Cannonball Read 18

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Sapphic golem fantasy debut

The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

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The Maiden and Her Monster fulfills the “diaspora” square for CBR17 Bingo. As soon as I learned of The Maiden and Her Monster, I knew I needed to read it. I love explorations of Jewish experiences and especially love different ways the golem story can be reimagined. Set in a Medieval Prague inspired setting, The Maiden and Her Monster follows Malka as she ventures into a cursed forest that has been killing the girls of her village so she can free her imma from the Church’s idea […]

1 review plus 3 books equals one awesome series

Gina and the Last City on Earth (Hilo #9) by Judd Winick

Rise of the Cat (Hilo #10) by Judd Winick

The Great Space Iguana (Hilo #11) by Judd Winick

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When I picked up my first Hilo graphic novel by Judd Winick I was unaware of his reality show past. He was one of the first people in The Real World. He started the insanity, so to speak. However, I’ve never seen that show nor hold his past against him, as the future is bright with this series. Books one to eight have been a treat. Some were great, some so-so and maybe one or two were “Well, get on with it! How do they […]

The One Where the Gang Heads to Scotland

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

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I zipped through the Rivers of London series last summer and loved it. Then while browsing through the library I found the newest book 10! A very merry un-birthday to me! Our old friend Peter Grant is no longer the wide-eyed little copper we first met. He’s grown into the Starling, an apprentice of the Nightingale but definitely a power in his own right. He’s still with his lovely wife, the river Beverly, and with the two year time jump since the last novel the […]

“So much of her life had been about escaping, in dreams and books and out of windows, that she didn’t quite know how to stay.”

The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton

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Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Monochrome CBR17 Bingo: Green (A book with a green cover) Official plot summary, because I finished the book in early April, and perimenopause is doing my powers of recall no favours: Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her—except her own personal disaster, that Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. Gabriel is also an expert in magic disasters. And nothing fazes him either—except the walking, […]

Book two times three

Rema Chronicles V02 Kingdom of Water: A Graphic Novel by Amy Kim

Grand Slam Romance V02: Major League Hotties by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous

Double Booking V02 When and Where Wolf by Pangburn,, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris

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Sequels are always an interesting read. They can  be the best book in the group or the worst. They can also be so much later than book one that you forget everything about what happened before.  And that last one is what happened to Kingdom of Water: A Graphic Novel (the Rema Chronicles #2) by Amy Kim. I started reading (via an online reader, due August 2025) and said, “Who are these people again?” Therefore, read volumes one and two close together. Spoiler: There will […]

“Love is like a good cup of coffee: strong, warm, and comforting”

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee

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When Brenda’s internet quits on her just as an important scholarship deadline approaches (UCLA here we come! *fingers crossed*), her only recourse is the library. When that fails, she’s lucky enough to stumble into a local coffeeshop, replete with both wifi and Kat. Brenda falls for cool, confident, attractive Kat, who seems to actually want to listen to Brenda’s 19-step plan to save the world through the power of science and scholastic volunteer work. Meanwhile, Kat thinks Brenda is everything she didn’t know she needed; […]



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