Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I thought grandfathers were supposed to be cuddly

The Inventor Vol. 1: The Dangerous Discovery by Lars Henrik Eriksen

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Online reader copies have slowly gotten into my reading “pile” for books. Well, one site has and it is dangerous! Dangerous! But then I got an email from Papercutz. Oh how I enjoy them, but how I grumble at the fact they too are online. Unless I want to wait until the end of January 2024/early February 2024 for The Inventor Vol. 1: The Dangerous Discovery. Which, I did not. As it is, it will be hard enough to wait for volume two of this […]

A Woman First: First Woman

A Woman First: First Woman by Selina Meyer (Billy Kimball and David Mandel)

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A Woman First: First Woman is one of those books that’s written “by” a fictional character, in character. I read the audiobook and this was especially true, with the character voicing humorous asides to her henpecked bagman, Gary, throughout, and verbally abusing him when she’s not just rolling over him. The characters in question are from Veep, an absolutely hilarious political satire starring the worst people you’ve ever seen vying for influence and power in Washington DC while continually fumbling easy marks and being so […]

If James Bond Was Into Go Instead of Baccarat…

Shibumi by Trevanian

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Trevanian’s Shibumi is an international-man-of-mystery-spy-thriller. I think it’s also a sendup of the genre, capitalism, Orientalism, etc. But in a fun way. Like a Shaun of the Dead way. Here’s the back cover blurb form the 1983 printing of the 1979 book: Shibumi: The Code of the Perfect Assassin The Secret of the Perfect Lover If you think that sounds cool then you are in. If you think it sounds dumb, don’t bother. The protagonist of the book is the mysterious and suave and condescending […]

If you insist on me not dying horribly, I suppose I have to indulge you.

The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles

Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles

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You’re a fool, and I’m another. Between us, we barely make a village idiot. ― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession I see. Things must be bad if you’re voluntarily telling me the truth. ― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies “Are you in this conversation, or just skulking?” “Mostly skulking.” Stephen had a particular knack for making himself unobtrusive. He was mildly impressed that he’d been noticed. “But I have a licence to skulk.” ― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies CBR15Bingo: Queer Lives square and […]

A father, a celebration, and special flowers

Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans

Moon's Ramadan by Natasha Khan Kazi

Wallflowers by Mackenzie Joy

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Hey kids, what time is it? It’s picture book roundup time again as I have been terribly busy reading them. They range from family themes, personality themes and holiday themes. Each one has a sentimental feeling that allows a softer side to reading. In Finding Papa we learn about a mother and child as they escape Vietnam to travel to America to find the father who left earlier to set up a home for them. Based on not only the people who journeyed from Vietnam […]

Make this a TV show right now!

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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Because I would watch the HELL out of it. CBR15Bingo: Sex square. From here she could taste the burning edges of his thoughts. He wasn’t just afraid of something—he was afraid of everything. He hated this house, and the memories in it. The memories themselves were knives, glinting in the light. They pricked her fingers, warning her away. The taste of him on her tongue, real and imagined was burnt sugar, wild adoration, tender rage. Poor thing, poor desperate thing. ― Olivie Blake, The Atlas […]



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