Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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“People always say that your wedding day is the happiest day of your life, but honestly, people should try solving murders more often.”

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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CBR18 Bingo: Joker – Vera is a wild card in the investigation around Malcolm’s murder, and shakes up the lives of the suspects out of the blue. After a dead man is found in Vera Wong’s teahouse, being rather unimpressed by the police’s efforts, Vera decides to investigate the death herself. Unfortunately, she finds herself liking all her murder suspects a little too much. A word to the wise: Don’t read this book while hungry. Vera cooks up veritable feasts throughout the book, and the […]

“Remember, Vera reminds herself, your ass is bad. Very bad. And that is a good thing.”

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) - Vera Wong #2 by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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I often make mystery comparisons to one of the greats, Angela Lansbury’s Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote. But it’s not a comparison I make lightly, because that show and character brings me ALL the joy, and so does this book. So, this is Jessica Fletcher, if she was a 60 year old Chinese tea shop owner in San Francisco who knows more and better than anyone else. Whereas Jessica is subtle, Vera is anything but. She is pushy, demanding, and downright insulting, but the found […]

Robot Rizz

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

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When reading this book you will need to make sure you have immediate access to some incredibly delicious noodles because you will be awakening a vicious craving. A small group of robots unexpectedly reboot themselves in an abandoned ghost kitchen in post-war San Francisco. They were unexpectedly shut down before being left behind but due to an unexpected weather emergency they’re back online. After dealing with the immediate crisis the four bots- Staybehind, Sweetie, Cayenne, and Hands- are at a loss for what their next […]

“Now, it sounded almost like coming home. What a difference a few years can make.”

Silver and Lead: An October Daye Novel (#19) by Seanan McGuire

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Four months after the events of Sleep No More, Toby is 8 1/2 months pregnant and going stir crazy. When Arden announces several important and dangerous artifacts have been stolen from the armory, she sends Toby on the case. Can Toby find them, all while dealing with a increasingly upset husband, a miserable member of Fae nobility, and her aunt the sea witch wanting to stand in as Godmother to her unborn child? And what happens when Toby realizes that what’s been lost can be […]

“If I ever find a therapist who works with changelings, I’m going to send Mom the bill.”

A Killing Frost (October Daye #14) by Seanan McGuire

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Toby and Tybalt are still planning on getting married someday (the stick, get on it), but while Toby keeps Tybalt waiting they do manage to get to romantic dinners in between Toby’s needing to bleed to save Faerie. He had never been more handsome. This was the man I was going to marry. This was the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with, and raise my children alongside, whenever we decided it was safe enough for us to risk having […]

“You lost a great deal of blood.” “I didn’t lose it,” I said. “I know exactly where it is.”

Night and Silence (October Daye #12) by Seanan McGuire

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And another down. After being kicked in the teeth in the last book, Toby starts out this one in probably an even worse place. Jazz has PTSD, Tybalt is avoiding her, and neither she or May knows how to fix anything. Seriously, is this ‘gang up on Toby’ night? Can you let me know when you schedule these, so I can arrange to be somewhere else? Like, I don’t know, another Kingdom?” “Most other Kingdoms won’t let you in,” said Danny, almost reasonably. “You keep […]



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