Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The villain/hero swap!

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

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This was compulsively readable, and it is by far the most I’ve ever enjoyed anything Sarah J. Maas has written (previously that dubious honor went to the third Throne of Glass book, which now that I come to think of it, this book is very similar to). Her writing style continues to work much better in the first person, and I was actually super impressed at how this book basically dismantles everything you thought you knew about the first book. I find it ballsy of […]

“Nobody’s lives just fit together. Fitting together is something you work at. It’s something you make happen – because you love each other.”

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

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Still good, but not my fave of hers. Like, 4.5 stars. If I had to rate all her books, this one would be nearer to the bottom, just above Eleanor & Park, and that’s purely personal preference speaking. All of the Rowells are Quality. (I have no idea what to expect for the forthcoming Pumpkinheads, but I am nevertheless excited in my ignorance.) This is definitely the most adult of her books, not a true romance, but a story of marriage and the hard work […]

“But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don’t?”

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

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This is one of those books that probably everybody should read. It wasn’t the most brilliantly written book I’ve ever read, but that’s okay, that’s not Ronson’s style. He’s very workmanlike in his writing, sort of tongue-in-cheek, and he’s got this great way of using his simple style to deliver these darkly funny deadpan one-liners. But what I really liked about this was the message. The book is short, and sort of rambly, and structured more like a Russian doll than anything. He opens stories […]

Sophronia and her series both Finish.

Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4) by Gail Carriger

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This was a nice ending to the series, pretty on par with the quality of the rest of the books, so if you liked those, you’ll like this one, too. I’ve just been slightly underwhelmed with this series as a whole, so I was just slightly underwhelmed with this book in the same way. I got really excited about the ending of the third book, but she didn’t really take it anywhere super exciting, just medium exciting. I did like the last two books more […]

I don’t think Ann Leckie has it in her to write a book that isn’t weird as hell.

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

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I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this book. I’d read the summary when it was first announced, but that did nothing for me except make me go, ‘huh?’ But, when an author writes four good books in a row (and some of those I would actually consider “great”), you lend them a little trust and just go with whatever they publish, until it bites you. Leckie’s books have yet to bite me, no matter how weird or outside the box she gets […]

“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

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I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious […]



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