Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Magical foodie middle grade~

Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow

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Gosh. This was such a delightful book, full of yummy food, new friendships, and so much magic! I keep wanting to read Alechia Dow’s books because the themes are always exactly my jam, but I struggle with scifi, so when I saw she had a contemporary fantasy middle grade coming out, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it! Wini is from a family of Food Enchanters, but the small town she lives in all seems to hate her because her mother cast a […]

Nobody Should Ever Let Me Live-Text Them About Anything, Ever Again

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Listen: I loved this book so much that I am completely unable to be a reasonable person about it. I don’t know how to write a proper, coherent review when all I’ve got is excited hand-flapping and maybe also shrieks of excitement. So, instead, please enjoy this series of increasingly unhinged text messages that I sent to my friend Danielle over the course of about 48 hours.    Okay, so, I’m reading this on my lunch break (started it when you first lent it to […]

“He laughs and laughs. My, how he laughs.”

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu

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Ropa should be on cloud nine, helping organize the Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference and hobnobbing with all the bigwigs of Scottish magic. But when she’s left scrambling to investigate a politically charged theft, she begins to wonder if the world of magic is more trouble than it’s worth. This is the third book in the Edinburgh Nights series, which follows teenage ghostalker Ropa as she investigates magical crimes in a politically uneasy Scotland. In this book, we seem to shift from the individual […]

Coffee, romance, and visions

Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis

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I was not “jumping up and down” over the graphic novel Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew, but it was interesting enough and I needed to keep moving through it. However, I either missed a panel or two, or some plot parts here and there, but the flow was not totally even, as there were a few bumps in continuity for me. However, there was the fun, colorful art (the bull character has really nice hair, the centaur is a hoot when they have something […]

There are no distractions from you. You’re every idea I’ve ever had.

The Roots that Clutch by TheCryingClub

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The Roots that Clutch ― TheCryingClub (A Normal People AU) I’ve taken a liking to Hozier’s music lately and I can trace the origin back to when I read this fic for the first time. I think what keeps pulling me back to it, and what resonated with me in Normal People, is the feeling of bittersweetness that lingers, mellowing from a sharp pain to a dull throb. It’s this gorgeous aching that pulls my mind back to this story again and again. The title […]

Book Mail from narfna!

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Thank you so much to narfna for my awesome presents.  I’ve been waiting to read Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, but the hold list for it at my local libraries is ridiculous.  I’m excited to dive into it.  And A Strange and Stubborn Endurance sounds like it’s right up my alley.  Plus one can never have enough bookmarks. Thank you so much again!  It was so fun to find these waiting for me in the mailbox, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy them.



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