Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Three Seanan McGuire books I *highly* recommend

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Indexing (Indexing #1) by Seanan McGuire

Reflections (Indexing #2) by Seanan McGuire

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I love that it took me a while to discover Seanan McGuire — it means that I have a bit of a backlog that I get to enjoy before I really start chomping at the bit for new releases. That being said, I would like sequels to Middlegame and a new Indexing book as soon as possible please. Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Like most books by Seanan McGuire, Middlegame starts out super weird, and it took me a little bit to figure out what was going on. […]

“In the name of King Arthur, and of the old world before the dark came.”

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

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CBRBingo11 – Back to School! I’ve read this book about 800 times. The first time I read it was with my fifth grade class, and I’ll forever thank Mrs Cook for introducing us to this wonderful story. I blasted through the rest of the five-book “sequence” after that and it remains my favorite middle grade series (before middle grade was a thing). This year I am participating once again in the Dark is Rising readathon  and so it also made sense for this to be […]

CBRBingo11: Remix

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

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This was a GOOD BOOK, y’all. It definitely broke my streak of meh thrillers. It’s also a retelling of Beowulf (a book I remember WAY more of than I expected to, considering I read it almost 20 years ago) which makes it my Remix! bingo square. “Listen,’ someone whispers into my ear. ‘Listen to me.’ Am I dead? ‘Listen,’ the voice whispers. ‘In some countries, you kill a monster when it’s born. Other places, you kill it only when it kills someone else. Other places, you let […]

Back for the Bingo!

The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood by Andrew Rannells

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

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“You’ll feel light in your body”

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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  I bought this book shortly after it came out because it sounded interesting and I want to support new authors. I also liked fantasy based on West African rather than European mythology for a change of pace. Overall I thought the story was solid and I’ll definitely be picking up the next one when it comes out. I found some of the main characters to be frustrating but this may just be a side effect of not reading a ton of YA lit. I’m […]

When a Princess, a Knight and a Queen decide to fight a Dragon….

Princess Scallywag and the Brave, Brave Knight by Mark Sperring

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Princess Scallywag and the Brave, Brave Knight has an interesting twist ending. While you have a good idea that the Brave, Brave Knight is not going to be your stereotypical knight in shining armor, you probably will not see the real identity of said knight coming. Mark Sperring has made a modern fairytale with a very special kind of “damsel in distress.” Or more likely one that causes distress! Same as Claire Powell knows how to create some fantastically silly, fun and amazing illustrations. We see the […]



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