Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Gods, Faith and Power

Sunbringer by Hannah Kanner

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I will read the last book of the trilogy so I liked the novel and the series still, but in many ways, this had some of the common issues of a middle novel. After the ending of the previous book, our three human protagonists are separated- Kissen by circumstance, but Elo leaves Inara with Kissen’s friends for her protection while he tries to raise an army and start a revolution. Skedi and Inara are still together but still have emotional distance to resolve after Skedi […]

A mess named Nana meets a less messy mess named Nana

Nana 25th Anniversary Edition vol 1 by Ai Yazawa

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One night, a 20 year old girl named Nana gets on a train to move to Tokyo. She sits next to another 20 year old girl named Nana who is also moving to Tokyo. Despite the coincidences, they’re very different; one is a comphet flake (and I think a satanist) while the other is an ambitious musician who is absolutely going to get big because she’s that good. They talk the entire train ride and get along great and don’t plan on meeting again. But […]

And Now We Check in With the Rest of Europe

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon

The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

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Book 4: The Mask Falling Not sure why I didn’t write this one earlier in the year, since I wrote the reviews for books 1-3 fairly soon after reading. Maybe just too much of the same thing at once? This is the fourth novel of the series, and like the previous ones, this ends up expanding the world quite a bit, following Paige and Arcturus to Paris. Paige needed out of England after the last one, and she owes the organization for they help they […]

I find the trend of not using condoms the first time the characters have sex terrifying

Only on Game Day by Kristen Callihan

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I’m glad to see Kristen Callihan publishing again, even if I can’t recommend this particular book. Only on Game Day is very much in keeping with her new adult Game On series. I suspect this is the start of a series centering the Luck family. Three Luck brothers, January, August, and March are at various stages in their football careers – January sidelined after a career ending injury, August the first round draft pick quarterback, and March a college star. There are Luck sisters too – […]

“Just the act of falling in love was to agree to a broken heart.”

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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I’ve already read a couple of books by Taylor Jenkins Reid and generally liked them, but I think Atmosphere (2025) is my favorite (so far). I first saw Atmosphere on NPR’s Favorite books, and then my book club started talking about it too, which is why I picked it up. Atmosphere takes place in the early 1980’s at the NASA space shuttle program. We follow the women who are in NASA’s second class of astronauts to ever allow women. Joan Goodwin is an Astronomer unhappily teaching introductory classes to spoiled […]

Prairie Edge

Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr

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Ezzy and Grey are two Métis cousins, the former just trying to survive and the latter a passionate activist for indigenous rights. Grey comes up with a plan that is a little crazy, to abduct the bison living in a national park and release them in downtown Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada.) Ezzy likes Grey and is along for the ride, gradually becoming more involved in Grey’s activist world. Hijinks ensue; things don’t quite go as planned. Ezzy and Grey have to figure […]



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