Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

If Patrick Rothfuss says so and it has talking cats, it must be good

The Aeronaut's Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher

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I have never read Jim Butcher before, and I’ve had mixed luck with things that Patrick Rothfuss recommends. I decided to take a chance with The Aeronaut’s Windlass, and I liked a lot about this book. It has a good story, an interesting world, some relatable characters, and the possibility to be a really good fantasy series. But the more I think about it, the more I start seeing a lot of little problems that add up. The general narrative is action-based, with political intrigue, the threat of monsters, a somewhat mysterious supernatural-ish evil force behind it all, a villainess […]

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5/28/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:39 |

“I would really like to know”, he said with genuine curiosity. “The next time I kill someone, I’d like to do it in a way that doesn’t freak you out.”

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

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4.5 stars This book originally came out back in 2014, but was re-released earlier this year, after the two planned sequels took longer to produce than planned. The second book in the trilogy will now be out at the end of May, while the third and final book comes out in July. I’m giddy with anticipation and have already pre-ordered the sequels. My first review of the book can be found here. Spoiler warning! This review will mainly deal with my thoughts of re-reading it, and where I hope the authors will take the series in upcoming books. So if you […]

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5/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

For a legendary assassin, she spends a whole lot of time NOT killing people

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

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3.5 stars I put off reading this for the longest time, mainly because I figured I’d have to go back and read the first one, Throne of Glass, again to remember what happened, what with having read that way back in early 2013. But then the lovely Narfna tipped me off about this website, which allowed me to quickly recap all the stuff I only vaguely remembered, and I no longer had an excuse not to read it and it fit into my Monthly Keyword Challenge for April. Oh yeah, this is book 2 in a series. It doesn’t really […]

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5/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:41 |

Michael Crichton-lite; or, Michael Crichton without being so messagey

Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

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I have a weird fascination with locked in characters facing unimaginable horrors. This is probably why I love zombie movies so much. The battle of Helms Deep in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is my favorite part of the whole trilogy. You put a bunch of people in a structure planted firmly in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean? Yeah, I’m on board. Sphere was always my favorite Michael Crichton book for this reason, probably. Deep Storm is just such a story (though, more Sphere than The Two Towers). Deep beneath the ocean in the north […]

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4/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:30 |

Crichton falls a little flat

Prey by Michael Crichton

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I think I read most of Crichton’s works one summer (I was hugely pregnant with twins and mostly bedridden.)  There’s a lot of great stories in the man.  However, I must have missed this one (perhaps it is newer than 2006? Yep, 2008) and honestly, I’m not so thrilled with the fact that I “went back” for this.  It’s no Timeline or Andromeda Strain.  It’s kind of close in sphere to Jurassic Park, but it lacks the humanizing qualities.  This is a story of man versus machine, and it’s wholly unsatisfying.  There’s not a real hero, and the “real villain” […]

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3/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:5 |

7 Princes- Really 6- Indiana Jones style

The Seven Princes of the Thousand Year Labyrinth vol.1 by Atori Haruno and Aikawa Yu

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The Seven Princes of the Thousand Year Labyrinth looks like an entertaining fantasy-mystery series. The basic premise is that seven different attractive young men wake or end up in the Castle-of-the Thousand-Year-Labyrinth. They are candidates to be the next emperor, since hereditary monarchy was outlawed centuries ago, and they can’t leave the castle until they decide among themselves who will be the next emperor; everyone else becomes the ruler’s new advisors.. Ewan is the main character and he looks like a naïve country boy, while the rest are public famous figures including a mater thief (Titus), a master detective (Messiah), […]

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3/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:17 |

Just as good as I remembered!

The Protector of the Small Quartet: First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

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So, my library was having a new front door installed, so everyone had to temporarily enter through the basement door, which is where the bargain sale books are.  So, despite having *two* stacks of unread books at home, I bought some.  One of them was Tamora Pierce’s First Test, which takes place in the “medieval and fantastic realm of Tortall.”  I loved these books when I was younger, so I forked over my $0.25 for a bit of nostalgia.  The King’s Champion Alanna the Lioness is in here, and handsome King Jonathan, and magic and knights and Immortal creatures and […]

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3/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:9 |

A historical romance with hieroglyphs, adventure and a mongoose named Marigold

Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase

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Rupert Carsington is the fourth son of the Earl of Hargate and has been sent to Egypt to get out of the way of all the calamities he’s been able to get tangled in at home in England and on the continent. He finds himself locked up in a dungeon jail after seeing a bunch of soldiers beat up a beggar in the street and deciding to defend the man, beating up a horde of soldiers as a result. His bail is paid by Mrs Daphne Pembroke, a widow searching for her missing brother. Daphne Pembroke may still be wearing […]

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3/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:19 |

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