Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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CBR BINGO: One—R.I.P. Tree

The Killing of a Chestnut Tree (Havelock Harper Mysteries, #1) by Oliver K. Langmead

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I went to see John Green speak on his tour for Hollywood, Ending last Thursday, and at one point point in his talk, he said there are two types of people as you hit fifty years old: you either turn into a tree person or a bird person. I believe that I am turning into a tree person (I’ve read too much Tolkien, I think). So this is […]

“If fate is a bunch of strings, then I’ll carry scissors. My choices are my own. I’ll make them as I please.”

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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When Shiori’s stepmother curses her brothers to turn into cranes and exiles Shiori into the distant north, she’s determined to save them no matter how difficult the method. But it turns out that the truth of her mission might be more complicated than she thought. I love “The Six Swans,” the fairytale which this story is based off of – it’s such a unique and adventurous story. So I have had this book on my TBR for a very long time. Lim does a great […]

Daggerbound: Good thing this isn’t my type of book. Otherwise this might be dangerous.

Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher

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Daggerbound is the second book in the Swordheart Trilogy and either the 4th or the 6th in the World of the White Rat series depending on if you’re counting chronologically or by publish date.  In this book we acc0mpany Learned Edmund, yes, that Learned Edmund, and The Dervish, a man who has been sealed away in a magic sword for hundreds of years. Learned Edmund has decided he’s done with the misogynists who follow his god, and once he completes this one last job he […]

Frankenstein but Golem

Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

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I’ve been a fan of Frankenstein since I read it for school and love seeing different adaptations and interpretations. Learning of a Jewish golem interpretation, I knew I needed to get my hands on it, and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read Odessa. In many ways this is a tragic story, but in the end it’s full of hope and love. I loved getting Mordechai, Frieda, and Yetta’s perspectives, because even though they’re one family living in the city of Odessa in […]

The Persistence of Memory and of Vengeance

Assassin’s Fate: The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy Book 3 by Robin Hobb

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Welp, I’ve completed my Hobb-a-thon, the entire 16-volume Realm of the Elderlings series, and Assassin’s Fate was, of course, a beautiful and bittersweet ending to this epic story. I knew that there were going to be tragedies, heroism, and possibly deaths of beloved characters. But even when you know it’s coming, when you know who is going to die (maybe even why and how), somehow Hobb delivers it in such a way that you are completely gutted. You weren’t as ready as you thought. Hobb […]

Let’s Take a Hammer To It.

Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone

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No one can write a multi-character pile up the same way Max Gladstone does.  Back in 2024, I reviewed the second book in his Craft Wars series, Wicked Problems, which marked the start of the Craft World’s Infinity War Moment. Nearly every man woman and dog (or snake) that we had crossed paths with previously all managed to cross paths with each other. And it was quite explosive. Dead Hand Rule is the direct continuation of the events of Wicked Problems. All the great powers […]



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