Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Supernatural Education Lite

Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes

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I saw on the author’s social media somewhere that Drew Hayes’ Fred the Vampire Accountant series has one final volume due out after the one I had on my shelf, making Posthumous Education (Fred #8) the penultimate installation. It definitely shows; there is a lot of set up. Fred is called on a favor picked up about 5 volumes ago to a Fey queen, and all she wants him to do is take a temporary teaching job at the local parahuman institution of higher education, […]

Romance Lost on Me

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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I don’t do well with conventional romance novels; I don’t have much patience for personal drama among other reasons. For some reason though I’m usually ok with romantasy, and queer romances. I figured a Jane Austen riff should be safe; wrong. If you take away the manners and the romanticized culture/world, these people are terrible. There’s no one to really like. Not even the couples. You’re supposed to like at least one character in a romance, or least have a couple you hope gets things/themselves […]

If stealing from dragons is bad, what about stealing for them?

Never Steal from Dragons by Patrick Dugan

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Never Steal From Dragons is a fun cozy sci-fi/fantasy heist adventure. A lot of the expected tropes are present: a group of very highly skilled but very different individuals are forcibly assembled by a mysterious powerful individual who wants them to steal something in return for basically making their dreams come true; it is of course an offer that cannot be refused. Chaos, clever remarks, etc. ensues. In the world of Harmony, there are any number of beings recognizable from folklore including pixies, dragons, kitsune, […]

HS rom-com, monster battle apocalypse, and a historical mystery all make progress

Kaiju No.8 vol. 9, Komi Can't Communicate vol.27, The Apothecary Diaries vol. 9 by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Tomohito Oda, Naoya Matsumoto

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Take Kaiju No. 8 (vol. 9); as a monster fighting type story, there’s plenty of battles, and power ups and close calls and close calls. With a major kaiju attack underway, and things looking grim, a handful of the heroes are trying out new more powerful equipment for the first time. Kikoru and Hoshina are both using super rare specialized weaponry for the first time that are made from kaiju remains, one bit of which (Hoshina’s) remains somewhat sentient. Kikoru’s belonged to her late mother. […]

Witches and Demons missing a little magic

Witch King by Martha Wells

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I wanted to like Witch King so much more than I did. It’s got some good characters (maybe a few too many though), good premise, but the pacing and sense of time are so off. Demon prince and witch pal awake to find a mage trying to syphon the demon’s magic (doesn’t go well for the mage) and then go on a quest to 1) find out how/why they were trapped (and for how long), and 2) find the witch’s spouse. Demons, including Kai, are […]

Study to Prepare for the Dumb but Hopefully Fun Thing

Trail Running From Start to Finish; Runner's World Complete Guide to Trail Running; The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running by Graeme HIlditch; Dagney Scott Barrios; Adam W Chase and Nancy Hobbs

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So I might have done something a little dumb and signed up for a mountain trail run somewhere I’ll be in about 6 months for work; why might this be dumb? Because I don’t live near mountains or significant trails to train on. Also, I don’t actually do much trail running; I’m more of a road/sidewalk runner. The 25k distance doesn’t bother me, but the first few miles going about 1,000 feet almost straight up? That makes me nervous. So what do I do? Get […]



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