Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Catwoman: Soulstealer Graphic novel by Louise Simonson

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The graphic novel adaptation of Catwoman: Soulstealer confused me at first. There are several of the Batman villains but no Batman. There are the people we know, such as Lucius Fox and Commissioner Gordan but not really “there” just “Oh yeah by the way…” And though she is a villain that we all know and love (or hate) Catwoman is the new gal in town, with Poison Ivy and Harley already established. We have Luke Fox as Batwing (yeah, I’m with Selina Kyle/Catwoman, what’s up […]

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House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

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Usually no matter what feelings I am having for the books of one Sarah J. Maas—positive, negative, or meh—I at least find her books to be entertaining and I can’t usually put them down. Except for two books now: Kingdom of Ash, and now this one. I’m pretty sure I know why I wasn’t satisfied by this reading experience, and was quite frequently annoyed by it, but I’m not sure WHY it’s that way. In my opinion here two strongest books are A Court of […]

Lots of A Court of Thorns and Roses reviews (3.5 to be exact)

A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Thorns and Roses #2 by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Thorns and Roses #3 by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight, A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1 by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Silver Flames, A Court of Thorns and Roses #4 by Sarah J. Maas

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Book #2: So, I mostly liked the first book a lot. Wow, that wasn’t a very ringing endorsement. Let’s try it again. The first book pissed me off at the beginning, then got better, then bad stuff happened, and then it all worked out in the end. I can’t say I loved it, but I wanted to see what happened next, so that’s a plus. FYI – spoilers abound At the end of the first book, Feyre dies saving all of fae kind. The 7 […]

Recommended by my BFF who knows I need a lot of action in my romancey novels

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas

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This is apparently a hot new series. I had no idea when my friend recommended it to me. I tried to borrow this first book from the library and found a whole bunch of people waiting in front of me. I was excited when I finally got it though! It actually took me a while to get into it though. We meet the main character Feyre hunting in the woods. That part I was OK with. She seemed to hunt with honor and needed the […]

I can’t tell if this is a good or bad thing.

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

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So many thoughts. First and most important? Please get a new editor, Ms. Maas. A brutal editor or team of brutal editors is imperative for the next book. Your literary garden needs some serious weeding, lady. The blooms are there but they are choked under the kudzu. The weight of these books pushes me closer to carpal tunnel syndrome unnecessarily. End of rant. Well, maybe not…This book is another doorstop. Took me over a month to finish it. I nearly stopped reading it several times […]

Charm and irreverance happen to be my two favorite traits.

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

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Yep. Still riding the Maas train all the way to the station, I guess. This is the first book in the Crescent City series and it has all of the crazy world-building, will they won’t they, and wing-ed love interests that make a Maas book a Maas book. Whew. I really, really thought I was going to give up on this one until about 1/4 of the way in. Since this is an 800 page doorstop of a book, that was a good 200 pages of me […]



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