Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Featured Review Archive

These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

Entrapment is a surprisingly fun Novel from one of Pajiba’s own

Entrapment by Jeff Stephens

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Well… I clearly need to stop thinking “I’ll just read a few chapters before bed” because apparently I have learned nothing. I received the book as an ARC after work and read it until I was finished well into the night. If you enjoy thrillers with complicated women, workplace drama, morally messy characters, romance, and enough twists to keep you suspicious of basically everyone, this is definitely one to add to the list. Entrapment was such a fun surprise for me. I didn’t really know […]

There needs to be a happy medium…

Advise and Consent by Allen Drury

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I seem to do one of two things when writing a review. In the first instance, I try cobbling together my thoughts weeks or months after reading a book (a failed experiment that I keep trying), and unloading the errant thoughts I have while reading, or I write as I read and end up writing way more than any reasonable person wants to read. You can always tell the difference because one review is 5,000 words while the other is usually a short review dump […]

Let’s Start At the Very Beginning

The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

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Skandranon Rashkae, the Black Gryphon, is probably the most famous of the Mage of Silence Uthro’s creations.  He specializes in getting out of tight spots and completing missions that are said to be impossible.  However, even if Skan can pull off the impossible on a regular basis, the war isn’t going to be won by one gryphon.  Skan’s closest friend, Amberdrake, constantly worries every time his friend is out on a mission that this time will be the time that Skan doesn’t come back.  Amberdrake […]

Sweet tamales!

Comida Casera by Dora Ramírez

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Bingo 3: You What else am I going to be looking at here but a cookbook, and one that I’ve read but may or may not actually use otherwise. I haven’t done the numbers, but that’s gotta be a significant percentage of my reviews. Comida Casera is vegan Mexican cooking, but chef-y. It’s not shy about ingredients that might not be familiar but that are native to the cuisine, but also relatively accessible. First thing I noticed was an entire chapter on tamales, which are […]

an art piece

She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace

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The title She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace is the first poetry book I read cover to cover without stopping too long in between poems (just to catch my breath and not have poems bleed into each other) or jumping to the end to find out “what happens” in a while. Now, this is not to say OMG Best Book Ever, but there was something about it that was captivating. This means I enjoyed it but was not blown away at […]

Don’t Read This Before Bed

The Ascent by Allison Buccola

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CBR Bingo: Justice I don’t want to give away the plot but let’s just say that the main characters definitely got what they deserved. I don’t remember why I requested this book from the library. All I know is that I was on a very long waitlist to read it. When it arrived, I had no recollection of having requested the book and was not sure that I even wanted to read it. Wow am I glad that I did! This book kept me up […]



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