Cannonball Read 18

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Facing the Dark

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

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The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag A lot is going on in this book. It is not easy, not even smooth. Things go up and down and around. There is commentary on life, love, family, friends and self. But to talk about it means telling you the whole book, which you need to experience yourself. Ages at least 14 and up, very mature themes and several potential trigger situations. The flow of the book is quick, but sometimes that makes a mess. I had […]

Part 8

My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Book 36: My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator) Rough Review: 5 stars. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book. AND SPOILERS NO TIME TO REDACT. The first 70 pages or so were perfect. Just quirky and heartfelt and true, and SO funny, these sensitive, awkward little weirdos with too many feelings, lucky enough to find their people, for however brief a time. I thought there was no way he could keep it up for 400+ pages, and if he did, I would […]

This Was A Ride

The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves & China Mieville

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This is the only book I managed to write a thumbnail review of in 2025!  I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that Mr GirlWhoGotOverIt is going to love this, when it inevitably gets turned into a streaming series. I came into this without having read any of the Brzrkr  graphic novels that inspired it, but with a familiarity with China Mieville’s work.  As such, I’m kind of having a giggle a the Amazon reviews that say “don’t read this without a thesaurus.”  […]

August kfishgirl was way more functional and optimistic than December kfishgirl

A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis

A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis

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I received an ARC copy of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequences back in August. I was so young and full of optimism then. I immediately downloaded the ebook and the first book in the series (A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience) and then promptly forgot about them both. MsWas kindly reminded me about my ARC and that I was supposed to do a CBR review of the book in November. Now here I am the day before CBR 17 closes getting in my review! Last year […]

“there’s a limit to how much sentiment a large therapod can really hang on to.”

One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Tchaikovsky is, at this point, one of my favourite authors. His writing is so sharp, witty, philosophical, and pessimistically hopeful for the future, and this novella is no exception. Although it is, I think, perhaps a bit more pessimistic than hopeful. Plot: Our hero is a veteran and only survivor of the Causality War. The last war to end all wars (for real this time). And he has one job, to stop humanity from ruining everything that ever was, again. The only way to do […]

“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.”

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Murderbot, a beloved science fiction series, is now finally available at my local public library. So obviously, I started reading it and yes it makes perfect sense why everyone loves it so much. Plot: Our hero is a part mechanical, part organic machine owned by a company that leases it out as part of overpriced security packages for corporations interested in planetary surveying activities. They have no name, but have taken on the moniker of Murderbot, at least in their own head (motherboard?). They are […]



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