Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“She will find the hornet’s nest and set it on fire. When the angry hornets fly out, she’ll poke them with her sword.”

Magic Tides and Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews

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This year Ilona Andrews has graced us with two (2!) new Kate Daniels books. The two novellas have been gathered into a 2 audiobook collection. Hillary Huber does the bulk of the narration with Michael Glenn narrating Curran’s point of view chapters. I’ve been reading the Kate Daniels books for more than a decade, but this is the first time I’ve listened to a Kate Daniels audiobook. It took me a while to warm up to Huber’s voice. I don’t love her style, but it’s […]

A soap bird and four seeds

Dounia and the Magic Seeds by Marya Zarif

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One day I was looking at my online reader copy list and said, “Today I read you.” Well, I never did read that book, but read Dounia and the Magic Seeds instead. I had no real intention of reading it. The cover art was cute, but was not “doing it” for me. I was sure Yvette Ghione was a lovely person, but that was not helping me get into it. But the day I looked at another book, yet clicking on Dounia, I knew it […]

This is a HORROR book for adults

The Ecstasy of Agony by James "Wrath" White

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I had been debating about finishing The Ecstasy of Agony by James “Wrath” White after the fifth or so story/chapter. I was reading it online and that was answered for me when my link expired. I have been working on it slowly for at least all of 2023 so far (if not started late 2022) so it did not surprise me I had timed out.   But the reason I was not too excited with it was that White’s book is a collection of horror works. […]

So this important magical guy gets amnesia, saves a slave (who’d fit in at a Furry convention), and has a few adventures along the way to finding the truth about himself

TwoKinds by Thomas Fischbach

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I saw the graphic novel series TwoKinds by Thomas Fischbach on the shelves of my bookstore. For a long time I wondered, “Do I / Don’t I?”  I was only planning to read volume one, but I liked it enough to go on. But I haven’t gotten to it yet, as I saw that volumes three and four are due late August 2023. But volume 5 is out. Yes, this is a thing. Long story short, don’t worry, it is also a webcomic (but I […]

Youtube and chickens

Chick Magnet by Emma Barry

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Amazon sucked me into buying Chick Magnet (2023) by Emma Barry. It’s rare that I buy a book (I am a very faithful library user)–but I can’t remember the last time I bought a random romance online. I’m not sure what prompted me, but it must have been cheap and looked fun and new. Nicole Jones, also known as “Chick Nic” is a Youtube influencer and star who focuses her Youtube channel on breeding chickens. Nic has hastily moved across the country to the small town where […]

A Witch’s Guide to Standing Up to Your Toxic Family: CBR 15 Bingo – Adulthood

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

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Mariel Spark has always been seen as a bit of a disapointment to her magical family. Born under a prophecy that she would become a powerful Witch, she never has seemed to master her magic. She only excels at plant and nature magic, but those skills are seen as not as important to the rest of the magical community. One night, while testing her skills, she accidentally summons a demon instead of a bag of flour. Ozoroth the Ruthless is a Bargaining Demon, which means […]



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