Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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“It’s like there’s something about me that just encourages people to want me dead. Probably my sparkling personality.”

A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel (#20) by Seanan McGuire

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Four months after the events of Silver and Lead, October “Toby” Daye is settling into motherhood once again, now the bonus of not having to hide her or her child’s true nature from the other parent. Of course her life is even more dangerous now than it was when Gillian was young, so thankfully Toby has a full household to help her keep her daughter safe in the house, away from the terrors that Faerie has to offer. (Still trying to find that work/life balance, […]

So Remember This for Spooky Season Next Year.

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood

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Read this collection during the Spooky Season, a couple of months back, and it was perfect. One of the stories, Ancient Sorceries, has been included in many an anthology, and I read it for the first time at about the age of 12.  As a life-long cat owner, I heartily approve.  The fact that Egyptians considered them deity-adjacent is not at all surprising.  But two of the other stories intrigued me greatly.  In both cases, there was no being that was the antagonist, but rather […]

Let’s Take a Hammer To It.

Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone

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No one can write a multi-character pile up the same way Max Gladstone does.  Back in 2024, I reviewed the second book in his Craft Wars series, Wicked Problems, which marked the start of the Craft World’s Infinity War Moment. Nearly every man woman and dog (or snake) that we had crossed paths with previously all managed to cross paths with each other. And it was quite explosive. Dead Hand Rule is the direct continuation of the events of Wicked Problems. All the great powers […]

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

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I honestly have to say this was very very good. The main reason for the four stars is that the book gets a bit slow at times, and even the author points that out because of the historical notes that she focuses on that sometimes derails the main plot. I do love the historical aspects of this novel (hey history major here) but can’t pretend it didn’t drag things down. But I do love that Cañas points out that vampires existed in Mexican culture decades […]

So many magical bastards!

Fool’s Quest: The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy Book 2 by Robin Hobb

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Cbr18bingo Success because with this review I have achieved a bingo blackout and for the first time, I have done so without using the “free” space! Book 2 of The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy is 700+ pages of action and heartache. I know there are a few Cannonballers out there who love Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series as much as I do, and I am going to try my best to review Fool’s Quest without spoiling the plot. As ever, there are wild […]

A court of snarling and mates

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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I came back for mooooooore! So it turns out all that guff about the ACOTAR series just being for horny middle-aged women was spot on, as I remain firmly seated. While this third book in the series didn’t have quite as many fae-banging moments, it was chock-full of military tactics, war planning, political manoeuvring and tense words between friends. And that is not a criticism. The book starts with Feyre being a total badass and returning to the Spring Court as an undercover agent, trying […]



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