Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Never Have You Held Back Your Heart

A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane

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I dove into A Touch of Stone and Snow as soon as I finished A Heart of Blood and Ashes. Lizzan and Aerax grew up together on Koth and were sweathearts until Lizzan was exiled in shame for telling the truth about how the soldiers she led were killed. They meet up again years later. The goddess Vela tasks Lizzan with protecting Aerax and promises to reward her with a glorious death in battle. Lizzan does not tell Aerax the truth about her quest or her reward. Aerax […]

A Unlikable Bibliophile is Actually Possible; I have proof

Ascendance of a Bookworm (Part 1 Vol 1) by Miya Kazuki

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I sat on this review a while because I didn’t want to hit cannonball with something I had significant issues with. I have one big issue with Ascendance of a Bookworm (Part 1 Vol 1) and it’s the heroine. The premise is pretty straightforward: Urano is obsessed with books (both as objects and for reading) and she’s about to graduate college and start a job in a library as is her dream. She dies in a book avalanche, and suddenly wakes up in the body […]

Bring on the Summer Junk Reading

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

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Yay for fun summer junk reading on this the first day of actual summer! And it’s book 1 of a series! Discount Armageddon is in many ways a traditional urban fantasy on the lighter side: Verity Price comes from a family of cryptid studiers (not a real word I know but they are not strictly observers, nor strictly hunters, nor purely helpers), but what she really wants to do with her life is become a professional ballroom dancer in New York City. She balances both […]

For Game of Throne Fans Who Got Tired of All the Rape and Wanted a Few Happy Endings

A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

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Kayleigh Donaldson and Bree (Half of Kit Rocha) both recommended A Heart of Blood and Ashes last year and it became one of those books that I knew I would love but the thought of reading it just seemed exhausting. Why am I like this? I impulse bought it at the grocery store months ago and then stuffed it on my shelf where it languished. I saw the sequel on NetGalley and requested it even thought I doubted I would be approved. And then I was […]

It’s a Perfectly Fine Book

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

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I don’t have a lot to say about this one. I wanted to like it more than I did. That said, it wasn’t a bad book. It was just . . . fine. I enjoyed reading it, it kept my attention, and it’s a quick read that I finished in about a day. I would recommend it, I don’t regret reading it (though I do regret buying it), and I can’t point to anything I disliked about it. But it was still just . . […]

Middlegame was solidly middle of the pack

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

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Roger and Dodger are twins skilled in two separate fields: language and mathematics. Roger understands language: its nuances, its layers, its multitudes. Dodger understands mathematics: its rigor, its structure, its flow. Together they encompass the world, and their “father”, Reed, intends to shape them into gods whether they want to or are ready. Together, Roger and Dodger endeavor to discover themselves and their purpose in a world that either wants to control or destroy them. When I first heard about Middlegame, I was immediately excited. […]



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