Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

It’s a Long and Winding Road

Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

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cbr17bingo Diaspora The post WWII years in China were tumultuous times.  The Japanese, who had invaded and occupied a good deal of China, were leaving, but left in their stead a split China.  There was the nationalist government, supported by the Allies (think Chiang Kai-shek), many of whom ended up retreating to Taiwan.  Meanwhile Mao Zedong further expanded his alternative Communist regime.  And caught in the middle of all this were people just trying to live their lives, such as Suchi and Haiwen. The two […]

Fantasy with less romance but more dogs

Assassin’s Apprentice: Book One of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

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I’m on a fantasy kick recently, this time without the romance but with plenty of court intrigue, magical powers and violence. Trigger warning for abuse and death (including animals). Assassin’s Apprentice is the first book in Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy, which has been reviewed favorably several times on CBR. Add this one to the favorable reviews. Hobbs includes two very compelling storylines and a cast of interesting characters whose personal motivations and abilities create some thrilling and suspenseful scenes. I tore through this 400+ page […]

Unsouled by Will Wright

Soulsmith by Will Wright

Blackflame by Will Wright

Skysworn by Will Wright

Ghostwater by Will Wright

Underlord by Will Wright

Uncrowned by Will Wright

Wintersteel by Will Wright

Bloodline by Will Wright

Reaper by Will Wright

Dreadgod by Will Wright

Waybound by Will Wright

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A twelve book series, a binge all at once, mix and match of the east and west, integration into a larger world, an active social media community, meta, this series has it all. It’s a lotta books, but the only way to begin is by beginning. To begin, lets just talk, broad concept. And the first book, Unsouled, takes  awhile to get you behind the true goal of the story. The world is your classic, chinese cultivation story world. All the best and most classic […]

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Any mom who misses a chance to dress her kid up like a hotdog sounds like a psychopath to me.

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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He’s looking to validate himself through someone else. She hasn’t caught on because she doesn’t know who she is. ― Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age CBR17 Bingo: TBR For the past week, I’ve tried to think of an appropriate metaphor for what this reading experience was like for me. In terms of amusement park metaphors, it was like a rollercoaster with the slow climb to the top, each click of the chain ramping up the tension until you’re yanked up and over, all of […]

Need a little more plot in my fiction

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

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CBR17Bingo: “Family” – because the main story is the story of a small family. I had not heard of Dept. of Speculation, (2014) and I’d never read anything by Jenny Offill, the book’s author. But my husband was reading Dept. of Speculation, and he recommended it to me. I forget exactly what he told me, but it was something about it being very readable and a page turner. This piqued my interest, and I almost immediately checked it out. It turns out that my husband and I […]

Scared Sexy Short Stories

Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood

Falling by Christina Lauren

Spicy Little Curses by J.T. Geissinger

Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon

Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert

All My Boyfriends are Monsters by Kimberly Lemming

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I’ve been dealing with a bad mood and migraine for about 24 hours so I just decided to read these short stories before getting back into anything longer. All in all, just a 3 for the entire anthology. This anthology is dark Halloween romance. I stupidly assumed dark romance means stories similar to A Court of Thorn and Roses, but this just seems more like, these all take place on Halloween (well I think most of them do except for that space one) and there’s […]



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