Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Made me want to re-read Six of Crows instead

To Steal from Thieves by M.K. Lobb

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Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown Books for this ARC. My opinions are my own. In an alternate version of Victorian London, magic exists and can be used to improve technology. It’s known as alchemology, and requires the magic-user to sacrifice some blood and life force to create the magical element known as primateria. It means that alchemologists tend to have shorter lifespans, which was certainly the case with Zaria Mendoza’s father. Now she’s an orphan struggling to complete her father’s outstanding commissions to […]

Palace Intrigue of the Highest Levels

The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty

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Here we are in the second of the Daevabad Trilogy, and unlike many another trilogy, the second volume does not disappoint (nor the third, spoiler alert).  Nahri, former street rat healer, and her companion, Dara, otherwise known as the scourge of Qui-zi for the murderous campaign he was forced to commit, have made it to the hidden djinn stronghold of Daevabad, supposedly the site where the various djinn people live in harmony.  Except they don’t. Daevabad was once ruled by the Nahid, a tribe of […]

Come for the Cat Named Purrcaso, Stay for the Story and Representation

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

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I expected to like this book. I did not expect to love it, but it was great. It was the second book I picked up for the trans rights readathon, and not only is there trans representation in the book, but both the author and the cover illustrator are trans. I love that Aiden Thomas was able to represent both their gender and their Latinx culture in this debut novel that follows trans teen Yadriel. While he is not fully rejected by his family, he […]

“The first time you share tea, you are a stranger. The second time you share tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share tea, you become family.”

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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Wallace Price doesn’t care if no one likes him; he’s efficient at his job and that’s all that matters. Social life, friends, family, loved ones? None of that is important. Until the day he drops dead, and his time to find any of those things runs out. Now that Hugo, a caring tea shop owner is offering to help Wallace find peace before passing over, Wallace might actually start to realize how much he has been missing. Even if the Manager, Hugo’s boss, has given […]

A Woman, her sword, and her honor. What else do you need?

The Disfavored Hero: Book One of the Tomoe Gozen Saga by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

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I love when I have had a book on my TBR list for years (15 in this instance), and I actually don’t regret finally picking it up. This was a book I enjoyed from beginning to end, and actually made me want to read the rest of the series. Inspired by a historical figure yet set in a fantastical version of Japan, The Disfavored Hero tells the story of Tomoe Gozen, a female samurai serving a local lord during the time of the Shogun. While […]

A wise man once said, “Any story, no matter how good, will sound really, really dumb when you shorten it to a few sentences.”

The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

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Alcatraz Smedry (anti)hero of the series, finally makes it the Free Kingdoms, a place safe from the clutches of the evil Librarians. Once there, he discovers that against all common sense, the rulers of the Free Kingdoms are planning a treaty with the Librarians, one of which happens to be his mother. Alcatraz and his intrepid family, friends, and random people newly introduced, must thwart the treaty, uncover a traitor in their midst, and figure out why Alcatraz’s father is completely unlikable. Can they do […]



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