Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Riddle Master

Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip

Heir of Sea and Air by Patricia McKillip

Harpist in the Wind by Patricia McKillip

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The Riddle-Master of Hed Re-reading this since the first time I looked at it a few years ago, I am stuck by how much more I enjoyed it the second time around. I read first about ten years ago in the full collection with all three books, and finished this first volume, and never went back. We begin in Hed, where Morgon, the prince, has recently returned from a mysterious voyage. His sister first finds an old crown under his bed, and when she confronts […]

Modern Arthurian Knights

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I am embarrassed to admit that I was halfway through the book before I recognized that this was a King Arthur retelling, on the other hand that could speak to McKillip’s ability to weave story threads around so that only the bare bones of the legend remains. On the other hand, once I recognized the bones as being King Arthur and his knights, the bones became extremely obvious. Patricia McKillip has long been one of my favorite authors, I absolutely adore her writing and she hasn’t […]



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