Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Somewhat Lovable Schlub Breaks the Universe

Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell

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I was really committed to embracing Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World. I generally like dark slapstick and horror comedy; I enjoyed Someone You Can Build a Nest In (from the POV of a sentient ooze that eats most of its in-laws) and Dreadful (from the POV of an evil warlock who wakes up one day with amnesia and a conscience). So, when I found this queer romance centering a guy who raises an Abomination to eat the world in exchange for a promotion […]

Don’t Let ‘Em Tell You that the Book is Always Better than the Movie

Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry

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The shadow of the Best Picture-winning movie adaptation looms large over this novel, as does the specter of McMurtry’s much better novels, like Lonesome Dove. Terms of Endearment is the story of Aurora Greenway, a widow nearing 50 who derives most of her enjoyment in life from three pursuits: driving her various suitors to distraction with her confounding, contradictory personality, meddling in her maid Rosie’s marraige to a brutal truck driver, and picking away at her daughter Emma’s insecurities. Emma is recently married to a […]

A twist on Beauty and the Beast in this start to a romantic fantasy duology (I refuse to accept romantasy as a genre, you can’t make me)

Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik

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Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for this ARC. It has not affected my opinions or my review. About a year ago, the small village where Riela lives alone after the death of her father was threatened by a flood. Riela unlocked magical powers and managed to divert the water and save the village. Now one of the villagers has been savaged by a monster in the woods, and the mostly hostile villagers insist that she go into the forest and dispatch the monster for […]

I owed my life to a dangerous stranger who scowled ferociously but also gave me boots.

Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik

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  Confession, I read this a while ago and then life kicked me in the face and reviewing books was very hard. My biggest memory is that I enjoyed reading it so much. I preordered it and I will be attending an in person book launch and an online conversation with Jessie Mihalik and Stephanie Burgis, who also has a book coming out the same day. So the details are fuzzy, but the memory of enjoying Riela and Garrick’s adventure is strong. Riela is such […]

“You never willingly let anyone catch any glimpse of vulnerability.” She narrowed her eyes dangerously. “I believe you’re thinking of yourself now, General.” “No, I’m thinking of both of us.”

Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis

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I had to fight through thickets of bad formatting to read my advance reader copy, and there were a few times I decided to quit and read my copy when it arrived. But I kept picking it back up and then, I finished it! Because I worried that I had missed things, I requested an advance listener copy and listened to it after I finished reading it. So, yeah, I liked it enough to put up with headaches and inconveniences. Enchanting the Fae Queen is […]

Fish out of water in deep political intrigue

The Goblin Emporer by Katherine Addison

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I honestly don’t remember how The Goblin Emperor got on my radar (Cannonball Read is a high possibility!) but it intrigued me enough to write it down on my list of books I’m interested in.  To make sure there were plenty of options for my family to get me books for our family Winter Solstice book exchange, I put it on the list, and my daughter picked it for me.  It’s the type of fantasy that is mostly fantasy through mentioned details: no dragons, no epic battles, […]



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