Cannonball Read 17

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So much promise, yet so bland

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

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Bingo 24: Celestial The Mimicking of Known Successes takes place at some point in the future when humanity has left Earth (maybe hopes to go back) and largely now lives on Jupiter. By virtue of setting, discussed in some detail, this is a cosmic setting with some cosmic questions about the future of planet Earth and humanity and other species. This novella is marketed as a sapphic romance (there’s a little), a murder investigation (also a little), gaslamp (kinda), and maybe a few other things […]

Murderbot deals with a lot of (redacted) and more thwarting evil big business

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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Bingo 23: Tech Sci-fi general is a safe option for this box, and I just so happen to have had Murderbot Diaries #6 on my TBR shelf. System Collapse is definitely tech-relevant, but only if you’re pretty current with previous episodes of the series. There’s two big mysteries in this volume: can Murdebot and its humans save some divided groups of planetary colonists from an evil corporation that wants to trick them into slavery, and 2) what’s up with Murdebot and {redacted}? The {redacted} thing […]

Not the last unicorn or dragon either

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

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Bingo 22: And also…. I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons could fit either the dreams or the cult squares, so either way, it’s an And Also square. The cult comes in that the author is Peter S. Beagle who is probably much better known for The Last Unicorn, which is a cult classic, with a cult following, etc, you get the idea. I’ve actually never read that, in spite of being of the age to have grown up on that title; my late father was the […]

Someone has a secret that’s pretty easy to guess and who really cares anyways

Unordinary vol 1 by uru-chan

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Bingo 21: Liberate John and Seraphina both want to be free (liberated) from social strictures and expectations somehow. But the rules of the world they live in are not developed. But is you sort of imagine a My Hero Academia world where more people are un-powered than not, it makes a little more sense. They both seem to think that you should judge folks for who they are. Not whether or how much power they have. Sound familiar? Unordinary is highly cliché; this is the […]

Creature Cats get Cozy

Yokai Cats vol. 1 by Pandania

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Bingo 20: Disco On the assumption that “disco” may be applied to any culture blending, I am going with Yokai Cats 1 for this. That and also somehow managing to use both muted but also very colorful illustrations. The muted part is not disco, but the rest is, so we’re going with it. I have to admit that I was a little surprised that there appear to be four volumes of this, which I noted adding it to my Goodreads. It’s pretty simple: envision various […]

Questionable Gendering of Food on the Frontier

The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond

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Bingo 19: Horses I figured that The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier would have some mention (and pictures) of horses; I was right. I figured this cookbook would be pretty basic bad for you comfort food; I was right. I’ve seen the tv show, and I figured the cookbook was going to sound a lot like that. I was wrong. I’m not sure why, but the attempts in the narrative bits between and above recipes trying to sound friendly, cutesy just end up […]



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