Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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“I want a man who stays out of my way.”

Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School, #3) by Gail Carriger

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All right, I liked this one quite a bit. I’m invested in the series now. But I’m still only giving this 3.5 stars, rounded up, because it shouldn’t take you two books to be emotionally invested. I should have been in like Flynn after book one. Anyway, I finished this book in a frenzy and immediately wanted the next one (which I’m not getting to until next month, sadface), so that’s a great sign. Sophronia and Co. are halfway through their second year at Madame Geraldine’s Finishing […]

If I didn’t already like this series, this book would have converted me.

Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3) by Ilona Andrews

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Mostly what I want to say about this book is that it was really fun. It’s definitely my favorite of the series so far. I liked the plot the best, I liked the characters the best, and my favorite magical brothers, Jack and George, play a significant role. I loved them in the first book, and I’m glad they’re being used well in the rest of the series. I read almost this whole thing on Superbowl Sunday, and in my opinion, that was a much […]

Eat slugs, Malfoy.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling

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This little beginning of the month Harry Potter re-read is turning out to be quite delightful. Normally I just mainline them as fast as I can back to back. But new month, new Harry Potter book to read, is a nice change! A little trip to Hogwarts to start February off right. I’m going to continue with the format I used last go-round, since it was pretty stress-free, and didn’t involve a heck of a lot of thought. Plus, my usual tactic with reviews is to focus […]

Pro-tip: Don’t wait ten years to read an ARC.

Flesh and Fire (Vineart War, #1) by Laura Anne Gilman

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This was interesting but not super compelling. I will probably finish the series? Another one from the TBR Jar. And this one really kicked me in the butt, because I’ve actually owned an ARC of this book since six months before it was originally published in September 2009. And I’ve had it in my small little pile of books that basically says to me every time I look at it, “Okay, really you need to read this.” And so I never look at that pile. […]

Five stars with some qualifications for this White Whale book.

It by Stephen King

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Well, I did it. I did It. (I’m sure this is adding so much to the ongoing pun-based conversation surrounding this book.) I started this book on January 22nd, and finished it on January 30th. That is a long time to read a book for me, especially at the beginning of the year, when I like to get my momentum up and running with shorter, exciting books. But I’m doing the whole TBR Jar thing this year, and I pulled It out almost immediately. When […]

Does what it says on the tin.

Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin

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First thing about this book that you should know going in: this is not a novel. It is a history book, written in the style of a history book, from the POV of a Maester in-world. It is a made-up history about a made-up world, but it is still history, and there’s a lot of it. If you do not like reading history, or fake history, you will not like this book. It is very similar to A World of Ice and Fire, which was […]



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