Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Rollicking Tale of Revenge, and a Reckoning with Grief & Regrets

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

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Two fathers; one black, one white. Two sons; married and murdered. One driving mission: find out who did it, and make them pay. Ike Randolph got out of jail 15 years ago and has been on the straight and narrow ever since. But cops knocking at a Black man’s door is never a good thing. In this case, it’s the worst thing. Ike’s son Isaiah has been murdered in cold blood, alongside Isaiah’s white husband Derek. Neither Ike nor Derek’s father Buddy Lee had really […]

What if we skipped the shadow daddy trope and just went with the shadow

Thief of Night by Holly Black

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It’s been over 3 years since the first novel in this duology came out so common sense would imply that I would have reread Book of Night before jumping into this but no, of course not. I vaguely remembered some of the bigger points and twists (although I also slightly blended one idea with a concept from a different book) but Black did a good job of mixing in enough reminders and context throughout the novel to guide the reader without just giving a plot […]

Mothers & Daughters, and the Wilderness

Heartwood by Amity Gaige

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Just a few days away from completing the Appalachian Trail, through-hiker Valerie Gillis has gone missing. Beverly, a Maine State Game Warden with an impeccable track record for finding missing persons, is lead on the case. She knows that the first few days after someone goes missing are the most crucial, and so she coordinates search parties, aerial surveillance, and scent dogs in a race against time to find Valerie alive. Valerie is well and truly lost in the Maine woods, and we learn about […]

Goodnight Punpun, vol. 1 by Inio Asano

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Bingo Row 3 – G You know that thing where you go to a book swap to get rid of books, but they don’t let you unless you actually swap and take books with you? Maybe it’s just me. Well that’s how I ended up with a volume of Inio Asano’s acclaimed Goodnight Punpun. Punpun looks like a cross between a bird and someone in a sheet dressed like a ghost. His family is also part of this bird ghost species; everyone else is a […]

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A slow burn with fire breathing dragons

Assistant to the Villain: A Novel by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Like This Will Be Fun, Assistant to the Villain is a romance/fantasy with a good amount of humor  and thrilling adventure thrown in. Assistant is the first book in a series, and I found this one entertaining enough that I will definitely be reading the next installment Apprentice to the Villain (the third book, Accomplice to the Villain, just came out this year). I’ve sort of accidentally found myself reading romantasy lately, and frankly, it’s kind of a nice break from reality. I liked Assistant […]

No Wings Needed, but Maybe a Better Editor?

We Need No Wings by Ann Dávila Cardinal

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cbr17bingo – Rec’d (found on a list of book suggestions for National Hispanic Heritage Month) I’m going to let the first line of the book do some heavy lifting here: “The first time Tere Sánchez levitated, she was in the garden.” Tere is a 60-year-old widow who has been grieving her husband’s death for the past year while taking a leave from her work as a professor. Understandably, the levitation freaks her out. She recalls that her family is distantly related to Saint Teresa of […]



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