Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The past is never past

Beauty is a Wound: A Novel by Eka Kurniawan

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Cbr15bingo Asia & Oceania I have never before read a novel quite like Beauty is a Wound. It is a combination of history, myth, magic, spiritualism, violence and absurdity. Set in the fictional Indonesian town Halimunda, Beauty is a Wound is the story of three generations of a family and of Indonesia under Dutch colonialism, Japanese occupation, and the political strife that followed WWII. It is about the greed and selfishness that allows individuals and nations to dominate, use and abuse the objects of their […]

Imagine Glasgow, but Make It North America

Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley

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cbr15bingo North America Aubrey is the protagonist in this coming of age tale, set in the early ‘70s.  I was definitely getting Catcher in the Rye vibes, I have to admit.  The timing isn’t all that far off, only about a decade or so later, but the setting is a far grittier port city than New York ever was – Halifax, Nova Scotia. Aubrey and his friends wander through their high school years with probably more drugs and more female members of the pack but […]

“The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires”

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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4.5 stars #CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books I already own CBR15 Bingo: Violence 15-word-review: Princess Marra has to complete three impossible tasks to kill her brother-in-law. A quest follows. Longer review: Marra, the youngest princess in a small, rather insignificant kingdom, who has spent half of her life in a convent and so is almost, but very significantly not, a nun, has been set three impossible tasks by a dust-wife (a magic-wielding woman who can communicate with the dead). She must spin thread out of nettles […]

“Batgirl, Batgirl! Batgirl, Batgirl! Where do you come from, where do you go? What is your scene, baby, we just gotta know”

Batgirls Volume 2: Bat Girl Summer by Becky Cloonan

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The crew: by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Neil Googe (Artist), Robbi Rodriguez (Artist), Scott Godlewski (Inker), Wayne Faucher (Inker), Rico Renzi (Colorist), Becca Carey (Letterer) I have a habit of finding book or volume two in a series. This time I found Batgirls Volume 2: Bat Girl Summer. In my defense, I did not see volume two on it anyplace, just Bat Girl. And Batgirl on the cover. I was looking for something different from my usual graphic novels and while it is not high […]

A psychedelic sex romp

The Agency by Katie Skelly

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The Agency by Katie Skelly is porn. Torture porn. Sex porn. Women in power porn. Women as submissives porn. Gender is explored, sex is really explored (casual to really casual). If there was an opportunity to show a long-legged-half dressed or fully undressed woman, they took it. S&M means Sex & Me all the time. All the women are supposed to be physically beautiful but no one has ever met a calorie they did not ignore. You can tell if the carpets and drapes match, […]

Emily Rath writes some top-tier smut! CBR Bingo: Europe

Alcott Hall by Emily Rath

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Last year I read the first two books in her Regency-Era Second Sons trilogy, which focused on the sexy adventures of Miss Rosalie Harrow and her three men. This book shifted main characters, and we are now caught up in the troubles of Lady Madeline Blair. She has been out in society for three years and has still been unable to ensnare a husband. She has all but given up when she finds out that a dear Aunt left her entire estate to Madeline, with […]



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