Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Family secrets and a ghost story

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

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I do love the tagline- She was trouble, so is her ghost. First book of the year (well first review), first CBR Passport book (book about another country).  This was a book that i suggested for my IRL book club (because i already owned it), so the review considers their responses as well. While I … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Book Club, Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

“Don’t limit your dreams, that’s what the school Careers Adviser said. Within reason.”

D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber

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A fantasy novel about words and friendship that Neil Gaiman finds glorious? How could this go wrong? I was so excited to read this book, about what might happen when the letter D slowly starts disappearing from the world and only one young girl, Dhikilo Saxardiid Samawada Bentley, seems to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured · Tags: ·

“every death is significant, even when every life appears not to be”

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

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I am exhausted: extremely jet-lagged and just submitted materials for my first major deadline of 2023. So what better to do than to review the last book I read in 2022 (finished at approximately 9:30 PM on New Year's Eve, yes I know how to party), the Booker Prize-winning The Seven Moons of Maali … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , ·

A Chorus of Dragons, Series Review

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons

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How epic do you like your fantasy? Do you need world-ending battles between gods and demons? Do you love dragons and wizards? Vampires and zombies and shapeshifters? Magic swords and magic stones? How about pirates and kraken? Maybe some political intrigue and betrayal?? Well, buddy, have I got the … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Be Yourself, they will come

Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan

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It was “read this picture book today” day. And that book was Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan. The story is simple enough, with a large dragon, who goes by the name of Ted, being our main man, er dragon. They love their home, and all the wonderful things they can do in it. But they would also like to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:280 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

The Queer Family Stone

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

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This is a bit of a delayed Christmas romcom review, both due to the large hold list for it through the Twin Cities-area Libby library and because I utterly fell down on actually reviewing books for CBR 14. Ellie Oliver is a failed animation artist turned webcomic writer and barista. She's stuck … [Read more]

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