Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This book hijacked my TBR, no regrets

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince - vol. 1 by V.E. Schwab (author), Andrea Olimpieri (artist)

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When I shared my review of Vengeful on FaceBook, a friend chimed in asking if I knew about Schwab’s graphic novel series.  I had not and was intrigued.  Then my favorite independent celebrated its grand reopening, after moving locations, so I treated myself and picked up The Steel Prince.  The cover is eye catching and it instantly grabbed my attention. At the time, I was behind in review writing and had intended to read Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik, once the reviews were written.  After just […]

Stakes Get Higher and the Empire Gets More Evil

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

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I read, An Ember in the Ashes, the first book of Sabaa Tahir’s fantasy series while on vacation in January and it hit all my fantasy sweet spots.  It was nice to know that I had two more books to go before I caught up and had to wait like everybody else for Book 4. A Torch Against the Night picks up right where the first book left off—with Laia and Elias trying to escape the city of Serra through underground tunnels with the goal […]

“It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.”

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

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I am not that familiar with the Kelpies or other water horse folklore so I don’t know how much of this story is based on folklore or just the writers imagination but man eating water horses, I’m in!  The setting for the story is an island named Thisby and the book does a great job getting that small town feel, where some people can’t wait to get off of the island and others could not picture any other life.   The islands economy is made up […]

Oversugared for Valentine’s Day

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

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I had a hard time deciding my Valentine’s Day reading this year: either start C.L. Polk’s new book which actually is a romance (among other things) or continue the Wayward Children series. I went with continue the current series because I wanted to know what happens next. Beneath the Sugar Sky picks up where the first book leaves off, at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, apparently not too long after the events of the first book. Several key characters are still there including Kade […]

Jack and Jill the backstory

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

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I half succeeded at a library run the other day. I did succeed at getting the next 3 Wayward Children books, but failed to get any more of a manga series I’d grabbed the first 3 of on a whim; at some point in 2 days someone took volumes 4-12. Now I’ve gotta wait at least 2 weeks on those. At least I had Down Among the Sticks and Bones to make up for it. Volume 2 of the Wayward Children series is basically the […]

Impress your teachers in September with two new series

Fox Tails V01 The Great Bunk Bed Battle: An Acorn Book by Tina Kugler

Fairylight Friends V01 A Magic Spark: An Acorn Book by Jessica Young

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September is usually the start of a new school year and either learning to read or cultivating that love of the all mighty book. And if your beginning to more advanced reader is looking for something new, Scholastic and their Acorn Books have two new additions to either add to or start your collection with (as they both come out in September 2020) First, we start with The Great Bunk Bed Battle (Fox Tails #1). Based on some experiences author Tina Kugler has had with […]



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