Dome’Loki – Page 18 – Cannonball Read 17

An intimate story of friendship and its many forms, wrapped in a sci fi setting!

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

December 1, 2021 by Dome'Loki 6 Comments

If I’m nothing more than a tool, then I must have a purpose. Tools have purposes, right? But I’m more than that. Pepper and Blue… have been telling me that again and again and again. I know I’m more than a tool.” I was surprised to learn that the second book in Becky Chamber’s “Wayfarer Series” does not feature the same cast and pivots in a completely different direction. I had become invested in everyone in The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet so […]

“It’s not because–they don’t want me. They want someone who’s going to cast death spells on their enemies. And if I gave them that, I wouldn’t be me anymore, so I might as well not go live with a bag of dicks.”

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

November 30, 2021 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

Picking up immediately after the end of A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate is a gripping read that starts with El holding the cryptic note from her Mum and ends on a terrific cliffhanger. At one of Novik’s events for the book release she did apologize for both books one and two ending on a cliffhanger. When she set out to write A Deadly Education she envisioned it ending where The Last Graduate does. Novik is a writes as she goes author, not a big outliner/planner. While […]

“A tender, lovingly crafted book about growth, longing, grief, and renewal that I want to read over and over again” (quote from Carey Pietsch)

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill

November 15, 2021 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

Never has a blurb on a cover so encapsulated my feelings about a book but Carey Pietsch, artist for The Adventure Zone books, has summed up The Tea Dragon Tapestry so succinctly that everything you need to know about it is right there. If you’ve read the previous two Tea Dragon books you must read this lovely conclusion to the trilogy. If you’ve never heard about tea dragons and the quote intrigues you, here are my reviews for the first two books, The Tea Dragon Society and The […]

Why did I sit on this? I should have trusted Jemisin more, I blame the pandemic

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

October 8, 2021 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR Bingo Square: Cityscape (To Y’all with a physical copy, did you use Google Lens to look at the animated cover? If not, and you have Google Lens, I recommend checking it out!) I was hyped for The City We Became coming off How Long ’til Black Future Month and the Hugo Award winning run on “The Broken Earth” trilogy. However, the first chapter of TCWB was the same as a short story in HLtBFM and for some reason this made it difficult for me to get […]

I think the author could have written two separate books because the multiple storylines only tenuously connect

High Water by Patty Flores Reinhart

September 23, 2021 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Bingo Number 4!!!! One more than last year and a whole month left to go! CBR 13 Bingo: Travel – Frankie leaves her Southern California home to find herself in Venice, Italy This book was a gift from a friend, as it was written by her friend and she wanted to be supportive, and I like books. While there are elements that I genuinely like, biggest being the main character, there are other parts that drove me crazy. A small detail was not knowing the […]

Still just OK the second time around

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

September 11, 2021 by Dome'Loki 4 Comments

CBR 13 Bingo Square: Landscape Genuine question: It seemed when Cannonball Book Club was announced The Bear and the Nightingale was presented as a reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin, as that was the fairytale linked to for reading the original. I don’t see a comparison? Is there something I’m missing? Or was I incorrect in that the two were paired together in that way? Would love to know how others interpret as this feels more like “Cinderella” crossed with “The Twelve Months”. For Cannonball Book Club, I had […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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