Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I Think The Wind is Named “Eunice.” That’s a Good Name for Wind.

The Name of the Wind: (Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1) by Patrick Rothfuss

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This book has been kicking around my recommended lists, and I’ve seen it reviewed a couple times here and there, then I saw it was part of the Pajiba Book Archive (though the link to the actual article seems to be broken? Or maybe the article is just too old at this point.) so I finally picked it up and started reading it. It’s a good, solid first novel in a fantasy world. Kvothe the Kingkiller, Kvothe the Arcane, Kvothe the Bloodless, Shadicar, Lightfinger, Six […]

I Love This. Always.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

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Cbr11bingo I love this. When the first Harry Potter book came out, I read a review of it in the New York Times and thought it sounded like a fun series for kids. After The Chamber of Secrets came out, the Quality Paperback Book Club (of which I was a card carrying member) offered a deal to get both volumes in hard cover, so I took advantage of it. Like millions of people around the world, I fell in love the the stories and their […]

Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical School!

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang

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Off and on in my graphic novel and First Second researching, Level Up by Gene Luen Yang has come up. Yang is the author of American Born Chinese, the Boxers and Saints series as well as numerous other books and graphic novels. I had a passing interest in this book, but it was not first on my to be read list. Thursday night I was walking home, my path taking me past the library. I had a few minutes, went to their young adult graphic […]

Moon Girl on the Rise

Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur: In the Beginning (books 1 to 12) by Amy Reeder

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I did debate if I should include this book collection in my Cannonball count, as I have already reviewed the first six books. But when I realized that there is an interesting piece of information you can find in the second six books, and this collection is less expensive, I knew I had to include this review. Several of us are familiar with Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur series. In the Beginning allows for the fan to binge on this crazy series like crazy. […]

Magical words, friendships and a dog named Rex

Wondrous Rex by Patricia MacLachlan

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As much as I love Patricia MacLachlan, Wondrous Rex, was a bit “off” for me. I think this is because it was just too short! Sometimes novels only need a “handful” of pages and sometimes two handfuls. Because of this shortness, it would have made a fantastic longer than usual sized picture book. The other part that was a tad off for me was that Grace seemed a bit mature for being just 7. Yet, the child reader will have no issues with this. The […]

New Trilogy Set in a World That Still Has So Much to Explore

Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

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One thing I love about my Kindle is the ability to make pre-orders because on my own I lose track of publishing dates.  The fact that as soon as a favorite author has a release date, I can pre-order it and then it appears in my Kindle months later is amazing.  Sometimes, books pop up on Tuesday morning, and I think, “nice, that will be fun to read once I am done with my current read.” Other times, I immediately drop everything else that I […]



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