Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women

Ship It by Britta Lundin

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"Real writing" is done by serious people, whereas fanfiction is written by weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women.” This is a comics convention. When did this industry start caring about what fourteen-year-old girls like? Have you ever found a book that feels as if it was written just for … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

too light, too predictable, and also kind of too straight

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

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I'd been reading a lot of heavy stuff lately, so I decided to break up that rhythm with something a little on the lighter side. Cue the audiobook of the first installment of Elle Cosimano's new series, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. It's a pretty straightforward mistaken identity comedic romantic … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance, Suspense · Tags: ·

this book is just the best part of the best series

Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

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I can absolutely see why the series had to end with this book, and I can see why they adapted things they way they did, and I can see why the next books have a time skip forward. I really do understand, I am a reasonable mature adult. But. But but but. I just wanted more? MORE. Babylon's … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: , ·

Expanse run starts…now

Strange Dogs by James S.A. Corey

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And so starts the run of Expanse books after I finished watching the TV show. Having finished the books, I'll stick to my original premise that the correct order is TV show then books, and I'll fight anyone who disagrees. For this novella in particular, I'm not sure I'm particularly fond of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: , ·

Magic realism for the win

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

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I always think I should read more magic realism--it would probably be a great gateway drug for me to read more fiction (not that there is anything wrong with reading genres that give you joy! down the drab hegemony that insists you must only read boring Pretentious Literature that is impossible to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , ·

This is a Scalzi book, end of message

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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The Kaiju Preservation Society is intended to be 100% escapist, lightweight fun for the reader, and it certainly succeeds at that. I read the whole thing on my first plane flight since 2020, and it went down easy. The protagonist, Jamie Gray, is working as a food delivery driver in the early … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: ·


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