Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Some novellas as a little treat

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

by 1 Comment

CBR Bingo: Repair – In Automatic Noodle, the characters not only literally work to repair themselves and each other because they are robots who need repair after a few months of being shut down, but they also work to repair the reputation of their restaurant so they can grow it into a thriving establishment. CBR Bingo: Refuge – In Nine Goblins, Sings-To-Trees has created a refuge where magical and non-magical creatures alike can come for help. Automatic Noodle Automatic Noodle takes places in the not-too-distant […]

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

by 1 Comment

Back in 2022 I read and loved A Psalm for the Wild-Built and its companion book Prayer for the Crown-Shy so when I came across the Read Harder task this year to read a novel where a character uses they/them pronouns I immediately took the excuse to add a re-read of these Becky Chambers books to my annual to do list. I normally don’t use re-reads for Read Harder challenges, but because my soul has been crying out for a good cathartic cry with Sibling Dex and Mosscap I decided that it was okay this time.   […]

Infinite Shelf Life

A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L Peck

by Leave a Comment

The irony that a story like this would be told in such a tight novella format is not lost on me, and it’s one of the many features that made me chuckle uncomfortably throughout. A Short Stay in Hell follows Soren, a recently deceased man who discovers, to his great misfortune, that he picked the wrong religion. He’s been a devout Mormon all his life (like the author himself), but it turns out the correct faith was actually Zoroastrianism. Tough luck, Soren. Fortunately, or perhaps […]

Can’t wait to see how this connects to The Mercy of the Gods

Livesuit by James S.A. Corey

by 1 Comment

I never got into the show The Expanse though I was curious from the buzz and the set pictures. I think I watched two episodes and it just didn’t quite get my attention. I tried the first book that the Prime show is based on, and while it was fine, I also wasn’t in a rush to get back to it, and now it’s been so long, I don’t think I could even pick the series up without a reread. And yet, I wanted to […]

A Slight Disappointment and a Solid Continuation

Startup Hell by Caitlin Rozakis

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

by Leave a Comment

Startup Hell This was a fun urban romantasy that satirizes office culture. Main character Morgan is working for Zabloom, a company whose CEO keeps changing what their product is. When her boss dies while summoning demon Lucareoth (Luke) to make a soul-exchange Deal, Lucareoth ends up freed from his salt circle and Morgan agrees to help him get home before he gets in trouble with his own boss. Things do not go as planned, and they end up needing to try to make a Deal […]

Tadek and the Princess (Mahisti Dynasty #1.5) by Alexandra Rowland

by Leave a Comment

This novella is the sequel to A Taste of Gold and Iron, and takes place immediately following the events of the first book. It is told from Tadek’s perspective and switches between his present role as friend, confidant, and personal armsman to Kadou, and his backstory of growing up in the slums of Arrast. The immediate threat of the attempted coup has passed, and Tadek accompanies Kadou and Evemer to a royal estate far from the capitol. Away from prying eyes, Kadou and Evemer can […]

https://cannonballread.com/2026/05/tadek-and-the-princess-mahisti-dynasty-1-5-carmelpie/



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo