Cannonball Read 18

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A Heist with Heart (and a Few Souls)

The Frame-up by Gwenda Bond

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This chocolate-and-peanut butter book is either a romance with a heist in it, or a heist with a romance wrapped around it. I’m leaning towards the latter, for pedantic reasons, but regardless of your perspective, if you like romance and/or heists, you’ll find this very charming, literally AND figuratively, because this is a magical heist. “Stealing Francesco’s Tears [Gorgeous Clown Take]” by Marc-Anthony Macon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 . Dani grew up as part of a magical family of thieves, run by her mother, […]

Are you ready to think about tomorrow?” he asked.

The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond

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I do love a heist, and Gwenda Bond’s The Frame-Up is a good story wrapped around a heist. I think it’s a standalone, but I would not say no to more of this crew doing their version of a heist with magic in the future. Dani Poissant has been working solo in the decade since she turned her art thief mother in to the FBI. She’s a Robin Hood style grifter – targeting bad people, taking their money, and giving a big chunk of it to […]

This book is begging to be a TV show, or graphic novel

Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond

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Every once in a while, I come across a book that begs, BEGS, to be a tv series, or a graphic novel. Gwenda Bond’s Mr. & Mrs. Witch would translate so well into a visual medium. I keep throwing in graphic novel as an option, because some of the more fantastical elements would need very good special effects. I would love to see Mother Circe’s cabin on chicken legs, the witches flying on brooms, and the familiars shifting forms. The book opens on Savvy and Griffin’s wedding […]

Before Eleven

Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond

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CBR11Bingo – And So it Begins (First Stranger Things Novel) This is a kind of book I would not normally read. Usually I’d assume that a tie-in novel to a popular TV series would just be a cash grab and not worth my time, especially if I knew going in that would feature very few of the characters from the show and, being a prequel, had some pretty strong limitations on where the plot could go. And yet, because of my affection for Stranger Things […]

This is me quitting this series.

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Unless something changes and I hear the next book is great, I don’t think I will be reading any more books in this series, or by this author. Not for me. And this PAINS ME GREATLY. I love Superman. I love Lois & Clark. I love Lois Lane. I don’t know if the novelty has just worn off for me and her style has always been this way, or if I’ve changed, or if she really has lost steam, but I’m just not feeling this […]

Veronica Mars + Lois Lane = Bliss.

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Gwenda Bond’s Fallout is a wonderful mishmash of things that I love. First – the characters. Bond understands the characters of Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and that annoying itch to do the right thing, even if it’s not safe or convenient. The setting, high school, provides appropriate stakes for Lois’ origin story. She risks a lot to do good. It may not be the end of the world if she fails in her mission in the book, but there are real consequences. Finally, it was a fun […]



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