Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Reads books. Drinks tea. Pets cats. Loves to be cozy.

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“What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

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I embarked on The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang after seeing it on some  “best new fantasy series” list or another, and I decided to read through all three books despite finding it a rocky go occasionally. Ultimately, I’m very happy to have read these books and I’m impressed by Kuang’s fearlessness as a storyteller – but I don’t think I’m likely to add these to my “re-read” pile any time soon! I don’t know how to review this whole series without including quite […]

“Why do these colonizers always claim what isn’t theirs?”

A Master of Djinn by P. Djéli Clark

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I read the previous novella in this series, A Dead Djinn in Cairo,  and really enjoyed the world that P. Djeli Clark created in it. I have a few friends that, whenever we get together, we compare “what we’ve been reading” lists, and in one of those conversations a friend brought up A Master of Djinn, and based on her recommendation and my previous experience with the author’s work I immediately added the book to my Libby queue.  Picking up a bit after the initial […]

“Isn’t it a merry thing to cheat death?”

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

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I read and reviewed the first book in the Alex Stern series, Ninth House, last year (AKA 2021, the Year of I Became a Leigh Bardugo Superfan), and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the second book in the series ever since. Hell Bent finally came off of my Libby queue last week, and I pretty much abandoned all other responsibilities (including sleeping..) until I had consumed this new adventure.  Hell Bent follows the same structure as Ninth House, opening with our main character, Alex, in a […]

“What if it’s enough to just be…Us.”

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

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The previous book in the Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers was one of the first books I read and reviewed in 2023, and I adored it. I immediately put a hold on the second (and so far, last) book in the series, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. I eagerly waited for it to make it through my queue, fully confident that I would love it based on my feelings for the first book as well as my experiences with Chambers’ Wayfarers series.  After […]

Cyborgs and Princesses and Lunar Aggression

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Winter by Marissa Meyer

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I picked up the first book of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, Cinder, after one of my coworkers recommended it by telling me how much her 12-year-old loved the book. I was craving a fast-paced book that would be the right amount of complex to be interesting but still simple enough to follow in audiobook form.  Also I figured – if it’s good enough for the 12-year-old, it’s good enough for me!  The Lunar Chronicle books absolutely fulfilled my requirements, and after enjoying Cinder I went […]

“It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

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I adored Becky Chambers’ The Wayfarers series, so when I found out that she had a newer series I jumped at the chance to put it in my Libby queue. While it took a while to work its way into my grubby hands (err e-reader), it actually ended up being the absolutely perfect book to read in January: A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a calm, sweet novella in the midst of the “new year, new you” advertisements being hurled my direction elsewhere. Sibling Dex […]



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