mythologies, […]

The Role of Money in Fairy Tales, but with a sort of Feminist twist

Kakuriyo, vols. 1-2 by Waco Ioca, Midori Yuma, Laruha

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Bingo Review 16: Money! Basically, this is a fairy tale about an impossible debt, and how to pay it without having to get married to some random rich or important guy. Here’s the set up: Aoi Tsubaki is a Japanese college student who has recently lost the grandfather who raised her. The key thing they shared was an ability to see and interact with the spirit world. One day, Aoi stops to help a hungry ayakashi (catch-all term for folkloric monster-creature) and he drags her […]

Mystery Times Two

The Montague Twins V01 The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page

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I was excited about The Montague Twins V01 The Witch’s Hand when I first learned about it. I thought, MAGIC! MYSTERY! FUN NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES! Instead, I got magic, mystery, a new graphic novel series. Nathan Page created a familiar story but with modern twists. Magic, family, history and good vs evil are all there. There are the Twins who are Frank and Joe Hardy ready (except with modern ideals and a story arc). Pete and Al Montague live in the late 1960’s but with […]

Not all Gingerbread Boys are edible

Lint Boy by Aileen Leijten

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(image taken from internet) I was expecting a story about…. I do not know. But not something like what Lint Boy is. I did not realize Aileen Leijten’s story was going to be part gingerbread boy, part Coraline and part Toy Story. To name a few. I am sure you could find other stories to compare it too. On the surface it is a quirky fantasy story of friendship and never giving up. It is about loyalty and fighting for what is right. A little […]



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