Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“That is horrifying and I want to go home,” I said, although I pronounced it, “Ah, I see.”

What Stalks the Deep (Sworn Soldier #3) by T. Kingfisher

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Alex Easton is never going to get a break. First, it’s childhood friends of theirs getting slowly consumed by sentient mushrooms. Then it was nearly being killed by something that haunted dreams. And now, it’s America. They never wanted to visit America, especially an abandoned West Virginian coal mine that very well may be haunted. But when Dr. Denton, old friend and fellow survivor of the mushroom horror of Usher House, asks them to help find his cousin―who went missing in that very mine―well, what […]

Dependable, violent fun from Ilona Andrews

The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

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Bingo Square: I If you pay attention to the writing duo/married couple behind the pen name Ilona Andrews, you know that they every once in a while publish serialized stories on their website/blog, and often these intended short stories turn into novellas or full novels. Apparently, half of them are also aware of this while one still thinks they really could keep it to a short story. If you enjoy Ilona Andrews, you’ll see a lot of types that reoccur throughout their fiction – highly […]

What if we skipped the shadow daddy trope and just went with the shadow

Thief of Night by Holly Black

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It’s been over 3 years since the first novel in this duology came out so common sense would imply that I would have reread Book of Night before jumping into this but no, of course not. I vaguely remembered some of the bigger points and twists (although I also slightly blended one idea with a concept from a different book) but Black did a good job of mixing in enough reminders and context throughout the novel to guide the reader without just giving a plot […]

“Now, it sounded almost like coming home. What a difference a few years can make.”

Silver and Lead: An October Daye Novel (#19) by Seanan McGuire

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Four months after the events of Sleep No More, Toby is 8 1/2 months pregnant and going stir crazy. When Arden announces several important and dangerous artifacts have been stolen from the armory, she sends Toby on the case. Can Toby find them, all while dealing with a increasingly upset husband, a miserable member of Fae nobility, and her aunt the sea witch wanting to stand in as Godmother to her unborn child? And what happens when Toby realizes that what’s been lost can be […]

Tea, and Family Troubles, and Dragons, Oh My!

A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons: Adenashire, Book Two by J. Penner

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Set six months after the events of A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic, Dolgrilla Butterbuckle (and isn’t that just a name and a half) has settled in nicely to the village of Ardenshire. Sure, she’s away from her family, but seeing as they have always been disappointed by how she’s chosen to live her life, Doli isn’t too put out by the fact. She has her friends, romance novels, and copious amounts of tea, and nothing seems to be going wrong. Not until her parents […]

A slow burn with fire breathing dragons

Assistant to the Villain: A Novel by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Like This Will Be Fun, Assistant to the Villain is a romance/fantasy with a good amount of humor  and thrilling adventure thrown in. Assistant is the first book in a series, and I found this one entertaining enough that I will definitely be reading the next installment Apprentice to the Villain (the third book, Accomplice to the Villain, just came out this year). I’ve sort of accidentally found myself reading romantasy lately, and frankly, it’s kind of a nice break from reality. I liked Assistant […]



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