Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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My attempt at fantasy failed

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

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This review is a bit reflective of my experience with this book – fragmented and maybe incomplete. I started Poison Study years ago on audio book and for whatever reason, didn’t finish until just a few days ago. Excuses aside, the story didn’t invest me enough to overcome them. So what follows will be a really bare-bones review of what this book is about. Poison study is a fantasy novel (and the author’s first!) that takes place in Ixia – a society that seems like […]

This novella is about as short as my review

The Witch Must Burn by Danielle Paige

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Well color me surprised. I thought this book was about Glinda but it’s mostly about Jellia – although she and Glinda spend the book together. So I guess it’s a two-fer. So far, this is the shortest of the Dorothy Must Die series and two prequel novellas at 67 pages. And to be fair, not a lot happens in this book. Jellia is working in Dorothy’s palace…I realize “working” might be a misnomer, as she really doesn’t have much of a choice at this point, […]

Teenagers, ammirite?

No Place Like Oz (Dorothy Must Die Prequel #1) by Danielle Paige

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This is the backstory on Dorothy after she spent her first time in Oz wanting nothing more than to return to Kansas and then spent her time back in Kansas wanting nothing more than to return to Oz. We begin with Dorothy’s infamous (at least to her) 16th birthday party, and are reminded how terrible teenagers are, no matter what universe or timeline you are in. Then Dorothy mysteriously returns to Oz and unfortunately brings Toto, her Aunt Em, and uncle Henry with her. I […]

Is Dorothy dead yet? It’s book 3 of 4 so…

Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die series book #3) by Danielle Paige

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I gotta tell you, this book seems more like a vehicle to get from book 2 to book 4. I don’t really remember much about it except that Amy has returned to Flat Hill Kansas and is looking for the first pair of Dorothy’s magic shoes (apparently the ruby slippers were her second pair that Glinda used to bring her back to Kansas after returning home). Amy has returned to her mother, who seems to be doing better without her, but is eager to make […]

I still don’t get what a nome is…

The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die book #4) by Danielle Paige

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This is the fourth and final installment of the Dorothy Must Die series. The first three books are dark in their own right, but this book feels a little more so. In book 4, we travel to Ev, land of the Nome King. I’m not familiar with the original Oz books, but if you are familiar with the difference between The Wizard of Oz movie and the sequel Return to Oz, that is the change of pace to which I’m referring. Remember the wheelers? Yeah, […]

Monkeys and unicorns, and monsters, oh my!

The Wicked Will Rise (Dorothy Must Die book #2) by Danielle Paige

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This is an example of where the second installment is better than the first. If you aren’t familiar with the Dorothy Must Die series of books, you can read my review of book 1 here. Basically, this is the second book in the Dorothy Must Die series, which tells the story of Amy Gumm, a teenager from Flat Hills Kansas, who finds herself whisked away to Oz. Amy discovers Dorothy is real, and has transformed Oz into a magical wasteland and ruled with an iron fist. […]



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