Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A Fey with some actual character makes some bargains with sometimes interesting results

The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

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Full disclosure: I have only read book 1 of the Kingkiller Chronicles so far, although book 2 is physically on my tbr shelf. I have also not read the first novella set in that world, nor do I subscribe to the author’s fan sites/newsletters/Patreon/etc; I only follow a couple of (free) social media accounts. The Narrow Road Between Desires is a revision/extension of a previously published short story, per the author’s note as well as some commentary on the book’s Goodreads page; I might have […]

The end of an era but not really

My Hero Academia Vigilantes, vols. 14-15 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court

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My Hero Academia Vigilantes is a side series, and it’s just wrapped up.  The main series is apparently in the process of winding up its final story but who knows how long that takes. The final two volumes of vigilantes show  the conclusion of the final epic battle and hints at the not too distant futures for those who survive (mostly). Koichi aka Crawler, the seemingly lucky idiot who wants to be a hero but not an official one, has been facing off against the […]

MSG is death! and other thoughts about Nigerian food

Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Kingdom of Netherlands

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Usually I try to start off the year with something non-fiction; the book I started wit hthat in mind is taking a bit longer for reasons I’ll get into when I review it. SO instead, I present a random library grab that is actually pretty interesting: Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria (by the Nigerian Embassy in the Netherlands). How that got to random SE US public library I have no idea, but that’s part of the fun of a library; they have stuff you […]

An Asian option for Veganuary, especially if you like eggplant

Vegan Asian by Jeeca Uy

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For probably my last review of the year, let’s go with the second cookbook I plan on starting the year with Vegan Asian: A Cookbook. Turns out this is another blogger turned author publication, btu it looks pretty promising. Most everything looks doable and there’s only 1 recipe that uses an unusual ingredient not needed anywhere else in the book. I hate that, when you’re given an ingredient to use with not substitution options and no other uses for what the author ahs to know […]

Maybe 2024 will be the year I finally learn to like beets and-or fennel

Green Kitchen Smoothies by David Frenkiel, Luise Vindahl

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For the past several years, I’ve started the new year with a new (at least to me) cookbook to work my way through in as much of its entirety as possible. This coming year, I’ll be starting with two. One of them is Green Kitchen Smoothies. The title makes it pretty obvious what the main focus of the book is. One of the first interesting things is that the first few pages are actually useful, and not just generic ingredient or equipment reviews. The ingredient […]

The mute servant says the thing that needs to be said in nearly every romance ever including this one

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows

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I got a few books for Christmas that asked for, and I ended up getting into one of them because I wanted something lighter or at least more get-into-able than what I was currently on (I’ll probably finish that early next year). All the Hidden Paths is a sequel, and in a genre that’s starting to emerge called ‘romantasy’. The backstory is that Velasin and Caethari were put into an arranged political marriage, figured out they actually might like each other, and survived some attempts […]



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