Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

And this is how the end begins

Countdown by Mira Grant

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This is one of many novellas that Mira Grant (also known as Seanan McGuire) has written to flesh out her Newsflesh trilogy – or her version of a zombie apocalypse. As a result, I would definitely not recommend this as the entry point even though this is chronologically first and goes back to the very beginning, explaining the circumstances that led to the beginning of The Rising. She had already introduced these ideas in the main trilogy but here goes into the details, introduces the […]

In the Shadow of Spindrift House

In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant

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Seanan Maguire tends to write her most experimental stuff as Mira Grant. It just so happens that these are my favorites of her books (notable exception: the Every Heart a Doorway series). In the Shadow of Spindrift House is Lovecraftian to an extreme degree, blending elements of Shadow Over Innsmouth and the Rats in the Walls (minus of course the most racist name for a cat ever ashamedly put to pen) to produce familiar themes, blended with the fun of Scooby Doo and the threat […]

Kingdom of Needle and Bone- THAT’S the Mira Grant I know and love!

Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant

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We live in an age of wonders. Modern medicine has conquered or contained many of the diseases that used to carry children away before their time, reducing mortality and improving health. Vaccination and treatment are widely available, not held in reserve for the chosen few. There are still monsters left to fight, but the old ones, the simple ones, trouble us no more. Or so we thought. For with the reduction in danger comes the erosion of memory, as pandemics fade from memory into story […]

Symbiont- Eh?

Symbiont by Mira Grant

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The SymboGen-designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world’s population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped. This was….okay I guess? Sal is being held captive by […]

Parasite- Interesting concept, slow execution

Parasite by Mira Grant

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A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite – a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system – even secretes designer drugs. It’s been successful beyond the scientists’ wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them. But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . […]

Blackout- The final book in this slog

Blackout by Mira Grant

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The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising. The year was 2039. The world didn’t end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation. They uncovered the biggest conspiracy since the Rising and realized that to tell the truth, sacrifices have to be made. Now, the year is 2041, and the […]



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