Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

The one with the horror convention.

Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) by Jim Butcher

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Most of this book is muchly good, but I do have one substantial complaint. But more on that later. As I re-read this series, I continue to enjoy it much more than I did the first time through. I’m not going to rehash why (combo of knowing all the characters now and where they end up, along with catching things I didn’t the first time through). Just assume the same things I’ve said for books four through seven also apply here. Most of this book is spent with Harry adjusting to his new role as Warden of the White Council, […]

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9/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:88 |

Polka will never die.

Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7) by Jim Butcher

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So I never actually wrote a real review of this book the first time I read it. It was the end of the year, and I just half-assed something over on Goodreads, and didn’t even post anything at all on the CBR blog (it was my first Cannonball, I believe, CBR4). I just wanted to read it and enjoy it and then be done with it. But seeing as how this is the first truly wonderful book in the series (and don’t even argue with me about this), it really does deserve a full considered review. This is very nearly a perfect […]

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8/29/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:61 |

Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast

Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

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Wild Ride was my least favorite Jennifer Crusie romance until I realized it is not a romance. I read this when it was first released in 2010. I picked it up again a couple of weeks ago because I couldn’t remember much about it other than it wasn’t a great romance, and one other thing I’ll discuss later in the review. Crusie and Bob Mayer co-wrote three romance-adventures/adventure-romances, Don’t Look Down, Agnes and the Hitman, and Wild Ride. They made for an interesting writing pair, but this is the weakest of their collaborations. All of the main characters are great, but […]

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7/3/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:62 |

“Why is some accident of uncontrolled neurochemistry the ‘real me,’ and a carefully reasoned system of priorities somehow false?”

Borderline (The Arcadia Project #1) by Mishell Baker

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Borderline is a sharp urban fantasy book with a new take on the “fairies walk among us” trope. It stands out, in part, for its unusual protagonist (more on that later) but also achieves above-average marks for its balance of fresh world-building with a well-paced plot. Leaning too hard on one or the other can result either in a story that drags under the weight of excessive detail, or an ill-defined, unprincipled universe where anything goes with the plot because anything can be magicked to do anything. Borderline establishes ground rules and doesn’t overreach with its fantasy trappings, relying on […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

It’s time to go to war

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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Spoiler warning! This review is going to contain spoilers for earlier books in the series, and possibly some mild ones for the content of this book too. If you’re not caught up, you probably want to skip this review for now. Come back when you’ve read the books, they’re worth your time if you like action-packed fantasy. The beginning of this book finds Fayre back at the Spring court, after Tamlin made a bargain with the the High King and had her bond with Rhysand broken. What only a select few know, is that Fayre is now High Lady of […]

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6/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:56 |

To the stars who listen – and the dreams that are answered

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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Spoiler warning! This is book 2 in a series, and it’s impossible for me to review this book without giving some spoilers for the book that came before. If you haven’t read the first book, A Court of Thorns and Roses, you should maybe give this review a miss until you’re caught up. There will also be some spoilers for this book, because it’s impossible to talk about what happens in it without them. Feyre is back at the Spring Court a vastly changed woman, after her trials at Amarantha’s court Under the Mountain. While Tamlin and his court try […]

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6/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:55 |

Write more, and quickly!

Foxglove Summer & The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

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Damn. It’s only April and I’ve already fallen behind in my reviews, so this one’s a two-fer as I try and catch up. I read these back-to-back during some sleepless nights in Rome (which was actually a plus as far as I was concerned – I got to do tons of sightseeing while also racking up some serious reading time), safely ignorant of the fact that there aren’t any more in the series yet until I got to the end of The Hanging Tree and had a conniption on heading to the kindle store for the next. I’m gonna miss […]

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4/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

“Philosophically speaking, truth is a slippery concept and one should always be alive to nuance.”

The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London/Peter Grant #6) by Ben Aaronovitch

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2/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:10 |


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