Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A charming and amusing romp that greatly entertained me, even though I couldn’t care less about birds, and actually sort of fear them

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton

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Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Only one bed (and horse) CBR16 Bingo: And also… (Repeat of the Bananas square, because this book fits the bill) Beth Pickering is the youngest professor of ornithology at Oxford, and she needs to really impress the faculty if she is to get tenure. She works with wealthy widow Hippolyta Quirm to try to locate and capture rare (and usually dangerous) birds. Just as they are about to capture the coveted deathwhistler, a rival ornithologist, the dashing young Professor Devon Lockley […]

The Power of a Beautiful Woman Against a Kingdom

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

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Before starting A Song to Drown Rivers, I wasn’t familiar with the Four Great Beauties of China beyond a vague recollection of the phrase. As I started, I did a quick google of Xishi and her story, which has two possible endings – one where the king she served has her assassinated for fear the skills she used to topple the Wu kingdom may be turned on him, and another where she and Fanli are able to live out in freedom and happiness. The execution […]

An Interesting Middle to a Trilogy

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

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In the aftermath of Mortmain’s attack on the Institute, Tessa and her allies find themselves in a race to find him before factions within the Clave remove Charlotte and Henry as Heads of the Institute.  However, even as they learn more about both Mortmain his plans, he appears to be one step ahead of them, and attacks from within threaten their attempts to stop him.  If they wish to defeat their enemy, first they must figure out who has betrayed them. Once again, I think […]

An Interesting Addition to Vampire Canon

This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings

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This was a highly anticipated release between the premise and the setting, but after finishing it I’m sitting here unsure how I feel about it. Layla Quinn and Elise Saint were best friends until several years ago with Layla’s parents were killed and she was turned into a reaper. She especially blames the Saints and most especially Elise, because Elise betrayed her trust by telling her father, Tobias Saint, about Layla’s parents’ plan to help the reapers and meet with the Harlem clan. Because of […]

My favourite book growing up

Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia the Robber's Daughter) by Astrid Lindgren

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CBR16 Sweet Books: Cozy (this was my absolutely most favourite book as a child) Nowhere Books Bingo: Has been adapted into a movie or a TV show CBR16 Bingo: Horses (the back cover has a picture of the horses that Ronja and Birk tame during their stay in the forest) Ronja is the only daughter of the chief of a robber band. She’s born during a particularly stormy night when a lightning strike creates a giant gorge in the stone fortress where she grows up. […]

I Might Be a Little Jaded About YA

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

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Tessa Gray has traveled to London from New York at the behest of her brother who, now that their aunt has died, is her only living relative.  But immediately upon arrival, Tessa is taken by the Dark Sisters who claim that her brother has sent them.  Forced to hone a magical talent that she had no idea she possessed for some mysterious purpose, Tessa is glad for a rescue from a young man who is a Shadowhunter.  However, Tessa now finds herself caught up in […]



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