Cannonball Read 18

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A challenging start to a wonderful series

Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R Donaldson

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I had something pop up in my Google feed that referenced the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, a series that had a huge impact on me as a teenager, and decided to re-read the entire series (including the Last Chronicles, which I have never read), starting with the first book in the series Lord Foul’s Bane. The first book in a series is often the weakest, as it takes time to set up the characters, the motivation and to build the world. This is no exception. […]

A Heist with Heart (and a Few Souls)

The Frame-up by Gwenda Bond

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This chocolate-and-peanut butter book is either a romance with a heist in it, or a heist with a romance wrapped around it. I’m leaning towards the latter, for pedantic reasons, but regardless of your perspective, if you like romance and/or heists, you’ll find this very charming, literally AND figuratively, because this is a magical heist. “Stealing Francesco’s Tears [Gorgeous Clown Take]” by Marc-Anthony Macon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 . Dani grew up as part of a magical family of thieves, run by her mother, […]

Adult Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (probably with the lights on)

Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis

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With the exception of two stories, overall things are relatively tame for a Horror Book. However, there are places where it can be a little icky or gross. The psychological elements of thriller can be a bit of a trigger (monsters, supernatural) but Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis is best for mature teens and adults so do not let sensitive readers get their hands on it. Oddly enough, despite (or because and I am getting really odd in my old age) this […]

The Road to Hell

The Long Walk by Stephen King

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Cliff Young, a 61-year old sheep farmer, won the first ever Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon in 1983. He did it by running slowly but most effectively and by sleeping only for two hours during the first night when his competition slept for six hours. Eventually, he skipped sleeping altogether. He won the race by a landslide and also set a new record. His stamina was forged in the 1930s when he run for days finding and gathering sheep in the Australian wilderness. Effectively, he had […]

“When guests visit the shop and look at the pets we offer, they often see them as someone that, in a deep corner of their heart, they desperately yearn to see.”

Petshop of Horrors: Collectors's Edition (Volume 4) by Matsuri Akino

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This is the fourth volume of the Petshop of Horrors collectors edition, which I’m very happy to be re-collecting since for some mysterious reason I got rid of my Tokyopop editions at some point. When and why, I don’t know. Seven Seas has been doing a nice job putting these out in a nice large format and including the extras in the back (which were a bit thin this volume, but maybe that’s how they were originally? Some brief backstory to the chapters, a note from […]

Talking Donuts Explode

The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

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Dungeon Crawl Carl is still going pretty strong in book 4. Carl, along with Donut, and a few others are on floor 5, which seemingly requires a bit of teamwork or at least coordination between groups. It really takes a while for the story to get going, maybe a little too much time doing some scene setting that just doesn’t seem that necessary. The probably haunted buried temple thing likewise has some good potential that really doesn’t get developed. The flying gnomes and the camel […]



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