Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Apologies to whoever sat next to me while I read this

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

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The Library at Mount Char is a strange book. Sometimes it’s really interesting and suspenseful; other times, it’s horrific (as in horror literature, not general quality). The thing is, at least for me, is that the two don’t quite mesh together. The general story follows Caroline and Steve, who apparently has some kind of criminal past but now lives a quiet life as a plumber. He meets Caroline who seems a little off but who offers him an unusual amount of money to help her […]

A Must Read for Any Game of Thrones Fan

Audible Sample Audible Sample The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

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In preparation for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, I purchased this rather large tome from Martin, along with Elio Garcia Jr. & Linda Antonsson (the people behind A Wiki of Ice and Fire). It is, unquestionably, worth the investment. This is not a new novel in the Game of Thrones world, but can be thought of as an encyclopedia of pretty much anything related to this world. Have a question on Naath, the home of Missandei? Look it up here. Always wanted to […]

And hey lived hoppily ever after

Easter Surprise by Jennifer and John Churchman

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The Easter Surprise is Jennifer and John Churchman’s fifth book in the Sweet Pea series. If you like quaint stories about talking animals, you will like Sweet Pea and the barnyard family. This time our little animal friends go on a mysterious hunt to find out what surprise Sweet Pea has in store for a baby bunny called, Fern.  Along the way, Fern, runs into her friends and keep finding these lovely colored eggs with images of the farm animals on them. And who is […]

Come Along and Walk With Me

Mystery Walk by Robert B. McCammon

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Well this was really good! I was pleasantly surprised since I have only really loved one of McCammon’s books, “Boy’s LIfe.” “Mystery Walk” brought back some of that feeling of magical realism along with horror that I liked in the previous book. We also get introduced to some pretty epic characters (Billy Creekmore and his mother) and I ended up wanting to read more about Billy after the conclusion of the book. “Mystery Walk” begins with a pregnant Ramona Creekmore who has a gift. She […]

I don’t think Ann Leckie has it in her to write a book that isn’t weird as hell.

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

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I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this book. I’d read the summary when it was first announced, but that did nothing for me except make me go, ‘huh?’ But, when an author writes four good books in a row (and some of those I would actually consider “great”), you lend them a little trust and just go with whatever they publish, until it bites you. Leckie’s books have yet to bite me, no matter how weird or outside the box she gets […]

Once upon a time I didn’t think I could write short stories.

How Long Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin

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I was a little leery of this one for two distinct reasons. One, when an author tells us in the first pages that they don’t like or know how to write short stories…uh oh. And two, I might be one of the few people who didn’t particularly enjoy The Broken Earth (first) book(s). I might go back to them now, because I did enjoy this one. I was worried of getting my time wasted with what I misperceived as a possible dilettante attitude about short […]



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