Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Interesting Concept, Would Have Loved Even More

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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If you're in the mood for a YA portal fantasy with ace and trans rep, this might be for you. Although to be fair, it's maybe more portal-adjacent because we don't actively spend time in those other words. In this first book in the Wayward Children series, we learn that Eleanor West's Home for … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: , , ·

Battle Angel

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

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After a battle, an American WWI unit is perturbed by an awful shrieking coming from the middle of the field. The commander sends five of his most expendable soldiers out to "take care" of the problem, which they all understand means they are to go find the dying soldier and put him out of his … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Your Confederate Sympathies May Vary

The Outlaw Hearts by Rebecca Brandewyne

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When schoolteacher Jenny Colter takes the train into the little Ozarks town of Tumbling Creek, she's hoping to leave behind the violence which destroyed her family in post-Civil War Atlanta. But when she catches sight of the uncovered face of Luke Morgan when he's robbing the train, he's determined … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Current events done fun

Space Chasers V01 by Leland Melvin, Joe Caramagna, and Alison Acton

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The graphic novel Space Chasers V01 by Leland Melvin, Joe Caramagna, and Alison Acton (illustrator) is probably one of the most unbelievable books I have recently read. Oh sure, ages strong 8 and 9 to aged 13 readers are going to LOVE it, because it is about kids and the cool thing they get to do: … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:96 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

“We consider it cruel,” Maia said. “And we do not think that cruelty is ever just.”

The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth #1) by Katherine Addison

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It was the first time in his life Maia had been surrounded by people who were like him instead of only snow-white elves with their pale eyes, and he missed several names in the effort not to faint or hyperventilate or burst into tears. ― Katherine Addison, The Goblin Emperor The memories of a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Molka by Monika Kim

Molka by Monika Kim

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: The author gives a very good trigger warning at the start of Molka and it includes voyeurism, misogyny, violence, murder, body horror, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:33 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , ·


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