Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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She/her. Longtime lurker, goodreads addict :D (Learn more about this Cannonballer: wicherwill's Quick Questions interview.)

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what a gem of a book, for those with memories of Jane Eyre

Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

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I have been WAITING for my library (libraries) to buy this book, but in a casual sort of way. I freely admit to having a bit of Goodreads snobbery—my time is valuable and finite, and I’m always wary of starting or trying a book that doesn’t hit that vaunted 4.0. This story is a great example of why I should check that attitude at the door every so often and try things that seem compelling. Don’t judge a book by its Goodreads rating! Full disclosure, […]

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

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Hot take: Am I incapable of objectivity because a part of me will always miss NYC? (Yes) Attempted objectivity, December 2022 Panic Review-a-Thon: Jemisin has once again written a book that appears to appeal to only a small swatch of the reading public. Given the notes above on “objectivity, lack thereof,” I’ll caveat this by saying the population of English-literature-reading public probably does have a plurality in NYC, but nonetheless I’m left with a very similar sense s after I read The City We Became—was this […]

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A series of books that I personally did not enjoy

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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Is this some wild teen PSA? ^^ this the original review that I wrote in mild exasperation after reading this book. I actually had this on an older TBR that I never got around to finishing, so in the middle of waiting for some new books to load I was more than happy to finally pick it up. But GOOD LORD this book is just one heavy handed lesson in what happens when you do [insert any number of things that they told you not […]

a recommendation from banned books discussion

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki

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Recommendation by teresaelectro! I think unlike many people, it took me a while to get into the artwork for this novel. On the other hand, I found the story quite compelling from the get go. As I went through it, though (and it’s a shorter graphic novel, so it did finish quite quickly), I found the artwork beautiful in its sparseness and details—and the story a bit lacking in nuance at the end. There’s not much of a plot per se, although plenty of spoilers that […]

Grouping two more re-reads together, with no thematic connection

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase

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Re-read, October 2022: I cannot fully explain why I had the need to re-read this novel, the start of a promising but eventually disappointing series of alt-history books that asked the question, what if Napoleonic wars but also dragons? A decent part was this intense desire to re-read the part of the novel where Laurence realizes that a number of dragons that the UK relies upon for its aerial might insist on having female captains, and is forced to reconcile that fact with his posh […]

The writing hasn’t changed, but I think I have

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

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Look, I still really like Backman’s writing, as I’ve noted in my reviews of the previous books. But if I had to summarize my feelings on this book, it’s “schtick has run its course.” spoilers for the previous two installments! Here we return once more to Beartown and Hed, two towns alike in dignity in fair northern Sweden where we lay our scene. We’ve already had ancient grudge break and new mutiny, and blood has already been spilt over the hockeyball that seems to define […]



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