Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A novella and a bridging book

The Archduke by Elisabeth Wheatley

Daindreth's Outlaw by Elisabeth Wheatley

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The Archduke is a short novella, that can be found free on Elisabeth Wheatley’s website. It tells the first few chapters of Daindreth’s Assassin from the point of view of Daindreth, from his first meeting with Amira, when she tries to kill him and ends up fighting the demon inside him, to the negotiations with her father to change the marriage contract. Since the entirety of the first novel is from Amira’s POV, I liked the idea of getting to see how Daindreth experienced the […]

I may have inadvertently started a new holiday tradition

Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

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Last December I flew from California to Michigan for my sister’s nursing school graduation.  Shortly after arriving at the airport for my return trip it was announced my flight was delayed.  So I did the only sensible thing and perused the little bookshop for something to read.  I was in the mood for something light and if it was Christmassy, that was a bonus.  I settled on So This is Christmas by Jenny Holiday.  The book was exactly what I was looking for!  Due to […]

Review #5: Ursula Vernon does it again

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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“The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen. The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires. Her fingers bled where the wire ends cut her. The earliest cuts were no longer bleeding, but the edges had gone red and hot, with angry streaks running backward over her skin. The tips of her fingers were becoming puffy and less nimble. Marra was aware that this was not a good thing, but the odds of living long […]

“With some people, it’s not about winning or losing, That with some people, it’s just about playing.

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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Eighteen-year-old Mallory “Mal” Greenleaf used to love chess and showed great potential, but hasn’t played for four years because it reminds her of her father, and the less said or thought about him the better. While her friends are headed for college, Mallory is trying to earn as much money as possible working as a mechanic. Her mother suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and can’t really work anymore, and Mallory isn’t about to let her sisters Darcy (twelve) and Sabrina (fourteen) suffer and miss out on […]

Yikes. That didn’t go as planned.

Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti

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Sometimes you read a book and you’re not sure what went wrong or why you didn’t vibe with it. Other times you know EXACTLY what went wrong and it’s SO FRUSTRATING. Why why why didn’t the author just *not* do what they did, everything would be so good? Why can’t you use your time machine to go back and tell the author how to fix it?? whyyyy. Anyway, this premise remains so tantalizing, which is why I picked up the book. Advika is a twenty-six […]

Stay afloat.

The Wave by Tyler Charlton

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I have been debating whether I should start the next Cannonball (no way I can finish it) or leave my current count at an “odd” number? (I like “boxed numbers” ending in zero or 5. Otherwise it looks “odd” to me). But The Wave answered that for me. I knew I had to tell you about this book right now. Tyler Charlton (author and illustrator) of this picture book (available, but I read via an online reader copy) made something that is very emotional, strong, […]



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