Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“Except, in this fairy tale, the maiden has blood on her hands.”

One Dark Window: Book One of the Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig

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“There once was a girl clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a king - a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same...The girl, the King...and the monster they … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , ·

A strange book that went too long

The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

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Note: I read this book in English, but I thought this (Russian?) cover was cool. So I swear I read this book because somewhere it was recommended as an interesting take on climate change, but it wasn't actually about climate change. I borrowed the ebook from the library, so I can't go back and … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

A prime example of how a poor narrator can almost ruin a book

Phantasma (Wicked Games #1) by Kaylie Smith

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As you can probably tell from the title of my review, I listened to this as an audiobook. I didn't fully dislike the book, but the narrator's portrayal of the main character had me annoyed. Ophelia is a budding necromancer, and she's reeling from the sudden death of her mother. She has to basically … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

The Dead Room by Catriona McPherson

The Dead Room by Catriona McPherson

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  Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Not too much to say here except I almost DNFed this one like 4 times. Nothing happens for a good portion of this book until the 70 percent mark. And even then it had me going what is going on … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , ·

KKK Demon Hunters

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

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Ring Shout is set in 1915 Georgia, where Maryse Boudreaux and her friends Chef and Sadie work as bootleggers by day, and demon hunters by night. But unlike their K-pop counterparts, this trio of demon hunters is after Ku Kluxes: terrifying, pointy-headed monsters that fill the ranks of the KKK … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: ·

They go into the woods and do what?

An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr

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In the lives of these two young people there was no middle distance. The result was bound to be either love or hate, and in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Bodman it was hate of the most bitter and arrogant kind. ― Robert Barr, An Alpine Divorce The term "Alpine Divorce" came to my attention a few weeks … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Featured, Short Stories · Tags: , , , , , , ·


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