Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“He was one barely powered magician with nothing but a tendency to let books replace people in his life.”

A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) by Freya Marske

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This is, what, like, the tenth book this year I have not wanted to review because I liked it too much? I hate that. Plus also I read it almost two months ago so the details of what I wanted to say about it have escaped me. Mostly, I really, really liked it! This book takes place in a world where … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:120 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Long Form Articles Brought Together

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

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Best for: People looking for some quality long-form writing about some interesting and disturbing characters. In a nutshell: Keefe brings together essays he’s written for magazines over the past decade or so. Worth quoting: N/A - Audio book Why I chose it: Loved his past two books - … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Magic is just a plot point for a passionate romance

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

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BINGO - HEART Vivienne knows better than to mix vodka and witchcraft. She does. But when her cousin recommends a harmless bit of non-magic to curse Rhys, the man who breaks her heart after a wild and passionate summer, she can't resist. Though she and her cousin Gwen are real witches, they're … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , ·

An impulse buy that I’m really happy I picked up

We Kill Monsters: Vol 1 by Christopher Leone, Laura Harkcom

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BINGO - MONSTER Brothers Andrew and Jake are barely scraping by running their dad's old auto-body shop. Andrew too is trying to mend his broken heart that he was left with after local bartender Vanessa dumped him. Unfortunately Vanessa has already moved on to Dennis, the Vice President of a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , ·

Nettle & Bone

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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This is only the second offering I have read by T. Kingfisher. I was blown away by "What Moves the Dead" so wanted to read a longer work. Definitely happy that I did. I would only say the only thing that was an issue was how slow the first part of the book was when reading. It got much better. But … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:164 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: , ·

The Dying Grass

The Dying Grass by William Vollmann

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I have no real idea what to say about a book like this. It's an experience, that's for sure. If you've read any of the other Seven Dreams books by William Vollmann you can probably guess some of the things that go in this one. Usually there's a storyteller figure, here called William the Blind, who … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:442 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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