Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Blood over Predictably Fun Haven

Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

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After reading three American Royals books, and then two non fiction books, Blood Over Bright Haven was my long awaited return to my cozy niche, Fantasy. Recently (ie, the last 3-4 months) I had veered away from the genre because I was burnt out by the barrage of new fantasy names and always jumping into the world and having to learn it. So BoBH was my return. To start off, I went lynto this book thinking it’s a trilogy or at least had a sequel. […]

Royals 3: I’m starting to lose the plot

American Royals: Rivals by Katharine McGee

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If there ever was a book series that I treat like a TV show, it’ll be American Royals. Seriously, when I read this, I pretend I’m in a new seasons of a weird Girlmore Girls fanfic sometimes, because that’s an easier way for me to explain the motivations of characters. For example, the twist this seasons is, Rory/Nina and Paris/Daphne are now friends and working together! How very Girlmore Girls season 3 (or something like that I don’t remember). The A Plotline, Nina/Daphne, is basically, […]

Kaput

Kaput: The End of the German Miracle by Wolfgang Münchau

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One of the non fiction books I picked up to interspace my typical fantasy reading, Kaput is a relatively short book that goes over the problems facing Germany right now. One of the things that I like to think about myself is being relatively up to date with world politics. And while that’s true, one thing that struck me while reading this, is that I had no idea what was happening under the surface in German politics. It’s hard to write a book review about […]

Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

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This has been a book on my radar since it came out, but I had been delaying it because Blizzard at the end of the day, wasn’t a huge part of my life. But reading through the book was a fascinating journey through the history of the industry, the company, and a little bit, some revisiting of my history. To start, Jason Shreier does a fantastic job in this book. Comprised of 300 plus interviews from former blizzard and industry players, he weaves a great […]

American Royals 2: Electric Boogaloo

American Royals Majesty by Katharine McGee

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I often like to think of books like tv shows. I read books like I watch a show, and there are a lot of parallels between the narrative structure. You have your ‘monster of the week’ chapters that go over something benign, say, throwing a party while mom’s away. You have your dark hidden past that you as the readwatcher get fed drip, say, how you drugged your best friend and she went into a coma as a result, and she’s woken up and you […]

American Royals

American Royals by Katharine McGee

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This book starts out in a way that is very Ella Enchanted. There is an introduction that you can hear being read in a faux british person’s voice describing how *obvious* you knew how after the revolution George Washington became king, and jumps in from there. The story revolves around the three princlings.The big (only?) focus of them is basically love and dating. For real, it’s all they talk about. The world building is interesting. Imagining a world where america set up a similar system […]



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