Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Books have been a part of my life from a very young age . I'm currently being ruled over by 3 cats (Rafferty, Bodhi Rook & Yersinia Pestis), who I can mostly get not to chew on book covers. Lately, I'll read anything, though Science Fiction and Romance will always be on the bottom of the pile.

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Tea, and Family Troubles, and Dragons, Oh My!

A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons: Adenashire, Book Two by J. Penner

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Set six months after the events of A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic, Dolgrilla Butterbuckle (and isn’t that just a name and a half) has settled in nicely to the village of Ardenshire. Sure, she’s away from her family, but seeing as they have always been disappointed by how she’s chosen to live her life, Doli isn’t too put out by the fact. She has her friends, romance novels, and copious amounts of tea, and nothing seems to be going wrong. Not until her parents […]

“I’m looking for something different in a partner by my side”

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, Stevie Lewis

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I picked this up based on the cover alone; thankfully the story and art inside make it well worth it. Prince & Knight tells the story, in rhyme, of a prince who is going to ascend the throne sometime soon, so his parents decide that it’s about time he gets married. While they’re on their round-the-world tour of eligible princesses, a dragon attacks their kingdom. Wanting to help his people (and get away from the awkwardness of this whole trip), the Prince rides home to […]

“Fellas, let’s go” Well, not exactly the St. Crispin’s Day speech, was it?

Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

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When Dan Jones was writing his books on The Plantagenets and the Wars of the Roses, he left a Henry V-sized gap, as he knew he wanted to devote an entire book to the man; this is that book. Starting from his birth in 1386 and ending with his death in 1422 at the age of 35, the book is divided in half; first Henry as Prince (actually first as lord’s son), then Henry as King. Covering his entire life, Jones doesn’t just hit the […]

“People say, I’ll give anything. The universe listens. But the universe doesn’t listen when you say, Wait, not that.”

Long Live Evil: Time of Iron Book One by Sarah Rees Brennan

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The difference between a villain and a hero is that a villain gets found out as a human being. Rae is 23 and dying of leukemia, with nothing to keep her company in the hospital but her 20 year old sister Alice and their favorite series: Time of Iron.  It may have started out as just Alice’s, but once Rae heard of the Once and Forever Emperor, Master of the Dread Ravine, Commander of the Living and the Dead; he’s the villain, he’s broody, he […]

“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

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Back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and I was a young child (so mid 1990’s), my parents and I went on vacation to Las Vegas. We stayed in the MGM Grand, where one night/early morning (it was like 3 A.M.) I was woken up by my mother hysterically laughing. When I asked her what was so funny, she told me she was reading one of the funniest books she ever read, Good Omens. Curious, I picked it up the next day, read a page and […]

“Living my life to disappoint my father had been something to aspire to.”

The Innocent Sleep (October Daye #18) by Seanan McGuire

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And at last, we come to an end of the books out so far, and Seanan McGuire thankfully ends it on an upbeat note. I vastly preferred Tybalt’s point of view of the events that happened in Sleep No More; not only was there more action, but there was a narrator I want to hug, not slap. For a man who’s philosophy has to be “when this is all said and done, I will definitely have that nervous breakdown I’ve scheduled because I certainly deserve […]



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