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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How does this child have the energy to do so many high-stakes things?!

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

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Since its release in 1995, there has been a movie adaptation and a TV adaptation of The Golden Compass (originally titled Northern Lights outside of North America), so I’m guessing that we all have a general understanding of the plot, but here is a brief overview. Lyra is a brash, headstrong, and fearless girl. She and her daemon Pan (a physical manifestation of the soul in the world Lyra is from) live at Jordan College in Oxford under the care of the Scholars of the college where she […]

Too many mortals, not enough gods to kill

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

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Melora, who goes by Lore, is the last mortal member of the House of Perseus. Ever since her family was murdered at the hand of one of the other Houses, Lore has tried and tried to remove herself from her the agon, a time when all of the Greek gods and goddesses become mortal for a week and are hunted by the members of other Houses that stem from other Greek heroes. This is a deadly week, as any mortal who kills a god assumes […]

The first book in a series without much resolution, but a very strong start

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is told through four points of view throughout the novel with some flashbacks here and there. Serapio is a member of the Carrion Crow nation who has been prepared by his mother to be the religious leader of their nation. Narampa is the Sun Priest of the Watchers and the figurehead of the dominate religious system of the land (though the other priests don’t all accept her leadership and conspire behind her back). Xiala is a ship captain and a […]

To what extent can we forgive an ending?

The Secret Talker by Geling Yan

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Hongmei has a secret admirer. Secret stalker might actually be a more apt descriptor. She receives emails from a mystery person recounting her day, what she wore, how she acted, who she was with, everything about her current life. Rather than share these emails with her husband, Glen, a well respected English professor, she keeps them secret and engages in a correspondence with this mystery person, this secret talker. She ends up sharing with this secret talker things she has never shared with anyone: her […]

In which a shocking shift in tone and genre works wonderfully

Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley

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Nathan and his family move around a lot. They have currently found themselves in a rented farmhouse in a small, rural North Carolina community in the 1950s. The family that Nathan’s parents are renting from live in the main house on property. They have a son, Roy, who is a senior at the same high school that Nathan will go to as an underclassman; Roy even drives the local school bus. Very small town. Where Nathan is school-focused and shy, Roy is outgoing and more […]

A comfortable, enjoyable conclusion to an overall fun trilogy

The Conjurer by Luanne G. Smith

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The Conjurer is the third and final installment in the Vine Witch series. All three women, Elena the vine witch, Yvette the fee, and Sidra the jinni, who bound their fates together in a fateful jail cell are back, this time to aid Sidra whether they want to or not. Sidra and Yvette are ousted from the Fee lands by Yvette’s grandfather and king and transplanted to Sidra’s old hometown. Elena is visited by Sidra’s brother-in-law Jamra who is hellbent on revenge for the murder of […]



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