Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Friendship is magic

Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore by Robin Sloan

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Setting up a mystery is easy, you just present an amount of threads, leaving it to the reader to guess the pattern before, in the end, all the threads are woven neatly together. But this weaving is, of course, the hard part, because the reader has followed all the threads with you and guessed at so many more patterns than the actual book can hold. Mr. penumbra’s 24 hour bookstore was a book with plenty of interesting threads; an old bookstore, mysterious google-stuff, new tech, old stories, mysterious cults, and immortality. Yet the threads were too thin and in the […]

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10/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:31 |

Winter’s Champion and the Outcast Outcast

Beasts of Tabat by Cat Rambo

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The Beasts of Tabat by Cat Rambo (2017) – This fantasy tale is a nice, comfortable story with some great world-building and a shared billing with two heroes.  The world, northerly and cold, consists of Humans, Beasts, and Shifters.  Humans rule the land and Beasts, mythical creatures such as minotaurs, griffins, and mermaids, are slaves to the humans.  Shifters are shape-shifters and hunted by Humans and Beasts. Teo, our first hero, is a Shifter in a small village to the far north where his people pretend to be Humans.  It’s not too difficult for Teo because he’s a Shifter who […]

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10/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:35 |

Is a Western fantasy set in a Middle Eastern environment an Eastern?

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

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Amani Al-Hiza is poor orphan, raised by uncaring relatives in a small desert town where most inhabitants work in the local mine. She knows that if she doesn’t collect enough money to get out soon, she’ll end up as third wife to her unpleasant uncle, a fate she would rather die than accept. One night, she disguises herself as a boy and enters a shooting competition at the local watering hole, trying to win enough money to finally leave. She’s an excellent shot, and sure that she will win, until she meets the mysterious Jin and things escalate out of […]

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10/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:88 |

I expect another Hugo coming N.K. Jemisin’s way

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

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The Stone Sky is N.K. Jemisin’s stunning conclusion to “The Broken Earth” trilogy.  Books one: The Fifth Season and two: The Obelisk Gate both were awarded the Hugo Award and I expect that The Stone Sky will complete a hat trick for Jemisin by earning her a third Hugo. “The Broken Earth” trilogy examines familial bonds, both created by birth and those we choose to create.  They are a cautionary tale about what can happen when a society chooses to treat people as lesser and then takes away the humanity of the “lesser”.  Jemisin also gives warning of the potential catastrophe of exploiting the […]

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10/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

A Very British Armageddon

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

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A fabulous collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman in a very British, comedic take on The Omen, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve now read this book, always finding something new to laugh at. So when I found myself recuperating from a very nasty illness, there was no other choice for me as to who I should spend my reading time with – as well as it serving as a timely refresh and reminder now that a TV adaptation is in the works. Crowley (an Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards) and […]

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10/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:54 |

The one with the horror convention.

Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) by Jim Butcher

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Most of this book is muchly good, but I do have one substantial complaint. But more on that later. As I re-read this series, I continue to enjoy it much more than I did the first time through. I’m not going to rehash why (combo of knowing all the characters now and where they end up, along with catching things I didn’t the first time through). Just assume the same things I’ve said for books four through seven also apply here. Most of this book is spent with Harry adjusting to his new role as Warden of the White Council, […]

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9/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:88 |

Riordan, I’m probably going to quit you.

The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick Riordan

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There was a distinct moment about a third of the way through this book when I thought, I don’t think I’m going to read any more of Rick Riordan’s books; I don’t think they are for me anymore. After this series is over, I’m out. This was a sad thought to have. For the most part, I have really enjoyed reading Riordan’s demigods and monsters saga(s) since I picked up the first Percy Jackson book in 2009. But I am starting to feel exhausted by them, and no longer find them quite so charming. I retained this thought until halfway through […]

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9/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:82 |

It’s a love/hate relationship.

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

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Despite its numerous flaws, it seems I actually like this series quite a bit now. Sigh. A lot of the problems I had with this series are still there, but if I’m going to keep reading it, at some point I’m going to have to acknowledge that no one is holding a gun to my head and making me do that, and that some part of me is enjoying it enough to push past all the stuff that annoys me. At that point, it just seems hypocritical to spend the entire review moaning about what I don’t like when it’s […]

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9/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:81 |


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