Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

And This is Where I Leave You…

Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on October 22, 2019.  I was hoping that this book could turn it around, but honestly I was just bored. You would think a book about time travel would be interesting, but it’s really not. I think Brackston is hoping to set up Xanthe so have an epic nemesis like in her “The Witch’s Daughter” series and I just cannot live through that […]

Grandma flexed her arm. “Ride or die.”

Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel by Ilona Andrews

Diamond Fire: A Hidden Legacy Novella by Ilona Andrews

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Sapphire Flames was a nice way to return to the Ilona Andrews fold. I was unhappy with the final Kate Daniels book and stopped reading Ilona Andrews for many months. I did buy the novella, Diamond Fire, but I was still too mad about Magic Triumphs to really get into it. When Sapphire Flames was released, I reread the novella and then dove into the novel. And then I went back and reread White Hot and Wildfire. I would not suggest trying to read these books […]

“Now I am beyond prophecy.”

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

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Everyone on this site who recommended the Winternight Trilogy: thank youuuuuuu! I devoured these books.  Like, ignore dinner, stay up til 3 am, read all lunch break.   Try to read slowly to savor, but can’t because it just is so good. Continue to recommend to everyone who would listen.  I think it’s so rare to find a trilogy that reads so well, for so long.  I can’t wait to read it again! So, back up, these are the second and third book of Katherine Arden’s […]

Left wanting more… (and hooray – this completes two bingo lines!)

The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K Le Guin

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CBR11 Bingo- Birthday   I had to find a square for my girl Le Guin on this bingo card, and fortunately her birthday was October 21, so that was an easy pick 🙂 I’ve had The Eye of the Heron  on my TBR list for a while, and this seemed like a perfect time to pick it up. I love Le Guin not only because of her writing itself, but for the fact that she is one of the truly great female fantasy/sci-fi writers. Even when […]

It’s the most wonderful time of year when that day called Halloween comes around

Snowmen at Halloween by Caralyn M. Buehner

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I am not usually a fan of the Snowmen books. I mean, I like them, but can take them or leave them. This time, the Snowmen at Halloween had the Halloween theme a tad forced to make it possible for the snowmen come to life at Halloween. Now, living in New England, I know you can get snow in October (we “old timers” still talk about the storm of 1987), and I have had more than one costume “disappear” under winter jackets, but I would […]

“Give her hell from us, Peeves.” (This review is the reason I’m four months behind.)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling

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This was the most I have ever liked this book. (And that’s saying something, because I remember losing my mind over it when it was first published.) I’m kicking myself for not writing up some notes after I finished because it’s been since May that I finished this, and I’ve lost most of that newly gleaned insight. Maybe going through these quotes will help bring some of it back. Also, just know going in, I do not hold with any nonsense about blaming Harry for […]



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