Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The only reason I read so much is because Cannonball Read has gamified reading and because I hate losing. Give me a fantasy novel with a unique magical system, and I'm happy. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Mobius_Walker's Quick Questions interview.)

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“we all got thick skin, but we still gotta let people in.”

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

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Jonny has to get home to the reservation he grew up on for his stepfather’s funeral. What transpires in this book is almost a near stream-of-consciousness retelling of the moments that have brought him to this moment in his life. Without a care for time or linearity, Jonny invites us into his life to show us his memories and to highlight the love he has felt for his family, his friends, and for himself. One thing you should know going in to this book is […]

A doorway to a beautifully built new world

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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How do you care for your daughter after she returns from the Land of the Dead? If you’re Nancy’s parents, you take her to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. Thus begins Every Heart a Doorway. Nancy is delivered to her new home to get better when all she wants is to return to the world she stumbled upon years ago. As does everyone else under Eleanor’s care. She takes care of and helps those children who have crossed over to other worlds and want nothing […]

Happy Gift Exchange to me! Thanks, faintingviolet!

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I’m excited to jump into these two books in the next few weeks. They’ll be my first two reviews of CBR22 in the new year. Books are If We Were Villains by M. L. Rios and Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. These books have been blessed by my patron saints Liz Lemon, Beyoncé, and Shea Couleé.

Another uneven entry to The Circle Opens

Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce

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Daja and her instructor Frostpine leave their home at Winding Circle, so Daja might be exposed to other smiths and metalworkers in the world, both magical and mundane. They find themselves the guests of one of Frostpine’s friends and his family, the Bancanours. Frostpine assists the local police mage on tracking down the person responsible for creating forgeries of the local currency and Daja stumbles upon the innate magic of the two Bancanour twin girls, Nia and Jory. As was set up in previous books, […]

The nature of witches is to be self aware without follow through, apparently

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

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Witches are doing what they can to protect the climate and environment of the world, but non-witches continue to act in destructive ways. Extreme weather events are becoming more and more common, and the witches of the world don’t have enough power to keep everyone safe and return stability to the world because these extreme weather events are happening out of season: blizzards in summer, hurricanes in winter, tornados year round, etc. And since each witch is tied to the season they were born in, […]

Which is scarier, a blizzard catching you unprepared or driving through it with five strangers?

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

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Mira is flying home for Christmas. Her family has been through a lot recently, and even though she’s only a teenager, Mira carries the weight of making sure everyone (namely her mother) is okay. Unfortunately, her connecting flight to Pittsburgh is cancelled due to an impending blizzard. She’s not that far from home and she’s desperate. Luckily, her neighbor on her first flight, Harper, is renting a car and will be driving through Pittsburgh, so Mira hops into a car with Harper and three other […]



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