Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

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Updated 12/25/2025 Sigh. This honestly will always be one of my favorite books in the series. I don’t think Taylor ever did another ghost/horror story before and to set it on Christmas was definitely a great idea. Initially I didn’t think it would work, but it does. I really do wish that had more POVs starring Kinky and her gift. I think about how the series ended and get sad all over again. I have to say though, this and the first few books in the […]

“Little thing. You think you can just take, and take, and take until there is no more. No. The sea remembers your debts. And I will collect. I am going to take the thing you most love from you.”

The Burial Tide: A Novel by Neil Sharpson

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  One stormy night on Inishbannock, an eerily quiet island off the coast of Ireland, a woman with no memory wakes up in a coffin. Clawing herself out of the grave and into the night, the woman soon to be named Mara Fitch discovers that not everyone on the island welcomes her sudden return to life. Of course her return is not the only oddity; a sudden plague that killed only four people on the island, and was never reported to the mainland. The sudden […]

Drifting in the post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s no man’s land

A Very Phoenix Christmas: A Phoenix Club novella (The Phoenix Club) by CJ Bishop

A Swan for Christmas: A Winter Romance by M.M. Wilde

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*The thumbnail pic is not my cat. Instead, it is a pic of me as a cat in my preferred location and outfit of choice. Time has lost all meaning. I float in a never-ending circuit of sofa, kitchen, laundry closet. Meals are made from remnants of other meals; a bizarre hot and cold buffet of Christmas leftovers and the occasional fruit and veg to ward off scurvy. The candy and chocolate wrappers fill the trash bin. It doesn’t rain but everything outside is cold […]

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

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This was definitely a great book to end the year with. I still have a few more to go so let’s see where I get before the 31st. I thought the book was pitch perfect and I even cried a little bit at the ending. I loved how everything got looped together, nursery rhymes, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, and witches. The Once and Future Witches follows three sisters (Juniper, Agnes, and Beatrice) in a place similar to our world, doing their best to survive along with men […]

Obviously, I am not the target audience for this one

Fury of the Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda

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Sometimes, I enjoy reading the novels from Rick Riordan Presents because it’s an easy way to explore/get an intro to mythology and folklore from other cultures, and it also allows me to support a brand I like (diversity and representation are good things). Other times, I am reminded how much I am not the target age range for these. This is the second one in this specific series within the Rick Riordan Presents novel, and I’m not entirely sure why but I didn’t enjoy this […]

Game over, want to play again?

A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli

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I saw LB’s review of this and thought it sounded intriguing enough asa premise that I bookmarked it so remember for later. I still need to read the second one in the duology but overall enjoyed this. I will say, I was trying to overcomplicate this one a little bit with my guessing so you know, this might be more enjoyable as a read to just let it happen. As Mingshin lays dying at the foot of the throne at the hand of the man […]



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