Cannonball Read 17

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Third time we’re in the middle of a trilogy of plot

Tiamat's Wrath by Jam

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I cannot say it is a very small thing to have picked up on, since it was very well choreographed and (to me) super obvious, but– Did everyone catch when, for the first time, Naomi pushed her hair back??? It’s about halfway through the book, when she realizes fully/for the last time that there is no one else coming, and if it needs to get done she needs to get it done. Every other time, she’s clearly noted as pulling her hair into her face, front […]

Into the unknownnnnnnnn

Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

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From reading reviews it seems like people went into this a bit more shocked of the Rising part of this novel–which is to say, the main plot point ([the rise of the Laconian Empire]) came as a bit of a shock. So I will continue by pointing out that this was NOT a spoiler for me, having watched the full TV series and coming to the books after the fact. Perhaps you can stop reading if spoilers are a thing that you are seeking to […]

out of order but it’s an ARC! my first!

For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa

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It’s my first ARC, and I actually have this book on request for purchase at a few of my libraries. Without much knowledge of how ARCs work (are they final? Will there be more changes?) I’ll give it my best shot… So CLEARLY there was some meeting of the romance novelists and they all decided that this year’s theme was going to be Cooking Shows/Kitchens/Chefs, across all gender identities and sexualities and tropes. I think I’ve read two of these already, considered a few more, […]

this book is just the best part of the best series

Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

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I can absolutely see why the series had to end with this book, and I can see why they adapted things they way they did, and I can see why the next books have a time skip forward. I really do understand, I am a reasonable mature adult. But. But but but. I just wanted more? MORE. Babylon’s Ashes is the culmination of six books that ask a different sort of sci-fi question. Unlike authors like Becky Chambers or series like Star Trek, which ask, “How humanity could be, but […]

Expanse run starts…now

Strange Dogs by James S.A. Corey

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And so starts the run of Expanse books after I finished watching the TV show. Having finished the books, I’ll stick to my original premise that the correct order is TV show then books, and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees. For this novella in particular, I’m not sure I’m particularly fond of either the TV adaptation or the novella. The TV adaptation suffers from one of the classic traps–child actors who just don’t do it for me, but on whose shoulders rest the weight of the plot. […]

Magic realism for the win

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

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I always think I should read more magic realism–it would probably be a great gateway drug for me to read more fiction (not that there is anything wrong with reading genres that give you joy! down the drab hegemony that insists you must only read boring Pretentious Literature that is impossible to parse and full of unhappy people doing unhappy things). It would also probably be a great way for me to read more Latin American/South American/Mexican/Latin(e)(x) literature, because–for reasons I do not know, and […]



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