Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A story chain starts with hot chocolate

Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama (Translated by E. Madison Shimoda)

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Having read 'What you are looking for is in the library' by the same author at the end of last year when I spotted this in a little independent book shop in the Lake District I immediately picked it up. This is the first book by Michiko Aoyama and is quite similar structurally to her other work. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

I didn’t even mention the gratuitous nudity

The Science of Ghosts by Lilah Sturges and El Garing

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The Science of Ghosts by Lilah Sturges and El Garing stars Doctor Joy Ravenna - a forensic parapsychologist, trans lesbian, and grantee. She also solves murder(s) for reasons that have to do with all of the above and funding may be the most important one. You can't do paranormal psychology without a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ·

Les Amis Des Chats

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

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How could I resist that title and that gorgeous cover?!? I couldn’t. I didn’t even try. Cats and magic, only the best for les amis des chats. Agnes runs a charity shelter finding forever homes for the street cats of 1920’s Montreal. Unfortunately a sorcerous duel on her street blasted a hole … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured · Tags: , , , ·

A Great Literary Love

Centennial Reflections by American Writers by Susan Shillinglaw, Ed.

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My father loves John Steinbeck and he passed that love down to me. Years ago, he and I went to the John Steinbeck festival at the Steinbeck Center in Salinas. While there, I bought Centennial Reflections by American Writers, edited by Susan Shillinglaw. This small book is a collection of writings by … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

At least the cover is pretty

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

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Damn … this book is going to be one of those The Last Jedi situations for me, I can already tell. In other words, I was disappointed with the novel/didn’t love it for my own story reasons but a lot of the people leaving negative reviews are doing it for ridiculous conservative reasons. It’s like, “I … [Read more]

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

In Which Grad School is Worse Than Hell

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

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I was mildly apprehensive about reading this because mixed audience reviews came out after I preordered it, but it was great. Kuang does character psychology very well, and that stood out more than anything else. Except for one chapter, the POV character is Alice, graduate student in Analytical … [Read more]

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


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