Cannonball Read 18

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The Stand (Complete and Uncut) by Stephen King

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When I was as kid, like maybe 12 or 13, every Sunday after church, my family would go the the mall where we had a store selling outdoor equipment.  Across our store was a used bookstore.  I would spend hours reading while my parents did errands or whatever.  At the end of the day, they let me choose one book that I could buy.  I was a very fast reader and devoured books so for practicality’s sake (to make the book last longer), I always […]

The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock

The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock

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When I was younger one of the things I loved in my home was artwork by Rodney Matthews and I still have a canvas print of his Ice Spirit on my wall. I always knew that was inspired by the Michael Moorcock book The Ice Schooner but for some reason I never read it, even whilst reading the Corum, Hawkmoon, and Elric series in my late-teens. Coming across a copy in a second hand book shop earlier this year gave me a chance to correct […]

A Dinétah monster killer

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

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I was familiar with Rebecca Roanhorse from Twitter and her articles on Tor.com, so definitely excited for Trail of Lightning‘s release last year. I guess I wasn’t the only one because it was sold out at The Ripped Bodice when I went to buy it! Always a good sign and her novel did not disappoint. Trail of Lightning is the first entry in the series: The Sixth World. After a climate apocalypse that drowns most of the world, several nasty things that go bump in the […]

Post-apocalypse with angels.

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) by Susan Ee

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I read this way back in 2012, and at the time I was pretty enthusiastic about it. I’ve read a lot more YA since then, and a lot more self-published books, so the shine has worn off a little. Also, I now think I understand why, even though I bought book two on release date, I have never gotten around to reading it, and that is because the world Susan Ee has created is FLIPPING TERRIFYING. A very large part of me doesn’t want to […]

Bird Box – The Post-Apocalyptic Book that Dreams (Nightmares) Are Made of

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

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I discovered this book all on my own, a little unknown unassuming book at the library. (Jk. This book is everywhere). Unless you’ve been gone in some remote location you have heard of this book, or at least, heard of the Netflix movie of the same name, starring America’s favorite FBI beauty contestant, the delightful Sandra Bullock. Sandra is having a pretty bad time though, in his post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare, where the sight of something, some unknown creature, drives people almost instantly mad and violent […]

When one book gives you a lot of slow kicks

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I finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel for the So Popular! for the cbr10bingo. Now, the book is not bad. Not by a long shot. I just found it slow. Therefore, I thought I was going to have to review only half of the book. There is a lot of buildup leading one to think course there is going to be a big explosive ending! Wrong. It somewhat fizzled at the end. However, it kept to the tone of the book. The whole […]



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