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Narfna, thank you for reviewing Ace, the book I didn’t know I needed.

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About, Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

January 4, 2021 by Dome'Loki 23 Comments

During Cannonball Bingo, I read The Sound of Stars in which a character identifies as ace or maybe demi-ace. The use of ace as an identifier was unfamiliar to me and a google search later brought me to the definition of ‘ace’ being a shorthand for asexual. My initial thought was that was interesting as I hadn’t been familiar with the term but then ‘ace’ got tucked away. Then I read Narfna’s review and had the realization that asexuality was something I needed to look further […]

So much angst and pining and a big sabre-toothed snow cat (Double Cannonball!)

A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane

December 31, 2020 by Malin 2 Comments

Official book description (cause I haven’t finished the book yet): Danger lurks in the western realms. The Destroyer’s imminent return has sent the realms into turmoil as desperate citizens seek refuge—but there’s no safety to be found when demons and wraiths crawl out from the shadows. Even Koth, a northern island kingdom left untouched by the Destroyer a generation past, is besieged by terrors spawned from corrupt magics. When Lizzan leads the Kothan army against these terrors, only to see her soldiers massacred and to […]

The ones that I couldn’t finish (NOT my double Cannonball!)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Trelegemeproblemet (The Three-Body Problem) by Liu Cixin

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

American Demon by Kim Harrison

December 31, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Dear readers, I’m not going to lie, I’m racing against the clock to get all of my reviews finished in time for the CBR12 deadline (12 noon EST – or 6 pm Oslo time). I also need to finish 25% of the final novel I’m reviewing, co-parent my autocratic, demanding, and rather clingy almost-three-year-old, plan and prep a three-course New Year’s meal, and possibly do some last-minute shopping. No pressure, right? So when fellow Cannonballer Pixifer posted a review with all of her DNF’s for the year, […]

“My whole life is other people deciding what’s acceptable. When I put on a dress, I get to decide what’s silly.”

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

December 31, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

4.5 stars Official book description: Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances―one of only two people who know the […]

A really sweet and heart-warming comic about gay teens

Heartstopper, vol 1 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper, vol 2 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper, vol 3 by Alice Oseman

December 31, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Heartstopper, vol 1: 4.5 stars Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…? Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn’t been too great, but at least he’s not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He’s heard a little about Charlie – the kid who was […]

Talia Hibbert writes cute novellas too

Wrapped Up in You by Talia Hibbert

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Will and Abbie have known each other since they were children. Will and Abbie’s twin brother are best friends. It turns out that both Will and Abbie have been in love with each other since they were teens, but neither had the guts to tell the other. Will went off to become a big-time movie star in Hollywood, Abbie met and married someone else (and later went through a painful divorce with said someone). It’s been two years since they saw each other, as Abbie […]

Ellesfena on That Didn’t Really Happen.Yeah, before I finished volume 9 I fully intended to reread the whole series before volume 10 came out. Now I’m not sure I can....
narfna on “Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look like men, so that you’d never know which were which.”Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the one I think I might like more now especially. It was way too existential for me as a...
faintingviolet on That Didn’t Really Happen.I'm ALSO not over it (only 2 and a half years for me) and was hit with a tidal wave of not okay-ness earlier this...
Ellesfena on “Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look like men, so that you’d never know which were which.”This was always my second favorite as a kid (Voyage of the Dawn Treader was my fave), but I reread this a few years back...
LittlePlat on Penric and Desdemona, name a more iconic duoI loved this. A real proper, novel sized adventure for the two of them was exactly what I needed

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Narfna, thank you for reviewing Ace, the book I didn’t know I needed.

So much angst and pining and a big sabre-toothed snow cat (Double Cannonball!)

The ones that I couldn’t finish (NOT my double Cannonball!)

“My whole life is other people deciding what’s acceptable. When I put on a dress, I get to decide what’s silly.”

A really sweet and heart-warming comic about gay teens

Talia Hibbert writes cute novellas too

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