Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Continuing Tsubasa read through. Volumes 17 – 22

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 17 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 18 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 19 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 20 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 21 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 22 by CLAMP

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Volume 17 – In all the fighting, and teleporting, in and out of the cistern, the water reservoir has been nearly depleted.  Yuko can fill the reservoir and save Fai’s life but it involves people asking for wishes and being able to fulfill payment for the wish.  The end result is that Fai, despite his desire to die, will be saved by being made into a vampire with Kamui’s blood.  But because it is Kurogane’s wish, he must take responsibility for Fai, as such the only […]

My favorite of the series so far.

The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

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My favorite since the first one. It’s been over thirty years since this was published, and it still managed to do things that surprised me. Morpheus, or Dream the Endless, has been informed that consigning his human lover Nada to hell for 10,000 years for the crime of rejecting him and wounding his pride was a not great thing to do, so he sets out to make things as right as he can, which means once again descending into hell and facing Lucifer. He makes […]

I never actually wrote a review of this, so here are some thoughts I typed up to a Goodreads friend instead.

Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) by Rainbow Rowell

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I just never got myself together enough to write more than “THOUGHTS” as a review on Goodreads, so here are some disjointed notes (edited for clarity) I sent over to a Goodreads friend instead: 1. In response to everyone going into this book assuming it was a duology: I thought about this, too, but ultimately it doesn’t bother me too much. I had been going in expecting this to be the end of the story as well, and it very much wasn’t. Maybe on a […]

A strange little prelude of a book.

La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman

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I liked this! It was different than I was expecting. I’m almost more excited for the second two books than I was for this one, though. I remember being puzzled when this book series was announced. What more could there possibly be of this story to tell? And also, it was going to be a prequel AND a sequel series, somehow. It just felt bizarre to me, so I shrugged in my mind and then moved on with my life. Well, it all makes sense […]

Okay, I think I’m really done with Riordan after this series is over. I’m serious this time.

The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan

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And we’re back down to being pretty mediocre. It was much, much better in the second half, but I just really think this entire premise is both tired and flawed. In fact, that’s mostly what I want to talk about in this review, the overall series premise and style, but I do want to talk a little about this actual installment first. So, this is the fourth and penultimate book in this series. Apollo and Meg have arrived at the Roman camp, and it turns […]

Do not be alarmed, but the second chapter of this book is missing!

Chapter Two is Missing by Josh Lieb

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I gave a reader copy of Chapter Two is Missing by Josh Lieb to a friend of mine (she has two girls under the age of 7 and a third offspring on the way). After a bit of a mix-up (I thought I had given her a damaged book), I realized she meant the book was called Chapter Two is Missing. But I was not wrong in assuming that the chapter was missing. It is nowhere to be seen! (Or is it?) This is a […]



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