Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Well, that was NOT the book I was expecting to read

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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… but really, that’s on me. I picked The Power out of a quick list of available novels from my library’s ebook app, after giving the synopsis a casual perusal. I thought I was checking out a low-stakes feminist YA fantasy that I could burn through in a couple of hours before moving on with myself. As is turns out, not every book featuring teenage girls and supernatural powers is a lighthearted fantasy romp with a conclusion that ties everything up with a convenient and […]

Intended and Unintended Consequences

Grave Dance by Kalayna Price

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Grave Dance takes up shortly after Grave Magic, and Alex is still keeping some parts of what happened hidden from her friends, such as the fact that she opened a magical dark hole in her father’s house.  Still, life is mostly back to normal even as Alex tries to figure out her new understanding of her world while also realizing how much she doesn’t know more than ever. However, it doesn’t take long before she is involved in another incredibly weird case – the morgue […]

My Portal to Another Land would definitely not lead to Candy Land

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

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While the second Wayward Child novella delved deeper into the backstory of two characters from the first novel.  This novella, on the other hand, takes the reader back to the school grounds to meet new children trying to find their way home while also checking in on old characters. Cora and Nadya are two new characters, and they were called to magical realms where they had strong connections to water, Cora as a mermaid, and Nadya as a Drowning Girl.  As a result, it is […]

“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

White Night by Jim Butcher

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Trying so hard to finish up my Cannonball this year, so I’m hitting up my backlog of unreviewed books for the year. I read some (actually, SO MANY) great books that I just never got around to reviewing, and while perusing the list, I figured you can never go wrong with a little Harry Dresden/James Marsters action. What follows is not really a review…its seems to be more like my random thoughts about these two books, as it has been a while since I listened […]

My Favorite Version of Beauty and the Beast Yet …

As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

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Given my love of reading, it always felt like I should like Belle and Beauty and the Beast much more than I did.  Maybe it was timing, since I saw it when I had started transitioning to life action mostly and didn’t want to watch kids’ stuff.  Maybe it’s simply that I hated the color yellow at that age.  Either way, it’s never been one of my favorite Disney stories or even fairy tales. However! I was surprised to find that I enjoyed this one […]

Though It All Comes Together, Still Felt Like Too Much Story in One Heist Novel

The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes

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I’m not sure if it’s been me this year or the novels I’ve picked but I’ve had a lot of novels that have been good/fine without being blown away by too many of them.  This one also fell strongly in the “it’s alright” category for me even though I know others quite loved it. The basic plot description is that Lock, the main character, wants to steal a priceless manuscript from an important political leader – since it once belonged to her family who died […]



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