Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Some Sisterly Murder

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Bingo 13 (Pajiba) I noticed recently that this novel could actually qualify for several different squares, but I’ll be using it for Pajiba, where a review was posted 1/24/2019. I’ve had my eye on the title for a while although I’m not quite sure where I first heard about it. I’m not sure what exactly what I was expecting, but I didn’t get it, not even close. I was not really expecting to enjoy this, firstly because it’s contemporary literary fiction, and secondly it’s written […]

Redemption for the Great Library

Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine

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Bingo 12 (Youths!) I have to admit I’d really gotten close to giving up on The Great Library Series. The last volume was pretty bad; it had little action, and a lot of the characters started to look bad or empty. Thankfully, many of those issues were resolved in Smoke and Iron (Great Library #4). Smoke and Iron begins where Ash and Quill left off. Jess and his twin Brandon have switched places, and “Brendan” goes to the Great Library to hand over Morgan (beloved […]

My Prediction/Request Came True!

Competence by Gail Carriger

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Bingo 11 (Travel) I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Imprudence, the prequel to Competence. I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Competence because I hadn’t enjoyed Imprudence as much as previous novels by Gail Carriger. In my review of Imprudence I remember stating that I wished that the next novel wouldn’t focus on Rue because she’d started to annoy me. Ms. Carriger seems to have heard my plea (because of course she […]

Smudge, the spider I wouldn’t want to squish

Lirbiomancer by Jim Hines

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Bingo 10 (Listicle) I have seen Libriomancer suggested in a few places, but I decided to go ahead and actually acquire and read it when I noticed its presence on “Seanan McGuire’s Personal Top Ten Urban Fantasy Books For Adults” on Tor.com. I have not read any of this author’s work, although I do have their Middlegame on my TBR shelf (on the floor near the shelf actually since the book wouldn’t fit). Anyways, this list provided me with the perfect excuse to pick up […]

Humanizing Holmes

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Bingo 9 (Classics), and also in preparation for book club. I honestly can’t remember if I’ve ever actually read a Sherlock Holmes story exactly as it was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I remember reading some Holmes mysteries when I was younger, but the more I think about it, I’m wondering if they weren’t abbreviated version, something like Great Illustrated Classics. I’ve certainly read variations of several sorts, as well as followed Sherlock, and seen a few of the movie versions. Hound of the […]

Location, Location, Location (200 pages of it)

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

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Bingo 8 (So It Begins) This makes twice recently that I have gone into the library to kill a few minutes after returning something and come out with something I’ve been wanting to read for a while. This time I found Senlin Ascends, which is book 1 of what I think is currently a trilogy, The Books of Babel. I actually saw books 2 and 3 first on the display, and after a few minutes I found book 1, which has been on my TBR […]



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