Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure.” CBRBINGO – Rings

The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

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As I’ve written about The Hobbit before, and because other people definitely have as well, and much better than I have, this review will be mostly about the new audiobook productions of Tolkien’s works, which are narrated by Andy Serkis, of Gollum fame. So far I have only listened to this lovely production of The Hobbit, but I have the full trilogy and The Silmarillion also ready to go for whenever I am feeling like a re-read. And chances are, now that I know how […]

“He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut.” CBRBINGO – Pride

Evocation (The Summoner's Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

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Urban fantasy but not? The center of the plot here is actually the developing relationship between its three main characters: David, Moira, and Rhys. Really, the demon possession is just background. But it’s good background! Here’s the set-up: David and Rhys used to date in college. David comes from a family steeped in magic and has been groomed since the age of five to become the head of the secret society his family started, and his dad was abusive. David is an alcoholic and it […]

I Have No Idea Where We Are Going and I Ain’t Mad

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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cbr16bingo dreams Well, now.  This took quite a few unexpected turns! It starts off as your bog-standard evil house with a few skeletons (cough) in its closets.  Nobody seems to want Baneberry Hall, tucked away in the remote bits of Vermont.  But a young couple, Ewan and Jess, thinks it’s a treat and the price is certainly right.  They move right in with their five year old daughter, Maggie.  They are only there twenty days before they flee in the middle of the night. Ewan […]

“After all, someone as relaxed as he was did not require a long soak to become even more relaxed. It would have been redundant.”

Paladin's Faith by T Kingfisher

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We return to a world without the Saint of Steel, but with a lot of the god’s brooding former knights. Plot: Marguerite Florian, who folks might remember from her brief appearance in the first book, is in trouble. Well, she’s a spy, so she’s always in trouble, but this time it’s serious. Because her employer wants her dead. After two years of trying to sort this out herself, per her usual style, she realized that there was only one way to secure her safety. Destroy […]

By the author who has a ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog and an undisclosed number of cats and a lot to say in this delightful book

The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan

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I know it is odd to start a review with a negative, but I want to get it out of the way. I did not like The Lonely Book as much as Meg Grehan’s other titles. This one felt younger than the ones I have read and I was expecting something more mature. With that said, I still enjoyed this addition to their collection of prose poetry novels. Most of Grehan’s books deal with LGBTQ+ issues as well as mental health. This time we are […]

My friend wrote a book and I want the sequels now, please

Kong Krøbling (Crippled) by Trine J. Cederløf

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Nowhere Book Bingo: Disability rep Disclaimer! The author is a friend of mine, but I paid for my own copy of the book and my opinions are my own. (Hope she’ll still be speaking to me after she reads this). In the fairy tale kingdom of The Blue Mountains, the king and queen try for many years, but the queen fails to have any living children. She encounters a witch who calls herself the Queen of Bees, who offers her a solution to her difficulties. […]



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