Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Patience for her vengeance dripped like vitriol from her voice

The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold

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This is a one-off fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that she wrote a decade of so before The Curse of Chalion really thrust her into the fantasy world of publishing. It’s strong in some ways — the kind of humor we’ve come to expect, the creation of characters, the action sequences, and a sense that magic has to be chained to the nature world in understandable ways (as opposed to the kind of Wishing for More Wishes of Harry Potter’s charms and hexes). There’s […]

A Sequel That Is Even Better Than The First Novel

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

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Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is the series that got me hooked on YA.  So many people had talked about it that I finally picked it up, and was completely blown away (I mean I had obviously read The Hunger Games but this was definitely part of my shift from the occasional YA to heavy rotation of YA). And yet, I have never reread them because what if I don’t like them as much?  I was very excited when I realized she […]

Antoine Revoy, you are a mean, mean, meeean, man!

Animus by Antoine Revoy

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animus [ an-uh-muh s ]   NOUN strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity. purpose; intention; animating spirit. (in the psychology of C. G. Jung) the masculine principle, especially as present in women (contrasted with anima).   How can you sleep at night knowing you crushed my soul? How could you rip my heart out? How dare you create a horrific masterpiece? Was the clue I saw a clue? Animus is a graphic novel I found by accident. First/Second mentioned that they had acquired Revoy’s latest graphic […]

Sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

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cbr11bingo Cannonballer Says/Bingo #4 & 5 I think this book has been reviewed by a few Cannonballers, most recently by TeresaElectro. It’s the introductory novel to what is going to be a fantasy series centered on the Navajo or Diné who have survived an apocalyptic event known as the “Big Water.” Rebecca Roanhorse, who is Indigenous American, has won Hugo and Nebula Awards, among others, for her sci-fi/speculative fiction. Trail of Lightning was nominated for a 2019 Hugo in the best novel category. It features […]

My Brain is the only super-power I need

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Volume 1 BFF) by Amy Reeder

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If you are not a big Marvel graphic novel-stories fan, a few pieces of information are missing from the story of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Volume 1 BFF). Yet, at the same time, it is not needed. It is a standalone story where most information is self-explanatory. If not, Google is our friend (also my geek friends are well…. my friends who can fill in blanks). Plus, there is a note on one page that directs you to another story if you wish to […]

A blazing good friendship

Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon by Melissa Marr

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Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon had great potential for becoming a great a bedtime story, but it fell short at the last minute. It was a treat to watch Baby Dragon play with his friend throughout the castle and the village, but then it is time for rest, which would have been the perfect ending. But Melissa Marr decides to let Baby Dragon wake and start again. The pacing of the book makes this rest only the time of a cat-nap and not the falling asleep […]



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