Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“‘So their leader looks pretty dead’,” said Istvhan, who was at the point where a corpse was a welcome break in the tension.”

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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Thanks to Wicherwill’s review of the latest book in the Saint of Steel series last year, I was reminded that I needed to get back to reading this series!  I read the first book in the back in 2023 and enjoyed it, and then a million (approximately) other books jumped in between me and the other books in the series.  But I’m back into it! Plot-wise, this novel is about Istvhan, a paladin (god-touched warrior whose order was prone to berserker fits brought on by […]

Not bad, not good

A court of thorns and roses by Sarah Maas

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The book challenge – read some romance. The other book challenge – read something banned. All I knew about A Court of Thorns and Roses is that it is a romance, highly banned, and book snobs hate it. Presumably because of TikTok and sexism. All that is good enough for me.   Feyre is basically a hunter Cinderella for her hilariously awful family. But then she accidentally kills a faerie and another faerie, Tamlin, takes her to the faerie land to be given kisses and […]

In a drowned girl’s world

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

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This is the 10th novel in Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series. The series is about a boarding school for children that have returned from quests to other worlds, like Narnia and are now back – some experienced years of life, only to find only seconds had passed in their original world, returning to their younger bodies, others find themselves back at home years after their disappearances to families that don’t know what to do with them, unable to explain what happened to them. In some […]

When your dream turns to a nightmare

Dreamover by Dani Diaz

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Dreamover by Dani Diaz was another book won in a galley grab I entered. I had seen a few things about it, but wasn’t really sure what it was about.  It sounded a little more realistic than it turned out to be. But  I guess you cannot have a “Dream World” where you don’t have at least a little fantasy to it.   When all was said and read, this was a coming of age story where “true love” finds you, but the dream starts becoming […]

Self discovery and gender with a little musical accompaniment

A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill

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I always enjoy K. O’Neill’s writing, however, I found A Song for You and I a smidgen not as strong as usual. I think the issue was I was reading via an online reader copy and there were black and white images and not the full color illustrations of the final product. And since the book relies on the illustrations for most of the story, it was not what I needed. However, the story of being “other” and the fear and confusion that produces is […]

We come from the land of the ice and the snow

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

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I don’t track my reading by diversity the way some do, though I am curious what the stats would be. I definitely have a few auto buy authors that are also men, like John Scalzi, but my reading heavily skews towards women … YA fantasy and romance will do that. Still I ended up picking up some fantasy novels by men last year, and figured it was time to finally read a few of them, starting with this first book in a now completed series. […]



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